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10/23/2010 3:22:11 PM EDT
I'm looking at a deal on a usp compact, but I'm left handed and need to switch this pistol from a right only variant. hk website is no help. is it possible to get the parts, or is it necessary to ship the gun off? thanks.
10/23/2010 7:05:37 PM EDT
[#1]
I'm looking to do just the opposite. I've owned a variant 2 for years and I am right handed. I have seen an ambi control lever kit on midways site, but didn't know if it was for a variant 1 or variant 2 or if it even mattered. Hopefully someone will chime in that has done this before. Here is the part

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=964054
10/23/2010 7:35:54 PM EDT
[#2]
Got the same problem except I am right handed and got a great deal on a left handed USP40 Tactical for $599.

I post this thread today asking the same question.

Changing USP variant

Go to www.hkparts.net

Order the correct detent plate and lever. That's all you need. I check my USP tonight and it looks simple to do. USP Brain surgery next week. Crossing my fingers.
10/24/2010 9:47:47 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
I'm looking to do just the opposite. I've owned a variant 2 for years and I am right handed. I have seen an ambi control lever kit on midways site, but didn't know if it was for a variant 1 or variant 2 or if it even mattered. Hopefully someone will chime in that has done this before. Here is the part

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=964054



The ambi kit is for both left and right handed shooters, hence the word ambi (ambidextrous).  The only difference between a V1 and a V2 is the side the control lever is on, so with the ambi, you have a control lever on both sides, hence, no difference if the gun starts out as a V1 or a V2.

Detent plates are the same for a V1 and V2 so don't wast your money buying another plate when the one you have is the same as the one you would get (they even say V1,2 on them).