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Gryphon · November 28th, 2005, 10:36

I would stay away from the USP Compact.

I bought one many months ago from Specarms and it quickly became my favorite pistol. It feels good in the hand, has snappy recoil, and was reliable. However, I ran it on propane.

This gun is NOT designed for propane. At all. Period. I destroyed the stock plastic slide after a couple of months. The slide catch notch broke, effectively doubling the length of the gap so that it would not lock open. The rear of the slide on the left side shattered in several places and would pop off the frame when you fired. I was fortunate enough to find a replacement slide cheap, and it's worked fine so far. Replacement plastic slides are $5.00 at UN Company, but that doesn't help you when your FRAME CRACKS.

Yeah, that's right. Seems to be a common issue with ALL USP Compacts using propane, in that the rear of the frame around the hammer will crack or break. It doesn't affect function but you'd think for $250+ you'd get a gun that would survive a bit of abuse. Slides and such blowing up, okay those are easy to find and replacable. Good luck finding a replacement frame short of buying a whole new gun. And all of this is beyond the lousy safety catch which wears out and becomes useless within the first dozen mags.

I used to wholeheartedly recommend this pistol but now I certainly can't. I suppose if you run it on duster it's a good option, but who does that anymore.

November 28th, 2005, 10:36	#2
Gryphon Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MB	I would stay away from the USP Compact. I bought one many months ago from Specarms and it quickly became my favorite pistol. It feels good in the hand, has snappy recoil, and was reliable. However, I ran it on propane. This gun is NOT designed for propane. At all. Period. I destroyed the stock plastic slide after a couple of months. The slide catch notch broke, effectively doubling the length of the gap so that it would not lock open. The rear of the slide on the left side shattered in several places and would pop off the frame when you fired. I was fortunate enough to find a replacement slide cheap, and it's worked fine so far. Replacement plastic slides are $5.00 at UN Company, but that doesn't help you when your FRAME CRACKS. Yeah, that's right. Seems to be a common issue with ALL USP Compacts using propane, in that the rear of the frame around the hammer will crack or break. It doesn't affect function but you'd think for $250+ you'd get a gun that would survive a bit of abuse. Slides and such blowing up, okay those are easy to find and replacable. Good luck finding a replacement frame short of buying a whole new gun. And all of this is beyond the lousy safety catch which wears out and becomes useless within the first dozen mags. I used to wholeheartedly recommend this pistol but now I certainly can't. I suppose if you run it on duster it's a good option, but who does that anymore.