KSC USP .45

[woody_4000]

This is a noob question but is it ok if i use propane for my KSC USP .45.......if not what should i use....


I Just found out that I should end up getting a metal slide if i want to use propane.....Im going to order a metal slide in the next couple of weeks all use my plastic slide for the time being.......

Thanks

[Shirley]

Is it plastic?

[White_knight]

quoting myself from another thread. look near the bottom to see the effects of propane.

Originally Posted by White_knight

i love mine. i had a ksc glock 23 and it felt small in my hands, so i got a USP .45 and it fits great. the usp is ABS only which i was a little disappointed about because my glock is HW, which feels really ridgid and strong. Thats not to say that the usp isnt, it just feels a lot more "toyish". Trades, molding and overall finish of the gun are top notch so ill move on to the performance.

i got my usp .45 (tw) from a&a brand new in the summer. i put about 4 mags through it to test it out / piss around with my new toy. after which i went up to my girlfriends cottage and deiced to really put it through its paces and work it in.

first we fired about 6-8 mags off of the dock to adjust the hop up and test the range, i cant really recall it exactly but id estimate the range to be in the area of 60-70 feet with an effective range of 45-50 feet. after that we pretty much had it shooting straight so we moved on to some target practice. i didn't really have anything planned in ways of accuracy testing, so we just set up random objects and varying distances and tried to pick them off. for airsoft purposes the gun was pretty accurate, don't expect to shoot olives out of a martini at 100 feet, but shooting at center mass within decent ranges will yield positive results. we did that for a good while and when all was said and done we put almost 22+ mags through the gun. this is where target practice was cut short. after shooting that many rounds with propane, the gun had its first failure. the section under the slide that retained the recoil rod had completely snapped off, allowing the slide to jam itself 1cm farther back than its suppose to. the reason is because a: plastic slide and propane on ANY gun usually = not fun, and b: unlike the ksc glock 23, the usp does not have a metal plate reinforcing the front section.

so IMO the usp is a great gun, its big, beefy and shoots resonably. this gun makes you more of a man , and if you treat it well then it will be good to you, but if you plan on propane, go with a metal slide.

here are pics to show everything i was talking about



The trades on the frame are nice and deep,



but on the slide they seem a bit shallow.


rear sights (notice how faint the molding lines are)


Mag well and lanyard loop


Baseplate of the mags


JP mag


TW mag


Where the slide and hammer meet.


top view of the frame, showing the hammer and "firing pin"


you can see the two notches in the metal frame reenforcement, just to the left of the screw. that is what stops the slide from recoiling farther. it seem that is what caused the front section to snap (in conjunction with the propane)


inside of the slide showing the blowback chamber


outer barrel and hopup adjustment


front section of the slide showing the broken area



its not thin plastic either


This is the Glock slide, notice the metal plate reinforcing the front of the slide. this is absent from the USP.

anyway that my short review on the USP. hope it helps.

[bestnightmare]

does anyone know where to get a hip holster for a KSC USP .45 FULL SIZE???

Thanks

[BeAcH]

hey,

You might want to try sealsactiongear.com, their awesome and reliable, based in calgary.