I seem to have heard that somewhere before.Teamless wrote:If I can quote many on this forum - Concealed is concealed, put it on, cover it up and forget about it.
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- Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:34 pm
- Forum: New to CHL?
- Topic: Things are movin' along!
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- Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:32 pm
- Forum: New to CHL?
- Topic: Things are movin' along!
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Re: Things are movin' along!
I have an MTAC instead of the Supertuck, but they are very similar holsters — and I carried a USP Compact .40 for a couple of years in the MTAC before I sold the gun. The USPc is a great pistol, but I had a couple of issues with it. I eventually sold it, but it was very reliable. it concealed very well, and it wasn't overly heavy for what it was.
My issues were two-fold. First, it took me longer to learn to shoot it well than any other pistol I've ever owned. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but it may have been that I just didn't like the feel of shooting .40 cal, after a lifetime of shooting .45 ACP. Second, after a lifetime of shooting 1911s, even the single action trigger on the USP Compact was not very good. Also, I found that the double action pull was way way heavier than it needed to be for safety's sake. That bothered me because I am used to carrying cocked and locked 1911s with incredibly crisp and light single action trigger pulls, and the advantage of a decocked double action first shot was somewhat negated by not having Popeye the Sailor's forearms and grip with which to fire the pistol in that manner.
In any case, one of the other USP Compact aficionados on the board suggested the following, which I strongly suggest to you: order yourself a 10 lb hammer spring from Midway USA. It only cost around $4 as I recall, and it vastly improved both the single and double action trigger pulls. The stock spring is 14 lbs, and replacing it drops the double action pull to 10 pounds, and the single action pull to about 4 lbs - putting it in 1911 territory for trigger weight. It still wasn't as crisp as a 1911, but it was orders of magnitude better than it had been previously. Swapping the parts out takes all of two minutes and is quite easy to accomplish. It will make the pistol feel almost like a whole new gun. I also installed some Trijicon night sights to mine.
I sold the USPc to Carlson1 a few months ago. I was finally happy with the way it shot for me, but I have multiple pistols in multiple calibers, and I wanted to condense the caliber choices a bit. So I sold the .40 and replaced it with a S&W M&P 45.
My issues were two-fold. First, it took me longer to learn to shoot it well than any other pistol I've ever owned. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but it may have been that I just didn't like the feel of shooting .40 cal, after a lifetime of shooting .45 ACP. Second, after a lifetime of shooting 1911s, even the single action trigger on the USP Compact was not very good. Also, I found that the double action pull was way way heavier than it needed to be for safety's sake. That bothered me because I am used to carrying cocked and locked 1911s with incredibly crisp and light single action trigger pulls, and the advantage of a decocked double action first shot was somewhat negated by not having Popeye the Sailor's forearms and grip with which to fire the pistol in that manner.
In any case, one of the other USP Compact aficionados on the board suggested the following, which I strongly suggest to you: order yourself a 10 lb hammer spring from Midway USA. It only cost around $4 as I recall, and it vastly improved both the single and double action trigger pulls. The stock spring is 14 lbs, and replacing it drops the double action pull to 10 pounds, and the single action pull to about 4 lbs - putting it in 1911 territory for trigger weight. It still wasn't as crisp as a 1911, but it was orders of magnitude better than it had been previously. Swapping the parts out takes all of two minutes and is quite easy to accomplish. It will make the pistol feel almost like a whole new gun. I also installed some Trijicon night sights to mine.
I sold the USPc to Carlson1 a few months ago. I was finally happy with the way it shot for me, but I have multiple pistols in multiple calibers, and I wanted to condense the caliber choices a bit. So I sold the .40 and replaced it with a S&W M&P 45.