The UHC (unicorn hobby company) USP NBB (non-blow-back) is a cheap pistol with a price range varying from around 35$-50$. Now, as a general rule, I will tell you that you get what you pay for. This gun disproves my theory.

Originally I had bought a used usp off of ebay, and it was more or less dead. It broke a few weeks after I received it (the hammer got stuck, and the grip was cracked, obviously due to EXTREME abuse from the previous owner, because this gun is rock solid)



I then decided to order 2 new Usp’s from www.evike.com. There was a slight mix up, but they willingly resolved everything. I order a package deal, and they forgot to include the gas(1100ml green gas), and 2000 of their extremely high grade bb’s. I emailed them, and they shipped everything out ASAP.







The gun comes in a nicely decorated box that looks much better, and more attractive than any other box out there. Even though that is a minor detail, it is just re-assuring to know that the company went out of their way to make something like that, a minor detail just that much better.







Another great thing about the box is that it can fold into a bb trap. The instructions are on the bottom of the box.







The only one small problem with that is that the usp can penetrate the thick cardboard from anywhere under 20 feet.







There are quite a few warning symbols on the box, such as “Age 18+ to purchase”, “follow all air gun laws and regulations”, and the most important, “Must wear eye protection.” With all the news reports, and bad press toward air soft, I am very glad that UHC put those warnings up there. Please ladies and gents, wear eye protection, and be responsible. It will help everyone, including you, and every other air softer out there.







When I first received the box, I was mildly excited. I already owned one, so I wasn’t really expecting anything new. I took the package inside, and unwrapped the box. Of coarse the gas, and bb’s were missing, but I had some left over. The first thing I noticed was how clean everything looked. Normally there are papers everywhere, sometimes chunks of the styrophoam mold. This is not the case with the usp. The box is clean, and the papers are tucked away behind the bb trap part, which you need to punch out.





One thing I noticed on the box is how it says “Designed with cold weather performance with no energy wasted on slide movement.” Of coarse it is easy to tell consumers that it is designed for cold weather performance. I, at first, just thought they threw that in there to make it sound a little bit better. This proved not to be the case.







I went outside on a 47 degree day to fire off the first few shots, so first I loaded up the magazine with about 13 bb’s, which is a bit of a pain at first, but you can get used to it. You can’t lock the spring down, so you need to hold it down, and you need to hold the magazine completely vertical otherwise bb’s will go to far back, and get caught in the gas feeding cylinder. I then put the gas in the magazine via the small gas nozzle on the bottom of the magazine. On occasion, the gas will cause a little ice around the nozzle, but your breath is warm enough to melt that. After about 7 seconds of applying the gas, I was ready to go.







The first magazine was a blast to shoot. I hung my sweatshirt about 30 feet away to get the closest size I could get to a torso, and shot at that. I hit it 11/13 times. 2 of the bb’s went wild for some odd reason. Judging by the coke can test, I would say this gun shoots about 250 fps in cold weather, and maybe 280 in warm weather. The bb broke the can, but didn’t actually go through into the can. It made a dent, and a small crack where the bb hit. After practicing my aim, I can now hit a torso sized target 30 feet away 100% of the time.







I had heard on some reviews that this gun could shoot about 3 full magazines before there was an obvious drop in power. This however was not the case. I got 6 ½ magazines off before I ran out of gas. I saw the drop after 5 FULL magazines, and I was still shooting about 40 feet after the drop. Keep in mind; this was on a VERY cold day.







So far, I was impressed with everything about this gun, minus 2 things: consistency, and the Trademarks, and lack there of. As I mentioned, I had a problem with the consistency of the usp. (Keep in mind, this gun is only 40$, about 100$ less than your average competition grade Gas pistol). Most of the shots will follow a fairly straight line, and follow the previous bb perfectly, but every 5 or 6 shots, one shot will go more left or right than all the others. I am going to look into that, and see if I can find out why that is, but it is happening on both of my usp’s, so I’m assuming that it’s the gun, and not something I did to it.











Pros:



-Great in cold weather



-Very cost effective



-Accurately modeled after the real steel usp



-High gas efficiency



Cons:



-non metal (only exterior metal part is trigger)



-no trade marks



-some wild shots



-no aftermarket upgrade parts











Sites- 8/10



Gas efficiency- 10/10



Cold weather performance-10/10



Accuracy- 7/10



Build quality-9/10



Durability-10/10



Accessorability-8/10



Value for money-10/10







As an overall grade for this gun, I give it 8.5 out of 10. This is not based off of 40$ guns, but based off all gas guns in general. This gun is truly the best purchase I have ever made, and I suggest you do the same if you want a great backup pistol for a cheap price

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