This Heckler & Koch USP is chambered in .45 ACP and has been finished in a tan Cerakote. It has Tru Dot sights and an aftermarket textured grip wrap, and the control lever is on the left side of the frame. The slide is marked HK USP .45 Auto, the frame is marked Heckler & Koch GmbH Made in Germany, the barrel hood is marked HK .45 Auto with serial 25-0219xx, and a plate on the frame is marked Heckler & Koch, INC Sterling, VA with the serial. The pistol comes with three standard magazines marked Made in Germany, one extended magazine, and a carbon-fiber pattern Kydex holster. The Cerakote shows some wear, including chips around the ejection port and on the edges of the slide.
Heckler & Koch began design work on the USP in September 1989 under designer Helmut Weldle, and the pistol was formally introduced in January 1993 with the USP40. The .45 ACP version followed in May 1995. The USP uses a Browning-style cam-locked action similar to that of the Hi-Power, built on a polymer frame, with a dual recoil spring assembly and a captured bushing that dampens impact forces. HK offers the USP in numbered variants that set how the control lever works and which side of the frame it sits on, and the control functions can be switched from left to right. The .45 ACP USP uses 12-round all-metal magazines that drop free when the release is pressed.
Specifications
Manufacturer: Heckler & Koch
Country of origin: Germany
Importer: Heckler & Koch, Inc., Sterling, VA
Model: USP
Action: Semi-automatic, Browning-style cam-locked
Caliber: .45 ACP
Serial: 25-0219xx
Finish: Tan Cerakote
Sights: Tru Dot sights
Grip: Aftermarket textured grip wrap
Magazines: Three standard and one extended
Holster: Carbon-fiber pattern Kydex holster
Markings: HK USP .45 Auto; Heckler & Koch GmbH Made in Germany; US Pat 5 308 815
