HK USP Expert 9 - As good as it gets?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
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That has to be one of the most aesthetically appealing pistols ever made.
You’re wrong, the Glock69 looks a lot better.
Doesn't even come close to the eloquent beauty of a Browning Hi-Power. And there is no such thing as a good looking Block Glock,... Mr. AurA-Pubg Mobile Comp. As a matter of fact the only good looking Tupperware gun out there is the Beretta PX-4 Storm,...all the rest look the same. CZ would run a close 2nd though.
Doesnt even come close to a high point
Almost rivals an SP-01.
Wouldn’t say appealing but I would say iconic
It amazes me that people can’t afford a $1300 gun but have 5-7 junk guns for $500 each with atleast one Glock with more modifications than sense. People that hate this pistol are losers that aren’t patient enough to save money.
Agreed I own this gun and it outshoots every pistol I own. Nobody said this had to be your Carry.
I don’t hate on it but the rest is true about me 😂
H&k guns are just engineered so well. I appreciate that highly.
I've never understood the dislike for the HK paddle style mag release. I find it is faster and more intuitive (using my trigger finger) as well as being less likely to trip by mistake compared to the 1911/M9 button style.
I hear ya. All you have to do is get used to using your index finger to drop the mag. That’s the finger that is supposed to be used.
Update: I just purchased a new USP Expert 45, do you want a review on it?
Hell yes!
Yes 👍
Yes ! Just bought one last night !
Yes
H&k USP is a tank!! Best handgun I have ever owned.
If u thinks this one is great buy mark 23....love at first shot.
I'm glad HK hasn't discontinued this beautiful gun, everything about it so cool, as good of a gun the VP9 and the other modern lineup pistols are, I just love the USP. I have the USP40 compact, great pistol all around
All thanks to the German army still using till this day if it wasn’t for the German army then yeah would of been surplus for sure
Fantastic review... only one problem: I’d been hoping to let my credit card cool off a little before going hunting like this again!
I’ve had mine since 2008… has never disappointed and always impresses at the range. Try shooting at 50-75 yards with this and you will be very pleasantly surprised
Super Great "pick it apart" review of the H&K 9mm Expert - Refreshing to listen to a guy that doesn't need a macho approach. Well done - This firearm is on it's way to my FFL, as I purchased this as my first pistol. It truly pays dividends to have patience, calm, and research one's environment before a decision. THANK YOU NFA !!!!
Thanks for the kind words John. I hope my other videos help you as well and welcome to gun ownership! Hell of a first pistol!
Can you get the USP Expert 9 with the factory 18 round HK mags?
@@thegolflife7565 you absolutely can and it's cheaper
From the USP Family I love the HK usp ELITE, extremely accurate in a hard hitting round like the 45 acp with double stack magazine. It is the closets thing to a perfect gun. The only problems is not to many people know about it and very few reviews on YT, also very difficult to get. 🎉
Any love for the USP Tactical? I purchased my USP .45 Tactical in 2006. I’ve got about 8,000 rounds through it. Damn thing is absolutely flawless!! Still my absolute favorite pistol in my collection.
Bought one last year. Imo if you are gonna get a USP, its gotta be in .45.
Sure, I have one and did a video on it YEARS ago. Sorry for the video quality. Search my channel and you’ll find it lol.
The HK USP Tactical 45 with night sights I had 3 years ago but Sold it because I Shot my Sig Sauer P227 with SRT trigger Better !!! ;)
I've got a chance to pick up a USP Expert in 9mm, but the one I really want is the Tactical lol. Torn if I should just pick up the Expert or not.
The only time I've been this early I ended up with child support
Could have wrote “ the only time I came this early I ended up with child support”
Don't think about it!
Just Do It!
I found the USP in .40 s&w by luck after looking for almost a year!
I AM SO HAPPY I DID IT!!!!!
Badass gun to add to a collection!
I have the first gen USP.40.
I’ve had several handguns since that have come and gone, but that USP is a solid, sweet platform. I’ll never sell her.
Perfect timing. I just picked up my second Expert 45 from California jail yesterday.
USP Compact in .40 was the issue gun when I was a FFDO (armed pilot). I learned to shoot this gun very well and can duplicate the groups you shot easily with it. It has LEM trigger and as you showed, very easy to strip and clean. Now I need an expert in 9 mm for those 50 yd shots!
Loved the indepth review. I purchased one today. Can't wait for it to get here.
