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Designed and engineered for target shooters, the HK USP Expert 9mm pistol has the heightened accuracy and performance you need for tight groupings every time you hit the range. Developed in cooperation with national and internationally renowned target champions, the Heckler Koch USP Expert has specific features that make it a top tier firearm for competition and range shooting.

Building off the base USP model, the Heckler & Koch USP Expert adds a long sight radius, an adjustable LPA micrometer rear sight recessed into the slide, an optimal grip angle for control and accuracy, a cold hammer-forged barrel with an exclusive polygonal bore profile, and a target trigger with an adjustable trigger stop.

This affordably priced competition handgun boasts a large capacity of 18 rounds and can handle a wide range of ammunition from expensive to value-priced. These attributes make the Expert from Omaha Outdoors a competition-ready weapon that is right in line with your budget.

Originally designed for the American market, the USP (Universal Self-loading Pistol) has found international acceptance as an accurate and ultra-reliable handgun. Features favored by U.S. law enforcement and military users provided much of the design criteria for the USP. The controls are uniquely American, influenced by such famous designs as the Government Model 1911 pistol. All USPs use a fiber-reinforced polymer frame stiffened by stainless steel inserts at areas subject to stress and friction.

HK pioneered this use of polymer materials in the production of handguns more than 30 years ago with the development of the VP70Z and P9S pistols. The USP control lever, a combination safety and decocking lever, is frame mounted and quickly accessible, unlike the slide-mounted safeties common on many semi-automatic pistols. Using a modified Browning-type action with a special patented recoil reduction system, the USP recoil reduction system reduces recoil effects on pistol components and also lowers the recoil forces felt by the shooter.

This same recoil reduction system has been tested and proven in the HK Mark 23 pistol developed for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The USP recoil reduction system is insensitive to ammunition types and requires no special adjustment or maintenance. It functions effectively in all USP models.

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The modular design of the USP’s internal components allows the control lever function to be switched from the left to the right side of the pistol for left-handed shooters. The USP can also be converted from one type of trigger firing mode to another. This includes combination double-action and single-action (DA/SA) modes and double action only (DAO) modes.

HK’s USP Expert, which was introduced in 1998, delivers superior accuracy by combining the best features of the USP Match, USP45 Tactical, and the Mark 23 in chamberings that include 9x19mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

Heckler & Koch decided to develop a pistol suitable for international competition in the realms of IPSC (International Practical Shooting Competition) and other so-called “practical” competitions. Developed with the help of several internationally successful competitors, HK’s first foray into this field produced a pistol called the USP Expert, which was introduced in 1998.

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The new pistol delivered superior accuracy by combining the best features of the USP Match, USP45 Tactical, and the Mark 23 in chamberings that included 9x19mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. HK subsequently stretched the 9x19mm and .45 ACP variants of the Expert to create the USP Elite, which features a 6-inch barrel. Both the Expert and Elite accept high capacity magazines (18 rounds in 9mm). The slide is contoured in a distinctive fashion forward of the frame to reduce weight and improve balance.

Thanks to the U.S. ban on large-capacity magazines, and the fact that these guns are optimized for high-cap magazines, the Expert and Elite are not imported through normal channels. They do sometimes trickle in as GI bring-backs, however, as we shall see. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to borrow both 9x19mm Expert and Elite pistols for a hands-on evaluation.

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The USP Expert has been performing very well indeed among European IPSC shooters, thanks in large part to its inherent accuracy and large-capacity magazines. The USP Expert features hexagonal polygonal rifling with a right hand twist rate of one turn in 250 mm. Polygonal rifling provides a better gas seal than conventional land-and-groove cut rifling, less barrel fouling, and longer barrel life.

The Expert employs the now recognized and accepted O-ring bushing system. The barrel on the USP Elite features the Mark 23’s type of elastomer O-ring just behind the muzzle. The O-ring provides an interface between the barrel and slide that significantly improves the weapon’s accuracy.

