Michael Mann likes USPs....

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For any movie and/or gun nuts:

I just noticed that director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, the new Miami Vice movie) has a soft spot for H&K USPs. In Heat, Neil (Pacino; the "bad guy" character) carries a USP in the first part of the movie. He does, however, trade it for a SIG P220 later. BTW, if you have not seen this movie, do so now!

In Collateral, Tom Cruise's character, (also the bad guy) Vincent, carries a USP. Also very realistic weapons-wise.

I just watched the trailer for the new Miami Vice movie, and for a split second, Jamie Foxx can be seen wielding a USP.

Anyway, just a random observation that's a little more relevent to me; I just bought a USP a couple months ago. Very impressed overall with the gun, very accurate and the build quality is beyond reproach. I've put about 700 rounds through it now, and I'm starting to get a pretty good feel for it. The grip is a little too big for my hands; it's a 12 round capacity, double stack magazine, so the grip a wider than the 1911s I'm used to. I'm adapting, though.

This is what happens when you get a new gun and a new digital camera at the same time :D:

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Kinda cool that you can actually see the hollow-point, although not a view I ever want to see through my own eyes!:
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-----Matt-----
 
In Miami Heat I thought they were carrying Sigs? I've always like the HK USP (prefer the compacts) but my Sig shoots better. next pistol will be a .357sig USPc though.
 
Rev Den said:
Get your damn finger outside of the guard!

Rev
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I knew somone would say that. :D It's actually around the front of it; I was holding it kinda weird to get that angle. I actually almost didn't post that pic because the last thing I would want to do is condone improper firearms handling. Optical illusion, I promise.

-----Matt-----
 
IXNAYXJ said:
For any movie and/or gun nuts:

I just noticed that director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, the new Miami Vice movie) has a soft spot for H&K USPs. In Heat, Neil (Pacino; the "bad guy" character) carries a USP in the first part of the movie. He does, however, trade it for a SIG P220 later. BTW, if you have not seen this movie, do so now!

In Collateral, Tom Cruise's character, (also the bad guy) Vincent, carries a USP. Also very realistic weapons-wise.

I just watched the trailer for the new Miami Vice movie, and for a split second, Jamie Foxx can be seen wielding a USP.

Anyway, just a random observation that's a little more relevent to me; I just bought a USP a couple months ago. Very impressed overall with the gun, very accurate and the build quality is beyond reproach. I've put about 700 rounds through it now, and I'm starting to get a pretty good feel for it. The grip is a little too big for my hands; it's a 12 round capacity, double stack magazine, so the grip a wider than the 1911s I'm used to. I'm adapting, though.

This is what happens when you get a new gun and a new digital camera at the same time :D:

Kinda cool that you can actually see the hollow-point, although not a view I ever want to see through my own eyes!:

-----Matt-----
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H&K makes the only polymer-framed pistols that actually feel comfortable to me - specificlly, the VP70 and the Mk23. OK, add in the USP as well - but the Mk23 us just a subset of the USP .45 anyhow.

I'm not sure what they did, but they put a little more mass in your hand than the rest seem to, and that gives a little more balance.

They also make one of the very few 9m/m pistols that feel good to me - the P7M9 (the other one is the Browning Hi-Power.)

I'll still take an M1911/M1991 over pretty much anything else, but the H&K's aren't bad second choices...

5-90
 
5-90 said:
They also make one of the very few 9m/m pistols that feel good to me - the P7M9 (the other one is the Browning Hi-Power.)
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I'm sure you mean P7M8. ;) I really dig the 13s myself. Hell, a P7M10 would be cool, too! :D

If you like the Hi-Power, have you tried a CZ-75? I'm a freakin' die-hard fan of the Hi-Power, but fell in love with a CZ P-01 (compact 75 variant) at the range a couple months ago. I'm in the market for a small 9mm and this little thing is the tits. Everything about it handled well to me and the ergonomics couldn't get any better. :)
 
