# Gun Owners\>\> Heckler & Koch or Glock? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-owners-heckler-koch-or-glock/38444 "2007-11-08T18:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
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[quote=“The\_Russian,post:2,topic:38444"”] A lot of people complain about overall comfort with the glock series of pistols. I shot off a mag in a Glock 17 in .45acp and in a HK USP in .45acp The USP is a little bigger in some of the demensions but It has some key features that the glock does not. It HAS A SAFETY You can rack the slide, push the safety all the way down and decock it for single and double action firing. Its a bit more balanced, with glocks the grip and frame is polymer making it light, but it puts all the weight up top, giving the gun a higher kick. The USP is more balanced overall and is more controllable in firing off rounds in rapid succession. The USP Compact is also a very nice comfortable smaller version of it. I would also look into the the 1911’s Some of the best .45 firing guns ever made. Kimber makes a great weapon. Personaly I would grab the USP, get some rubber hogue grips on it and Iridium sites and be all set. [/quote] The USP **can** have a safety. There are also trigger variants with no safety. You also make is sound like a safety is so great. Fact is a safely handled handgun shouldn’t need a safety at all The USP grip & frame is ALSO plastic/polymer and I would say are more top heavy than the comparable Glock pistol Here are my recommendations for a daily carry piece: --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-owners-heckler-koch-or-glock/38444)._