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Anyone carry a full size H&K USP .45? I'm wondering what experiences you have had in doin so, and what holsters/concealment methods you have used.

I carried a USPC .45 for a while before trading it.

Too big and bulky I thought.

-nick

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Awesome man. How do you carry the USP?? I had a paddle and a leather OWB galco and both were still to bulky even with my Compact.

I don't carry the USP, but I do carry a Ruger P97. I'm not a huge guy, at 5'10" and 230-ish, but I am fortunate to have broad shoulders. That helps a lot.

I have pretty much laid aside my Don Hum JIT slide in favor of a Fobus paddle (and matching double mag carrier). The Fobus works great, is comfortable, and has good passive retention.

The only drawback to my rig is length. Since it's a full size OWB, my cover garment has to be long enough to keep things covered. I generally wear a tucked tee, with a club or camp style shirt covering. I buy my cover shirts one size large, at 2X.

One nice thing about the Fobus: if I inadvertently expose a couple of inches, bystanders would just see something square, black, and plastic. It looks like a cell phone, pager, or two-way radio, not a holster.

Kevin

KBCraig wrote:The Fobus works great, is comfortable, and has good passive retention.

Yup..this is what I used it my USPC. The only problem was "width." If I stood and looked in a mirror, with the rig on my right, at 3-4 o' clock, i would see a swell in my profile. Did I still carry like that? sure...but I looked funny.

That said...I would love to get a USP/C again...I miss mine.

-nick

I carry the USP45 fullsize pretty often. Was a couple years before I figured out how to carry it.

Under a jacket, an canted OWB holster will do.

The grip on the USP45 is huge, so I would really advise against a holster that is straight up and down.

Under a shirt, I use a kydex IWB. Mine has 2 J-clips that hold it pretty firm. It's a Comp-tac CTAC which holds the gun well, and covers the safety. Not the most comfortable holster in the world, but it is very effective at what it does.

I hear the Blade-tech IWB holster works well with the USP45 too.

Paladin wrote:The grip on the USP45 is huge, so I would really advise against a holster that is straight up and down.

That's the main reason I switched from the Don Hume (vertical) to the Fobus (canted). That full size grip kept poking out the back, and I found myself twisting the holster on the belt to cant it in a way it wasn't made to cant. Wasn't good for the holster or the belt.

Kevin

Thanks for all the info folks. I am using a Galco pancake style with a cant to help hide the large grip. At 5'11" and 260lbs. with broad shoulders, wearing a t-shirt with a large overshirt works rather well for me. As a redneck it's an acceptable style, and doesn't exactly give away the fact that I'm concealing. I haven't yet tried an IWB, but I did take a close look at Comp-tac and another I can't recall at the moment while at Collector's Firearms earlier today. I suppose trying to find the best way to carry can get expensive, trying several different holsters.

Thanks again.

For those that like using the Fobus paddles, don't forget that they make the Roto paddle that has the adjustable cant. You can adjust for a little cant or alot depending on your body.