While this might seem like a weak link in the system, the O-ring has a demonstrated lifespan in excess of 20,000 rounds. Simply oil the O-ring after cleaning the weapon and replace if necessary. The pistol will function normally without the O-ring in a life and death emergency, but shooting it without an O-ring will eventually damage the barrel/slide interface. Specifically when shooting without an O-ring, the groove in the barrel will hammer at the slide’s muzzle opening, so extended shooting without the O-ring will permanently damage the slide.

The 9x19mm Expert accepts 18-round magazines, while the .40 S&W variant takes 16-round magazines, and the .45 ACP Expert takes 12-round magazines. The speed of magazine changes is enhanced by a beveled, extended magazine-well that HK Oberndorf calls a Magazintrichter in German. That literally means “magazine funnel”, but HK Oberndorf officially calls the mag well a “Jet Funnel” in English. The Jet Funnel can be removed, so residents of the United States can use restricted capacity 10-round magazines. I have no doubt that reducing U.S.

competitiveness in international IPSC competition by limiting magazine capacity makes all our American children quite safe from latent psychopaths and terrorist sleepers. I’m also sure this legislation makes congressfolk sleep more soundly at night. My fellow Americans: let the joy of your sacrifice gladden your hearts as you abstain from the Elite’s wonderfully evil and efficient 18-round magazines in favor of the righteous and legally mandated 10-rounders that force you to plummet from First Place to 300th when competing overseas. All American practical pistol shooters must make this one small sacrifice. For the children.

Presentation of the HK Elite from the holster is facilitated by the fact that the rear of the slide has been milled down to lower the profile of the large, adjustable match rear sight. The rear sight features micrometer adjustments for windage and elevation. Balance is facilitated by the long slide, which also gives a long sight radius of 7.5 inches. Accuracy is not only enhanced by the aforementioned O-ring in the barrel, but also by a match grade single-action/double-action trigger.

An ambidextrous safety enhances safety and performance in events where the shooter must engage targets with the weak hand. An extended slide release lever and an ambidextrous magazine release facilitate rapid magazine changes. Other nifty features include an extractor that also functions as a loaded-chamber indicator, HK’s patented recoil-reduction system that is standard in full-sized USP variants, and an adjustable trigger stop.

The trigger stop limits trigger travel after the sear releases the trigger. This enhances practical accuracy. Adjustments can be made with a 1.5 mm socket wrench that is supplied with the pistol. Turning the setscrew in the trigger clockwise will reduce overtravel, but care must be taken to ensure that the screw is not adjusted so far that the trigger stop prevents the trigger from functioning in both single action and double action modes.

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Here’s the latest on my HK USP Expert 45: The following may sound a bit harsh but I’m a trigger/action snob. When I bought this pistol I expected to have to do some work on it to “get it right” like my Sig DA/SA’s. Out of the box, the DA was VERY heavy at over 10lbs, the SA was pretty nice but also heavy at over 4.5 lbs. So I did my research and went to work. I always wanted a USP Expert. I’ve since polished the usual areas you’d expect need polishing: The hammer strut is like glass, and the internals were done lightly.

I experimented with multiple hammer springs, cutting some (couple coils off), trying to find the right combination. Ultimately, I found the best combination was a match hammer spring (11-12 lbs) with 2.5 or so coils removed. I installed a lighter firing pin safety block spring. I do like it with the LEM kit installed but ultimately I bought this for range/target shooting, not military or LE work so it went back to DA/SA. I’ve had zero malfunctions with about 1000 rds through it.

Even after all this the DA is still over 8lbs but the SA is a crisp 3lbs. The DA is still stacking and slipping(?) and if you pull the trigger slowly (in DA) you really feel it, if pull it fairly quickly then it’s not so bad. I can tell you that based on the way HK USP’s are made most all will feel like this until you work them over and even then – if you have a nice Sig DA/SA – the action won’t be in the same ballpark.

The good thing is the SA is very nice and always has been. After “trolling” the HK Facebook pages, my USP doesn’t seem to be much different from others, it’s just that most people don’t want to talk about it and instead rave how awesome their USP is Beyond this, it is VERY accurate and a great shooter! The long barrel, the long eye relief, adjustable sights and the nice SA (now at 3lbs) is very nice. I managed to get the DA down to about 8lbs 4oz, which isn’t bad for this pistol. The USP is nice for people with big hands.