I literally bought this pistol without doing research and now I can’t wait to pick it up
Another great video of another amazing firearm! ALL of my H&Ks are amazing!
I have a HK P30، mark 23 and usp expert 9mm I love them all
One of the most accurate 9mm’s I own. I love it!!!
Thank you for the review, I decided to get one recently and it runs well. Much more capable than I am.
Excellent video. Yours and honest outlaws’ is the best two. I bought one as my first handgun. Probably around 4000 rounds through it. The accuracy is extremely impressive. Custom gun impressive.
The only critique I have is your trigger finger. The hk usp expert has a single action trigger pull of 2.5lbs and a double action of around 7lbs.
Oh and by the way I have a buddy who couldn’t get off his 1911s. He bought an expert last week after shooting mine.
That’s how good it is.
I'm new to the channel content is fantastic very well put together and informative thank you.
Thanks for the sub!
Glad you Reviewed This Gun, I have one with a trigger job by Teddy Jacobson out of Sugarland Texas and Its the gun I carry in my car replacing the Sig Sauer P227 with SRT trigger in 45 ACP and I Love It !!! Very Accurate ;)
the safety knob has a drop hammer, but doesn't decock it completely. like the vp9, it's so accurate. point and shoot. you can disassemble it by gripping the handle between thumb and forefingers up high then wrapping your other fingers on top of the slide, not in the port, you'll pinch your fingers. trigger guard is good for when you wear gloves too.
Great review, cover absolutely everything one by one and nice camera work. Thanks man. Phenomenal gun though.
I'm convinced! Thank you for sharing
Looks like a helluva fun gun. Thanks!
Just picked one up today🤘🏻great video
Love HK firearms and been shooting them for years. VP series is nice and the newer MOS pistol versions are nice as well but my favorites are still the USP series. Such a well built gun from the 90’s made to take a beating, shoot accurately and still as relevant today as it was back then. Quality is quality my friends. Expert and Elite models are awesome and can say this from experience. Not an HK bigot though as I do love CZ, Glock and Walther as well.
Pro tip go to home depo and get a turbo can. the really tall can of spraypaint. you can repaint a target in 3 sec i promise.
In case you didn't know, the HK45c mag release fits on the USP line. The paddle is about 2x as big. Worth the minimal cost.
I actually didn't know that. It fits the the recess clean? I need to scope out the forums now. Thanks!
@@nfareview perfect fit. I have a USP c and P2000sk and installed the 45C paddle on both. Super easy.
Thanks!
Thanks, I was about to order.
They are 19.95 but out of stock right now.
That is one ridiculously great looking pistol!
-"No, give me your other hand!"
-"My other hand's not strong enough!"
-"No get away from me, give me your other hand!"
LOL! I laughed with that Scary Movie 2 reference. Great review man, and just beauty of a gun. I had the USP expert Match not long ago, such a great gun. But at the time i was looking to buy a VP9-L and didn't quite have enough money for it. Plus i also had, and still do currently, a USP 45 and a P30L match, with the p30L match being basically a slightly better and more modernized version of the USP, i just couldn't justify keeping it rather than getting a VP9-L, which was a gun i had been pining for for quite some time. I still think it ultimately was the right decision, the VP9L is one of if not the single best striker-fired hand-gun I've ever shot, but I'm not going to say that i don't miss the hell out that gun. Now that i think of it, if i had to do it over currently, i'd actually prolly keep it and sell the usp45 instead. Im not a big 45 guy anyways, but seeing as how i didn't have many 45's, i felt sorta obligated to keep it, seeing as how it's one of the best 45's out there, hell i like it better than the modern HK45 for that matter. Anyways, great gun, happy you got one and hope you enjoy it.
Definitely on my list to get I felt it at point blank in Greenwood trigger & slide apple butter crisp smooth definitely will be adding to my collection
I love my 45 expert, got it at a steal too!
16:31 always feels good. Unlike a lot of other ones, this was a pretty thorough review. The only one I've seen clearly demonstrate the O-ring's effect.
A lot of people get surprised how tight the O-Ring makes the lock up when in battery, HK really had a stroke of genius with that. It's simple and low cost, both of which are already weird for Germans, let alone HK. It's the sort of thing you see and wonder why no one thought of it before. But don't worry, HK still couldn't help over-engineering some aspects. For instance, the slide surface where the barrel meets it and locks the breech is laser hardened. The squib test you mentioned is another great example. That was done with a regular stock .40 S&W USP. I believe they were still using the traditional lands and grooves rifling at that point, that changed to all polygonal rifling a few years later. It would probably still survive anyway.
