| Essentially the USP Tactical, the .45 Match was made famous by none other than the voluptuously bodacious action babe Lara Croft, the fictional character from the Tomb Raider video game series. The .45 Match was first seen in the 2003 release of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness video game, and is now present in all future Tomb Raider games.
For those unfamiliar with the video game genre, the .45 Match was also used as the prominent weapon of choice by Angelina Jolie, who played the Lara Croft character in the hit movies Tomb Raider, and Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life released in 2001 and 2003 respectively.
The basic structure of the KSC .45 Match is literally the KSC USP Tactical, but that's where it stops. An ambidextrous slide latch has been fitted for double wielding, with a flared extended magwell constructed from metal. Every time you load or unload your mags, a distinctively sweet "shink" can be heard as the metal magazine slides along the metal magwell. Due to the distinctive flared magwell, the KSC .45 Match?s magazines have a specially made floor plate to match, and are thus the only mags that fit on the .45 Match.
Saving the best til last, both the outer barrel and the inner barrel has been elongated by an inch, why? So that the unique Match muzzle weight can look doubly awesome on the .45. with three serrated grooves on the underside and a Match logo engraved into the left side of the frame with the original manufacturer logo engraved into the front face of the muzzle weight, outlined in traditional red.
Due to the metal muzzle weight, the KSC .45 Match is much easier to control than the stock USP pistols, providing you with a much steadier grouping. That and the sweet sound of the very robust ABS slide hitting the metal muzzle weight leaves very little to be desired!
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