Originally designed for the American market the USP Universal Selfloading Pistol has found international acceptance as an accurate and ultrareliable handgun. Features favored by U.S. law enforcement and military users provided much of the design criteria for the USP. The controls are uniquely American influenced by such famous designs as the Government Model 1911 pistol. All USPs feature a fiberreinforced polymer frame stiffened by stainless steel inserts at areas subject to stress and friction. The USP control lever a combination safety and decocking lever is frame mounted and quickly accessible unlike the slidemounted safeties common on many semiautomatic pistols. Variant 7 is a double action without control lever no manual safetydecocking lever.