HK's proprietary recoil reduction system their full size USP pistols use is unique among other systems, because the recoil assembly is floating on the secondary spring in first phase of shot, allowing locked barrel to recoil together with slide. Only after second spring is compressed, recoil assembly stops it's rearward movement and slide can unlock from barrel. This movement is not replicable by hand cycling and is part of why the slide may feel surprisingly easy to rack. Other attempts at reducing the effect of rearward recoil forces through unorthodox recoil spring assemblies work either by all springs working together to offer longer effective spring travel by having both springs work more-less simultaneously (P2000SK, G26, Glock Gen4, STI Recoil Master), or to cushion last portion of travel when second springs enter after specific amount of slide travel (Sprinco), or to combine both principles using 3 springs (DPM).
These are great pistols that do all and more than is reasonably required of them. I really wish HK had just updated the frames and slides for the 21st century instead of just making entirely new systems. There wasn't anything wrong with it, don't fix things that aren't broken. The stock trigger on a USP or even a USP Compact whether DA/SA or LEM is superior to the stock trigger on the p2000 or P30 again whether DA/SA or LEM.
Just want to clarify, I have now confirmed the squid test was lands and grooves. One thing H&K always gets right is the barrel.
Has anyone tried the Suppressor X Cleaner that’s on silencershop? I was curious if it was any good and if it can be used an aluminum baffles
Excellent review Brotha
When i have some money i buy a HK 9 Expert .
If any money left i buy food. Then if any money left I pay the rent.
Great presentation 👍
As of 7,2023 $1,600.oo
I was lucky, this was my first pistol.
After about 20 thousend shots she is still perfect. The only thing i had to change was the o ring. And I had to grind a litte bit one of the Magazines.
I would buy her everytime again.
Regards from Austria.
What, where and why did you have to grind off the magazines?
@@Bisley1 It didnt eject smooth anymore after some years. In German we say Schleifen. I had to do it at the point where the Magazine Trigger snaps in.
@@marcoaerts3178 ah, ok. Thank you. I hope it doesn't happen on mine. But then again, i don't shoot my usp enough for it to matter, but i plan to start shooting it more.
HK catalog and page 10 of the Operatior's Manual lists the trigger pull at 3.8 lbs.
for the 9mm Expert.
And the sights were factory zero set at 25 meters( 82 feet)
Page 12 Operator's Manual 💥🎯👍
Can never go wrong with any H&K
what's the make and model of the shirt he's wearing?
I just picked one up from Turners a couple of weeks ago..... HK USP 45 Expert for $1,099. Manufacture Date Code is CB which means 2021, C=2 and B=1. You now can find it under the trigger guard. It used to be on the side of the slide but they hide it now under the trigger guard. So basically, I got a fresh from the factory gun. These guns sells as soon as they receive them. Only issue I have is the rear sight is off centered. Not really an issue, I just can't believe it passed QC because even crossed-eyed Johnny will notice it. Great review by the way!
I just saw a 45 Expert 45 at my local Turners. It felt like a first class high quality pistol. I might go grab it since I'd love to have a higher capacity .45. Only thing is Ive been building my supply of 9mm since I mostly shoot 9mm. Hmmm
@Elliot Torres You can see it by just looking at it. I am not talking about how it's calibrated, just talking about the the installation of the rear sight, it's not in the middle of the upper slide.
I wish HK would make a Polygonal threaded barrel for the Expert I have the 45ACP!
Bro the USP in Counter-strike 1.6 absolutely dominated the g19.
That 3 shot burst was nasty if you got it right.
This pistol is the softest recoil of any nine I have ever shot the recoil reduction system is amazing.
I got the .45 version and now I’m like, “should I get the 9mm as well?”
Great video
when i make it as an ffl, a usp45 expert is gunna be a gift to myself
Can you review the stealth project suppressors? Specifically in 5.56?
Dude! Great video. Nice technical overview and walkthrough, and great audio and editing :D
How long are your thumbs, at 5:24? I wanna know if I'm gonna experience some of the same things as you, once I can afford this model.
i have relatively large hands (XL or XXL) gloves, and i can barely sweep the mag release with my strong hand provided i break my grip slightly. This is with a regular USP 40, but the grip portion of the frame should be identical
Great guns, that alway's go bang!! Thanks!
