Well i have had my hk usp for awhile and i have been hesitant to carry it locked and loaded. If a problem does arrive and i must defend myself what would be the out come? Does anyone else have this phobia. I like my glock's being dao. But the hk has started to win me over. I have heard some of you guy's talking about carrying the hk cocked and locked just want some feed back. Maybe i can get another one in l.e.m. later but for now what to do?
How do you carry your HK?
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I believe that anyone would have better luck with a big stick than a gun that isnt cocked and locked, it just would take too much time to get the weapon ready to fire, and chances are you wouldnt have the time required. Strangley enough, this is the reason I got rid of my glock some years back, simply because I had grown up on guns with the standard safety lever, and I simply could not adjust to having nothing other than a trigger safety.
All that being said, I recently got the hk LEM USP 45 and I carry it with the safety on and a round in the chamber. I use the decocking lever (variant 2) to lower the hammer simply because its easier to fit in a shoulder holster that way. If I carry it in a OOB holster it would be cocked and locked since I dont need to worry about a retention strap.
Well, now off to post about which OOB holster I should get!!! :banghead:
All that being said, I recently got the hk LEM USP 45 and I carry it with the safety on and a round in the chamber. I use the decocking lever (variant 2) to lower the hammer simply because its easier to fit in a shoulder holster that way. If I carry it in a OOB holster it would be cocked and locked since I dont need to worry about a retention strap.
Well, now off to post about which OOB holster I should get!!! :banghead:
When I had a USPc I experimented with carrying it different ways. I ultimately decided on going with hammer down, safety off. I eliminated the safety lever entirely (and got better ergos for my hands) by switching to the P2k.
hkenvy91
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i carry my uspc45 hammer down safety off
like my revolver
like my revolver
Black Majik
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I carry mine in DA/SA mode. Dang DA is so heavy it isn't going to fire unless I want it to. 
Blacklabman
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USP V1 .40c- decocked hammerdown with safety off.
P2000 V2 LEM - Round in chamber,ready to go.
P2000 V2 LEM - Round in chamber,ready to go.
SoCalShooter
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I carry mine with 1 in the pipe and safety off also. I am confident that in DA mode the weapon will not fire even if dropped, in my opinion you dont need a safety unless you intend to carry with the hammer cocked.
Working Man
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I'm with the one in the chamber, hammer down, and safety off crowd. That is
for either my USPc .40 or USP .45.
for either my USPc .40 or USP .45.
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10-Ring
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I have alot more experience w/ loaded chamber, hammer decocked so that the way I carry most of the time. I have only recently started to carry my 1911 in condition 1
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This is a first. I've never heard anyone say they'd feel safer carrying a Glock with no safety than an HK with a positive safety. Only if I were carrying the Glock with the chamber empty would there be less chance of an accidental discharge than with the cocked and locked HK, or a 1911 or a Hi Power either.
MadMercS55
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I have an HK P2000 9mm with the LEM trigger. No external safety. I carry it chambered, strong side in a Galco Concealable. I also owned an HK USP .45 that was setup for safety only. Carried it cocked\locked in the same manner without any problems.
Aikibiker
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Cocked and locked in a Comp-Tac IWB holster. Had problems with the safety getting swiped off during normal movment with a Bianchi leather holster.
Autolycus
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I dont carry due to stupid laws. 
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However if I did I would carry a P2000 with the LEM trigger. Of course the chamber would be loaded.
:banghead: However if I did I would carry a P2000 with the LEM trigger. Of course the chamber would be loaded.
usp_fan
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Chambered, hammer down, safety off.
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mzmtg
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Ares45 said:
Ditto. Sort of.
Mine is a full size .40
Shoney
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Don’t know how many of you have had to draw and fire under extreme duress, that micro world of wild flusterpation when the body realizes that the S really has HTF a spit second before it dawns on the brain. During two such incidents, I was carrying cocked and locked. I drew quickly, came on target, and attempted to bend the trigger with all my strength, then realizing the problem, I released the safety.
The momentary laps of training could have been disastrous. Releasing the safety on the draw was not as ingrained and habitual as I had thought. That is why I will only carry SA/DA (USPc or Makarov) round chambered, hammer down, safety off.
Whether you have SA or SA/DA, which ever condition you carry, (I’ll repeat 3 times) you must practice, practice, - -
The momentary laps of training could have been disastrous. Releasing the safety on the draw was not as ingrained and habitual as I had thought. That is why I will only carry SA/DA (USPc or Makarov) round chambered, hammer down, safety off.
Whether you have SA or SA/DA, which ever condition you carry, (I’ll repeat 3 times) you must practice, practice, - -
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