Has anyone witnessed any accelerated wear from using one of those aftermarket threaded barrels with a can attached? I normally wouldn't have any qualms but given how new it is and, specifically, the fact that HK does not offer a threaded variant and might not cover any damages caused by shooting suppressed I want to get some feedback before I go down this route.

I'm torn between the VP and just going a little further and getting a USP9 SD for a little more. By the time you include the cost of the aftermarket barrel you've closed the the price difference anyway. This will be used primarily for suppressed range sessions, that's it.

Any thoughts?

No experience with after market barrels on the VP9, but I would go USP for the suppressor. If its going to cost you the same money, the USP is proven and an awesome pistol. That said make sure USP fits your hand, VP9 might be better if you have small hands.


 

Ive got around 500 through mine now, RCM metric barrel.  Most have been through my Liberty Mystic X conversion.  

I loved my USP....but it was just too big for my hands....sold it and bought a VP9....I would have loved to have kept it....but im a shooter not a collector......couldn't shoot it well either, obviously due to being too large for my itty bitty hands.

I have yet to see either in the wild, but given I have smaller hands if the grip is as chunky on the USP as people say it looks like the VP is the clear winner here, regardless of price.

Normally I wouldn't think to much into dropping a threaded barrel, OEM or third party, into a pistol with intent to suppress it but beyond the caution some folks are raising over at hkpro.com about possible damage resulting from use, as well as coming across this video where HK wouldn't repair the firearm over the use of "non warrantied" silencers (retarded imo), just wanted to be sure no one saw anything bad from this combo.