ECKSJAY said:
I'm sure you mean P7M8. ;) I really dig the 13s myself. Hell, a P7M10 would be cool, too! :D

If you like the Hi-Power, have you tried a CZ-75? I'm a freakin' die-hard fan of the Hi-Power, but fell in love with a CZ P-01 (compact 75 variant) at the range a couple months ago. I'm in the market for a small 9mm and this little thing is the tits. Everything about it handled well to me and the ergonomics couldn't get any better. :)
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Yer probably right - I'm still getting a lot of my memory back, and I honestly don't care much for the 9m/m anyhow... Gimme a .45ACP anyday (although the .450 Detonics and .45 WinMag can also be fun...)

I've handled the CZ-series years ago in training (we learned to pick up anything and use it, and that did come in handy...) and I remember not being put off by it - I just prefer Browning designs. I'm funny that way, I suppose.

If you want a compact carrier, see about finding the (no longer made) Colt Defender - it's very nearly a Commander copy in .40S&W - which I find to be a nice compromise between the full-power .45ACP and the overpenetration of the 9m/m. I'd consider the .40S&W "useful" (and the 10m/m "overkill," IMO.)

Still, gimme a good Commander any day - I do like steel frames and large, heavy, slow bullets. Just because I want to shoot someone in front of me, doesn't mean I want to hit someone behind him...

5-90
 
Back in the day, Glocks were all the rage, then Desert Eagles, now HK must be the "cool guy" gun.

Oh well, I wonder if the actors wielding these things even know how to shoot, or what they are carrying? Seems doubtful.
 
ECKSJAY said:
I'm sure you mean P7M8. ;) I really dig the 13s myself. Hell, a P7M10 would be cool, too! :D

If you like the Hi-Power, have you tried a CZ-75? I'm a freakin' die-hard fan of the Hi-Power, but fell in love with a CZ P-01 (compact 75 variant) at the range a couple months ago. I'm in the market for a small 9mm and this little thing is the tits. Everything about it handled well to me and the ergonomics couldn't get any better. :)
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I have a P7M8 9mm. It's the only 9mm I like. It was the service weapon of my Grandpas during the late 80's for the Utah Highway Patrol. It's a sweet shooter. I just wish I'd gotten the 13 instead of my cousin. :rattle:

I also love my Springfield 1911, and my next purchase is the XD in .40 S&W.
 
CRASH said:
Oh well, I wonder if the actors wielding these things even know how to shoot, or what they are carrying? Seems doubtful.
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Tom Cruise did, I remember seeing that before collateral came out. :) (For that matter, watching Heat again the other night gave me a strong sense that the guys had trained...what tipped me off was seeing Val Kilmer duck behind a car to reload)

Here's a blurb:

To that end, both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx underwent very individual training regimens to identify more fully with their individual characters. Cruise trained extensively with Michael “Mick” Gould, a former member of the British Special Air Service and a respected authority in the areas of martial arts and weapons training. In recent years, Gould has turned his expertise into a career as a consultant and instructor for clients ranging from military Special Forces and law enforcement to feature films. He had first been recruited to work in motion pictures by Michael Mann on the movie “Heat,” and Mann called on him again to give Cruise, one of the industry’s most affable stars, the makings of a consummate killer.


For the scenes involving gun play, Cruise practiced on a police firing range with live ammunition, which gave him a familiarity with the feeling of firing a real gun that is impossible to get from firing blanks. Using live ammunition also gave the actor a respect for the weapon, even when it was later loaded with blanks. “I’ve fired weapons in pictures before, but I’d never had that kind of training with a gun,” Cruise states. “Mick is a great instructor. He helped me to find my own style and also trained me beautifully so I was very safe when using a weapon. I couldn’t afford to make a mistake because even though you’re firing blanks, they are full-flash blanks and could hurt somebody. But it also added a dimension to the character that I really enjoyed exploring. It was like building the character from the ground up, so when it came time to do those scenes, I felt very confident. I didn’t have to think about it; this is just who Vincent is…this is what he does.”
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