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I had a most satisfying day at the range today. I took my XSE Commander out for a spin with new springs for the magazines and three different loads. Before I went into the shooting area I noticed for rent was a USP Compact in 45 ACP. Well, you know I had to rent it since I've been looking at this one for awhile. I shot 230 gr FMJ, 230 gr HST and some GDHP ammo as well as 200 gr LSWC ammo through it. The pistol itself looked fairly clean for a range rental but the magazine was atrocious. I'm surprised I didn't have half a dozen malfunctions. I only had one with the 230 gr GDHP and never seen one quite like that one. About the next to last round, I felt something go wrong and looking down inside a round had tried to make it to the chamber but was stopped by the ejector. The ejector was riding over top the round close to the rim and slightly extended beyond preventing the round from chambering. I don't know when the pistol was made but it had a "KK" on the slide-not sure what date that is. the trigger did bother my finger the first mag full but I learned to position the trigger finger a little differently and solved that problem.
Other than that, it was a sweet shooter and just a bit of creep in the trigger but the take up I thought may be really long wasn't bad at all and I can get use to that pretty easily. I think this is gong to be my next pistol. It felt good in my hand, trigger reach was no problem, it was smooth as butter even though a neglected range rental. I know the potential problems some pistols have when going from a full size model to a compact version as I've experienced it and read of many who went from the full size 5" Government 1911 to a Commander size(or smaller) and experienced problems-mostly, it seems the slide likes to outrun the magazine. I didn't experience any problems with the compact USP and don't feel it's an issue with HK over the full size USP.
Other than that, it was a sweet shooter and just a bit of creep in the trigger but the take up I thought may be really long wasn't bad at all and I can get use to that pretty easily. I think this is gong to be my next pistol. It felt good in my hand, trigger reach was no problem, it was smooth as butter even though a neglected range rental. I know the potential problems some pistols have when going from a full size model to a compact version as I've experienced it and read of many who went from the full size 5" Government 1911 to a Commander size(or smaller) and experienced problems-mostly, it seems the slide likes to outrun the magazine. I didn't experience any problems with the compact USP and don't feel it's an issue with HK over the full size USP.