Okay, so I'm at the local USPSA match this weekend. There's a guy there who is shooting a USP compact out of an IWB holster.
First stage, when he draws his gun, he turns so he is facing down the 180. He draws, keeping the muzzle more or less in a safe direction, but freaking out everyone (including the RO's, who have told him at previous matches not to do that) They remind him again not to do that, as it makes folks nervous and would be very easy to do unsafely.
Fast forward through the match where a number of bone-headed things happen, but as it was a small match and not very formal, many warnings were issued and things tolerated (not safety-related, just boneheaded stuff)
Second to last stage, I'm keeping score, and I notice that after he Loads and Makes Ready, he puts his USP Compact away with the hammer cocked. He's shooting Production, so that's not alright. After he shoots, while I'm having him sign his card, I ask him about it:
Me: "Did you holster your gun with the hammer cocked?"
Him: "Yeah"
Me: "Yeah, I thought so. That's not legal in Production, the first shot must be Double Action."
Him: <blank stare> "Are you sure?"
Me: "Yup."
At this point the match director who was standing right there affirmed the point about DA first shots in Production. I asked him (scary guy) about his USP, since I thought they all had decockers. What he said next didn't make a lot of sense, so I'm going to paraphrase it a little. I asked if he had a decocker, and when he didn't answer right away I asked if his pistol was DA/SA, DAO, or what?
He said, more or less:
"It's single action. I changed the variant on my USP to a 1911 style."
Thing is, he seemed to indicate that at one point he had a decocker, and modified it. I looked at his gun, and I didn't see a safety lever.
At this point, I'm thoroughly scared. At the final stage, after he LAMR'd, he tried to stick his gun back in the holster, and couldn't find the holster. He was aiming for the small of his back where his t-shirt was all bunched up... I took a few steps back.
Is it possible the safety was there and I just didn't see it? Does H&K make a model that has a decocker that would be possible to remove? The MD said he'd be inspecting the gun at the next match.
We were all pretty confused about how this guy's gun worked. Can anybody shed some light?
First stage, when he draws his gun, he turns so he is facing down the 180. He draws, keeping the muzzle more or less in a safe direction, but freaking out everyone (including the RO's, who have told him at previous matches not to do that) They remind him again not to do that, as it makes folks nervous and would be very easy to do unsafely.
Fast forward through the match where a number of bone-headed things happen, but as it was a small match and not very formal, many warnings were issued and things tolerated (not safety-related, just boneheaded stuff)
Second to last stage, I'm keeping score, and I notice that after he Loads and Makes Ready, he puts his USP Compact away with the hammer cocked. He's shooting Production, so that's not alright. After he shoots, while I'm having him sign his card, I ask him about it:
Me: "Did you holster your gun with the hammer cocked?"
Him: "Yeah"
Me: "Yeah, I thought so. That's not legal in Production, the first shot must be Double Action."
Him: <blank stare> "Are you sure?"
Me: "Yup."
At this point the match director who was standing right there affirmed the point about DA first shots in Production. I asked him (scary guy) about his USP, since I thought they all had decockers. What he said next didn't make a lot of sense, so I'm going to paraphrase it a little. I asked if he had a decocker, and when he didn't answer right away I asked if his pistol was DA/SA, DAO, or what?
He said, more or less:
"It's single action. I changed the variant on my USP to a 1911 style."
Thing is, he seemed to indicate that at one point he had a decocker, and modified it. I looked at his gun, and I didn't see a safety lever.
At this point, I'm thoroughly scared. At the final stage, after he LAMR'd, he tried to stick his gun back in the holster, and couldn't find the holster. He was aiming for the small of his back where his t-shirt was all bunched up... I took a few steps back.
Is it possible the safety was there and I just didn't see it? Does H&K make a model that has a decocker that would be possible to remove? The MD said he'd be inspecting the gun at the next match.
We were all pretty confused about how this guy's gun worked. Can anybody shed some light?