Posted: 3/1/2009 6:26:16 AM EDT
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So, is there different configurations of this gun or is it a standard setup like a Glock or XD? Thanks
Someone said there were different safety and or decocker options |
From HK USA (www.hk-usa.com) Modular design with customer-specific design possibilities, for example: - SA/DA Variant Double Action/Single Action with safety lever for safety and de-cocking function, arranged on the right or left side - SA/DA Variant Double Action/Single Action with safety lever only for de-cocking function, arranged on the right or left side - Variant DA Double Action with safety lever for safety function, arranged on the right or left side, without de-cocking lever Please contact HK's service department @ 205.655.8299 to learn about USP variants. |
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Copied from wikipedia:
Variants 1 and 2 (double action/single action, decocking and safety lever) Variants 1 (lever on left) and 2 (lever on right) allow the user to carry the pistol in a single-action mode (cocked and locked) with the manual safety engaged. This same pistol, without modification, can be carried in double-action mode, with or without the manual safety engaged, and with the benefit of a decocking lever. Variants 3 and 4 (double action/single action, decocking lever, but no safety) Variants 3 (lever on left) and 4 (lever on right) provide the user with a frame-mounted decocking lever that does not have the "safe" position. This combination only allows the hammer to be lowered from SA position to DA position. It does not provide the "safe" position to prevent the pistol from firing when the trigger is pulled. Variants 5 and 6 (double action only, with safety lever) For the double action only user, variants 5 (lever on left), 6 (lever on right), and of the USP operate as double action only pistols with a bobbed hammer always returning to the DA position (forward) after each shot is fired. To fire each shot, the trigger must be pulled through the smooth DA trigger pull. Variants 5 and 6 have a manual safety lever. Variants 7 and 8 (double action only, no control lever) No control lever is provided on variant 7. Variants 9 and 10 (double action/single action, safety lever, but no decocking) Variants 9 (lever on left) and 10 (lever on right) allow the shooter to carry the pistol in a single-action mode (cocked and locked) with the manual safety engaged. This same pistol, without modification, can be carried in double-action mode (hammer down), with or without the manual safety engaged. The double action mode offers a second strike/double action capability in case of a misfire. The control lever has no decocking function on variants 9 and 10 so one would have to carefully lower the hammer manually. LEM (Law Enforcement Modification) Trigger Developed especially for the U.S. government, the Law Enforcement Modification (or LEM for short), is a USP DAO (Double-Action Only) model with a unique trigger mechanism. This mechanism improves the double action trigger performance and reduces the weight of the DAO trigger pull to 7.5-8.5 pounds. Aside from the LEM mechanism, it is identical to the USP Variant 7 (DAO) model. Or go to http://www.hkpro.com/usp.htm and scroll to the bottom. |
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You have all of the pictured variants, as well as the option for an ambidextrous lever. To sum it up, you have have a safety, a decocker, both a safety and decocker, or no control lever. And the lever can be on the left, right, no side, or both sides. And you can have SA/DA or DAO, there is no SAO, although the variant 9/10 is made to only be carried cocked and locked. And you also have the options of the LEM variants, which are not numbered in the below image. If you want to know what the LEM is:
LEM Description - YouTube Video 
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