IT’s relevant for Range work, nostalgia, HK cool factor, HD work and such. Practical, not really but dang they are super nice HK high end build and reliability. I’d definitely say go for it if you find one and it’s a reasonable price.

 

Been contemplating the same pistol for a range gun for several years now, just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I think I’ve turned my focus now to a CZ TS2, or racing green as my dedicated range pistol. My HD and CC pistols are covered!

I’ll be following this thread.

 

I have Experts in 9mm and .45 (keeping an eye out for a .40 as well) and thoroughly enjoy them. All the reliability of the standard USP, plus the extra accuracy of the fitted barrel and match trigger.
The Elite (shown with the
Expert) is what I would consider a purely Competition model as it is bordering on unwieldy with the longer slide and barrel.
The Expert, however, hits a sweet spot in the USP line, blending duty size with match accuracy.
That said, as much as I love my USPs, there are some downsides other than expense. Finding holsters for the Expert was annoying as most vendors seem to have forgotten the model. Additionally, HK has never updated the rail system, so lights usually require an adapter. And you definitely will notice the high bore axis under recoil, especially with a nearly empty magazine.
Even with these downsides, I still highly recommend the Experts. They are impressively good shooters and are amazingly reliable.

 

Honest Outlaw has a good video on the Expert on YouTube.

 

I've only my USP Expert in .45ACP, which is setup for HD. This thing is 100% concentrated awesomeness in a handgun. Shoots almost as good as my tuned 1911's and SIG P220 Legion SAO RXP, and is a much better suppressor host (threaded barrel USP's are much better suppressor hosts). There's also the legitimate "coolness" factor of owning & shooting this extremely over-built and highly functional .45ACP lead slinger. I had the notion to look at having it milled for an optic, then a heavy inanimate object struck me in the head and knocked some sense back into me. Other HK's maybe, but NOT a USP (or Mark23, for that matter)...

 

An old paratrooper friend told me that their are only three things that fall out of the sky: 1) Moisture 2) bird**** and 3)Fools......

BTW NICE Pistole

 

HA! Good to go, and wise words of wisdom.

I'm just a "boot" when it comes to being under canopy with only 104 military free fall jumps, 239 high/low level static line jumps, and 1,617 civilian sky-dives. We've got some military personnel in their tens of thousands of jumps. I don't like gravity, but I'm certainly good at validating it.

I'm gonna keep my USP Expert as is, and I did end up adding a USP Tactical night sight up front. I saw an Elite .45ACP in my LGS but it "looked" a bit strange with it's longer (and rounded) slide.

 

HA! Good to go, and wise words of wisdom.

I'm just a "boot" when it comes to being under canopy with only 104 military free fall jumps, 239 high/low level static line jumps, and 1,617 civilian sky-dives. We've got some military personnel in their tens of thousands of jumps. I don't like gravity, but I'm certainly good at validating it.

I'm gonna keep my USP Expert as is, and I did end up adding a USP Tactical night sight up front. I saw an Elite .45ACP in my LGS but it "looked" a bit strange with it's longer (and rounded) slide.

I have 1202 jumps. Civilian.

D-13766

 

I have both a .45 and a 9 Expert with the Jet Funnel. Great guns . I got the 9mm 3 years ago for a smokin deal .
A very large LGS had a one day inventory reduction sale for guns that had been there awhile. Well there on the sales table was a NIB Expert with the jet funnel for $832.00 ! The sales manager said they had 4 of them that had been sitting back in inventory for several years . Unknown why they were never put out in the display case .
Needless to say I whipped out the Visa card and bought one .

 

I have both a .45 and a 9 Expert with the Jet Funnel. Great guns . I got the 9mm 3 years ago for a smokin deal .
A very large LGS had a one day inventory reduction sale for guns that had been there awhile. Well there on the sales table was a NIB Expert with the jet funnel for $832.00 ! The sales manager said they had 4 of them that had been sitting back in inventory for several years . Unknown why they were never put out in the display case .
Needless to say I whipped out the Visa card and bought one .

Wow, that was a nice score for short money. If the one I’d been looking at was priced anything like that I’d have brought it home on the first visit.
I shouldn’t have shown interest in the gun till I was 100% decided on it as the shop jacked the price $250 between that visit and my next. With that my interest in buying has faded a good bit.

 

I have a USP 9 Expert. Absolutely love that gun. Great reliability and great accuracy. Recoil is a little bump. Considering the not so good DA/SA trigger in the USP line the Experts match trigger is nice. Used to use it w/ good results in USPSA matches. I just wished there was a way to get a red dot mounted to it.

 

Don't know if this will sway you but my .45 expert is one of my all time favorite pistols.

 

Great deal

 

Took the time to track down and add a jet funnel, ambi-control lever, match trigger return spring, match sear, and match hammer spring to my new USP Tactical to essentially turn it into a USP Expert.

Here it is seen above my "micro-compact" .45ACP shooter for AIWB carry...

 

The Expert Guns are the most acurate pistols HK makes. Do it

 

No more accurate than a USP Match or Elite and no more mechanically accurate than a standard USP.

 

Passed on 2. In both instances, had myself waterboarded by torture experts and am now 100% ready to throw down on the next one that presents itself.

 

Earlier this week I was looking at and seriously considering a new old stock 9mm Expert. (I have a couple P7's and a VP9sk, so not afraid of HK's)

I ended up buying a very lightly used CZ Shadow 2 with a full CGW Pro Package etc. It fit my hand FAR better, and justb seemed like I would have more fun with it.

 

The USP Expert is one of the best looking handguns ever.

 

The i-DOT red dot mounting work offered by Wright Armory won me over to the point where I ventured out to find a like-new slide to send them for the milling of an HE508T to my stellar USP45 Expert (while keeping the original slide intact). They did a phenomenal job, and I will be sending other "extra" slides from my other HK's for the same work.

 

Looks great. I've been debating about sending in my expert 45 to them too.

 

1000% worth it, you won't be disappointed except maybe for the fact you took as long thinking about it. Depending on how close to & devoted you are to your Expert, you may or may not want to source an extra slide for the milling work.