That'd be a good a clickbait Youtube video title. Week or two ago I asked the board about colored USPs and someone posted a Gunbroker auction of one that'd been painted. Well I decided fortune favors the stupid so I bought it for $299.98 plus shipping. It's a 2000 production model with two mags and a case. Looks absolutely disgusting but I'd found an HK UTL that I needed a gun to attach to. I'll report back when it arrives in a week or two.
It's amazing how cheap .40 S&W's are right now. They'll be all the range again in 10-20 years when they realize 9mm doesn't actually "do everything". Just look at how "Awesome" 10mm is (again).
I know people say you don't have to detail strip USPs, but man was this filthy inside. Cleaned her up good, inside and out. The OD paint is remarkably resistant to chemicals. Prolonged exposure to acetone will soften it but I'm giving up for now. Only cleaned a little overspray off the metal parts I felt like soaking in solvent that long. Fortunately the grubby paint that had been rubbed into the slide and barrel markings came right off with carb cleaner. Looks like a much more respectable gun now.
I carried the . 40 USP with the same production year (AA) for 10 years on the job and it is a beast!! Probably 35000 rounds through it and never had a hiccup. Rarely cleaned it. In my opinion the USP is HK 's signature firearm. Awesome deal man. S
Thanks to another HKpro member I got a pile of cheap .40 mags, and with the ongoing Wal-Mart ammo inventory dump I managed to get 400 rounds of .40 in the $7/50 price range. I feel so good being a cheapskate.
Thanks to another HKpro member I got a pile of cheap .40 mags, and with ongoing the Wal-Mart ammo inventory dump I managed to get 400 rounds of .40 in the $7/50 price range. I feel so good being a cheapskate.
Awesome find OP. That deal is what it would take for me to buy any .40. I just love 9mm way more than .40 or .45. To each their own.
Gun doesn't look bad at all. I guess everyone who sees this thread will be keeping a closer eye on gunbroker.
By the way, if anyone needs ammo right now Walmart basically has all pistol ammo and .223 roughly half off. They're only going to be keeping sporting rifle/shotgun calibers after December.
Nice find! The green frame looks much better in your pics. Glad the paint on the frame came off easily, that didn't look very good, IMHO. Enjoy the new (to you) USP.
That's an incredible price on both the pistol AND the UTL. I dig it with the OD green frame, too.
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