FWIW…
Keep all three!!!!

 

Keep whichever you shoot the best.

 

Right now I shoot them all about the same. Maybe a slight edge to the VP9.

 

Don't need 4 9MM pistols?? Blasphemy I say and lot of us consider that a good start. ! My biggest problem is that since my wife found out she likes shooting too she encourages my to buy any firearm I take a fancy to. Thankfully I am not a compulsive shopper.

 

Exactly. I have over 20 9mm pistols. And that’s not really that much. I know some that have many more than that.

I have learned to stick to a few calibers. What I don’t save in guns I save in ammo

 

I have a PDP F that I bought for my wife because she has small hands and the VP9's are just a little too big. The PDP F didnt fit any better.

I shot the PDP a bit, it's clunky, the slide reciprocation feels a bit cheap, and it feels more Airsoft than real. The trigger is nice though.

I would keep the USP compact and the VP9...while the Walther is ok, it's just too blocky looking/feeling.

 

My exact feelings as well, keep the USP Compact 9mm and VP9 9mm.

 

The usp is different than the vp9 and pdp. So keep the usp and the choose between the vp9 and pdp. The pdp has a nice trigger and go ergo but I find it super snappy for a 9. I think that what makes it super reliable but I’m not totally sold on it. Also the factory optic mounting system seems questionable. I’d keep the vp9, trigger is almost as good, ergo as good but shoot much softer.

 

You only listed 2 manufacturers. Keep them both. Problem solved.

 

Have the slide on your USP Compact milled and put a red dot on it.

 

Can't speak for the PDP, but I've owned and sold a PPQ - a good trigger can only make up for so much, in my opinion, and the vp9 had a significantly more predictable slide return than my ppq did. Run some doubles drills with them side by side and see what you think. You shouldn't need a poll to tell ya - let the guns decide for you.

Aside from that, keeping the USP is a no-brainer. That's a classic, and you're obligated to hold on to an heirloom gun.

 

My favorite 9 mm pistol for the last 20 years has been the USP Compact. My other 9 mm was a Springfield XDM compact. Recently I purchased a Walther PDP with Holosun green sight and then an HK VP9 with the same sight. I have heard good things about both pistols and decided to try them. I have only taken them to the range once and have some general comparisons below. But the bottom line is I dont need 4 9mm pistols unless of course they are MP5. My beloved USP compact might be on the chopping block for no fault of its own but because of my old eyes. I already sold the XDM. If you had to choose which two would you keep. I expect because this is an HK forum most to say both HK but anybody else have both VP9 and PDP ?

10 years ago I started wearing reading glasses. 2 years ago they gave me some distance glasses that corrected the astigmatism. Last year the gave me progressive lens that I hate. Last month at the indoor range I could not get both the sight and target into focus at the same time. I tried shooting with the reading glasses, distance glasses, progressive lens, bifocals, and without any glasses at all. It was all bad so I a rented a PDP with a green Holosun. I shot fine without any glasses or with the distance glasses and the green did not give me starbursts that I normally see with red dots. That was when when I purchased the PDP. I then found a good deal on the VP9 and now I have too many pistols.

Optics ready
1. VP9
2. PDP
3. USP

Regular sights
1. USP 3 dot
2. VP9
3. PDP they seem cheap

Magazine Capacity
1. VP9 17 rds
2 PDP 15 rds
3 USP 13 rds

SA trigger Pull
1. PDP 4.25 lbs
2. USP 5.25 lbs
3. VP9 5.75 lbs

Grip inserts
1. VP9 come with 4
2. PDP come with 2
3. USS Fixed grip (I am used to it but its not adjustable

Weight without mag
1. VP9 1 lb 6.5 oz includes optic
2. USP 1 lb 6.7 oz
3. PDP 1 lb 6.8 oz includes optic

Mag release
1. USP
2. VP9
3. PDP

Target shot comparison
Toss up I need some more trigger time to figure this out.

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Dude, send your USP compact to Langdon Tactical. They can put an optic on it. Better yet, buy a second one and keep yours as is.

 

I will also add that I own both the VP9 and PDP. I find the VP9 to have slightly superior ergonomics over the PDP when using a red dot and drawing it from a holster to place shots on target quickly. The PDP has a better trigger, and the grip has more friction, so it doesn’t slip as much when you sweat.

 

PDP is the most overrated handgun of our time. The thing is snappy as hell.

Keep the HKs.

 

and now I have too many pistols.

Wut?

 

Keep em all 😎👍

 

I would keep all of them. I love the USP line, only have fired the VP9 at the range. With respect to Walther, I recently fired 50 rounds at the range from a PDP Match All Metal Frame and slide and I was impressed by the Walther. That says a lot coming from a guy who has had HKs in the safe since I could legally own a pistol.

 

USP will be discontinued some day. The 45F and the 9C will be the most desirable models when that occurs. Plus I’ve never had a Walther I fully trusted.

I vote keep the USP, toss up between the other two

 

I'd do the USP-C and VP9

 

Sounds like the USPc has been your primary for a long time. There's no way I'd get rid of it. On the other hand I understand aging eyes make you want to migrate towards a newer pistol with optic.

If it were me, I'd want to keep my USPc all original for nostalgia. So I'd probably sell the PDP and use the funds to buy an extra stripped slide and sent it off to Wright Armory so they can put a dot on it for you. Your USPc then becomes more functional for you once again and you still have the best striker-fired gun (VP9) there is.