Is anyone here still carrying an H&K USP 45 as a duty gun? Just curious.
Is anyone here still carrying an H&K USP 45 as a duty gun? Just curious.
Unless they changed in the past couple of year, Gaston County PD in NC uses the USP45.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
Of all departments, you would think Gaston would be Glock.Originally Posted by Sensei
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
I think the Maine State Police carry the HK45c. That's as close as I know of.
It's been a couple years since I interacted with anyone from there - but Hollywood PD (Florida) issued them.
We were issued USP .45's (full size for uniform, compact for CID) from 2000-2016. Switched to Glock about a year ago.
I can't believe they're still in circulation.
Semper Gumby, Always Flexible
Funny boy.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
Have the folks been happy with the change?
Was it also a switch to 9mm, such as the G17 from the USP 45?
The vast majority were happy with the change. There were a just a few that wanted to stay with HK, and one in command-level leadership that wanted to switch to DA/SA sigs who almost railroaded the entire deal. In my plainclothes assignment, I carry personally owned weapons, so I didn't really care. I did like the USP compacts I had been issued over the years.
The USP's were pretty widely disliked.
We switched to G21's and G30's. There was a push from several of us firearms instructors to go to 9mm's, but too many old heads balked at the idea, insisting that we need the "knockdown power" of the .45.
We are a medium-sized department, FWIW.
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