Now that is one HANDSOME gun
Do any of the HK pistols in .45 caliber come with a rear decocker (like the P30) instead of the side decocker ?
The HK45 does I believe. It’s in the same place as the P30.
@@thunderring8056 I checked out 2 videos and they seem to be side decocker.
The only thing I wish were different is a dot on the front sight. I'm going to put a white night sight bead on the front of mine
Nice gun ,good catch ,does the Beretta that your wife gave you have a thumbs up safety to fire like old Beretta or 1911 style thumb down to fire which I like better ?
The Centennial has a frame mounted safety which Beretta only does on limited edition firearms. And now the X Performance. Scroll through my recent videos and you'll see the review on it 😎
@@nfareview can do
Hi Adam! This comment is to boost my digital buddy, Al Go-Rhythm!
It worked!
This and other reviews got me to order a USP Expert 45. Brought it home this morning and yow! Those vertical edges at the back checkering panel - like steak knives into your palm. I need to grow a pair or wear gloves when I hit the range
Dude
I could sand down the edges but... Talon rubber grip inbound
Be a man
I have the HK USP 45 EXPERT , nice but the trigger is enormously heavy and has crazy amount of travel . The single action is the way to go unless you get it worked on .
Definitely one of my best shift / end of days gun ! Cons nothing on the front sights ! Mags are kinda expensive and hard to come by ! Need a adapter for the pic rail . Holster hard to find
Pros are kinda crazy ,non stop,endless get one I have the compact ! The service model ! And the expert !
The expert is badddddddddddd azzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Check UrbanCarry Lock Leather models.
Gun looks beautiful in those and it carries comfortable!
I have an H&K VP9. I love it!
Me too. and a VP9-SK! First class natural pointers. Super reliable.
I have a compact in .40 Sweet gun
Looks like it’s more accurate than I will ever be
I have the 9mm and 45acp in these... Brilliant guns. True COMBAT GRADE.... LONG slide guns are my FAVORITES...
This is my carry. Love it.
Is it concealed? I’m curious what your holster setup looks line
What type and brand of holster do you use. TIA
I picked up a 45, may actually be my end of days sidearm.....
if they made an optics ready model of that , it would make a nice CO gun.
Funny how the anemic rails on the USP give about the same accuracy as fully fitted rails on a 1911.
I need one but ill be patient. I have the USP9 full size, USP 45 compact and the 45 elite. Soon I hope to add the expert in 9mm
Which do you prefer of the two? USP 45 Compact or 45 Elite? I found a USP 45 Expert locally and it sure feels nice in the hand. Thinking about buying it. Seems like it would be a great range gun and Home defense. I have VP9 and VP9-SK for concealed carry. (And a Sig P365XL), so the USP 9mm might be redundant.
@@gair1944 I personally prefer the Elite as someone who mostly shoots at the range. The USP Compact is a good carry gun if you're on the taller side. I can only do IWB in my State. It's a little on the thick side but I do carry it now and then.
Look at you flexin' in 2021 by shooting real ammo. Just kiddin', thanks for the video.
❤ my old beater LE trade-in USP40!
I was waiting for the flash to burst one of those rattle cans.
I’ve all ways wanted a USP or a P2000. Just an awesome looking gun. Your shots of it towards the beginning made this one look just gorgeous.
I have a P2000 V3 my wife gifted me when we first started dating and still love it! I highly recommend it! It’s currently on coffee table duty 😎
I got both, the P2000 in 9mm and the USP compact in .40, they're both amazing guns and can't go wrong with either imo, just research which features and design elements you prefer
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess I never know which version to get last HK pistol I had was the P30 V3 I think but now I think I want the USP Tactical or compact tactical.
I have an IWB for my expert. I can carry it with the match weight comp and olight pro r 😎
You should replace the O-rings when ever it "Feels like I should probably replace it just to be safe." They last years, especially if you get aftermarket higher temperature ones like Nitron.
I shot the Regular USP, Full size 9mil, i absolutely hated it personally, trigger felt weird, i couldn't tell when its gonna go off, and recoil was much much more than Glock 19
Maybe i held it wrong, idk, nit when i picked it up it felt weird to me. Glock recoil went 6 to 12. USP wobbled all over, to sides as well
Hay para todos los gustos. La USP compac creo de 17,3 de largo. La USP de 19,5, la expert y la tactical. Calibres 9mm, 40 y 45.
My favorite carry guns are ones with 5 inch barrels like my 1911A1 and my 509 with an Apex Tactical Longslide. I'd love to see you do a review of the Apex Longslide. I did an Unboxing vid of it. It's more of a video for 509 lovers lol. Check it out if you have time. Gr8 vid. 🔫 🇺🇸
just purchased one; $1414.
8:53: *ALL* HK firearms are designed and required to pass the squib test.
I think they make USPs for Psychlos from Battlefield Earth. They feel very much too big for my glove size L hands.
Picked one up at the last import that I know of and that was over six years ago. Maybe I missed one in between, if not then it's not every couple of years. Absolutely the most accurate 9mm I own, my long slide VP9 is very close. the trigger is amazing. Maybe you could review the vp9 long slide later. Oh yeah and the spent cases can be picked up with one squat down, it dumps them in a nice little pile, for you reloaders out there.
Manufacture year can be found on the slide or under the trigger guard for new ones. 0=A, 1=B, 2=C, 3=D..... So if it is BE, that is made in 2014. Let me know what you got.
@@07Kimo07 Mine is a BD. 2013
now I learned that weird plane is velocity
You have good taste! Pick the best handguns
Anyone have the Expert in 9 and in .45? Thoughts about one over the other? (Not a caliber debate per se, rather thoughts on the two specifically with the Expert).
Just got the 45 version in! Expect a review next month or so!
@@nfareview will subscribe!
@@nfareview You still loving this? I am thinking hard about getting one to serve as a recreational pistol and serve a role as a full size shtf combat pistol.
I have an Expert 9mm and Tactical .45 - while not the same, they do share the same fancy extras over the standard USP: lighter match trigger with overtravel stop, target sights, o-ring, so pretty similar. The .45 is noticeably chunkier than the 9mm. Both slide and grip frame. It’s quite a beast, but that’s what you get, when you want 12 rounds of 45 in a pistol and the Glock 21 and FNX45 are also big. As for accuracy and shootability, they are both phenomenal. I routinely shoot them accurately at 50m / 55yds, the .45 Tac with a can and have no problems. Recoil is low, because of the double recoil spring and everything seems overbuilt. I really think it comes down to wether or not the .45 USP is too big for you. Both your hands and your needs. The USP grips are kind of blocky but I like them. The USP45 grip fits my hand better than the large frame Glock 20/21 grip does, so that’s a plus
Have had a .45 ACP since 1995. Not a 9 x 19mm fan. I’m a dinosaur who believes in the larger caliber. It’s my favorite pistol, my most accurate and has the softest recoil in this caliber. The only problem is finding holsters. Magazines are typically expensive but also excellent. If you slap the magazine into the gun the slide drops chambering a round. Never had a misfire, jam or stove pipe even with low powered or super loads. I love it.
if only this pistol didnt cost as much as a well-equipped AR oooof. I settled for a P2000 for something more affordable and concealable, but you bet your life i would pick this as my open holster.
I'm getting it
I've owned my HK USP .45 full-frame pistol since it first came out. What a beast it is. It will take any abuse, is the most accurate pistol in my box, and God help the little guy that decides to challenge its authority
MY little pocket knife is a razor to the flesh, will slice and dice ANYTHING, what a god of a man it makes me!!! Arghhh!
I could not find this gun on the HK website
HK is strange like that. And they only import this model once every couple years. 🤷♂️
www.heckler-koch.com/de/produkte/sport/sport/usp-expert/usp-expert/produktbeschreibung.html
But I do love the looks of that Walther.
That (airplane) was a Beechcraft Starship. Very rare turboprop.
It was a velocity
Just asking can I use 115gr ruger
Of course you can. Runs just fine 🍻
@@nfareview much appreciated...didn't want to destroy it.i wanted one for a long time
The USP 9 TACTICAL is my dream hammered fire gun. I don't own any hammered fired pistols.
When can we expect a Yankee Hill machine R9 review?
YHM hasn’t contacted me about a review 🤷♂️
@@nfareview dang, I have one in jail. I was hoping to get a preview. Thanks for the response
What does the letters "cip mean on the side of the slide?
It’s a German “proof thing”, like SAAMI in the US
Actually, it’s the European standards committee that’s similar to SAAMI in the US.
Commission Internationale Permanente pour l’Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives
Finally a real gun on RUclips 😎😎😎
i want one!