Marine Leaders Explain Corps' Decision to Buy Army's New Pistol

[copeland]

Before the tests were completed Sig was awarded the contract. That's a fact. Check it. Glock's appeal centered on that fact. There were other irregularities that Glock brought up on appeal but were ignored.

The Army issued directives about modularity knowing full well that that ability would never be used. Only used to exclude.
Technical issues & mistakes ensured the Army chose the Sig beforehand. All these issues are documented in the reports & appeals. Not "subjective" but factual. Where's your faux facts?

That may be true. Potentially the main reason could center around d SIG now being a complete US company since moving SIG from Germany. Glock still has its heart in Austria, politically and financially its smart to keep that money in country.

Also, The glock premiered in the early 80s where as The p320 is new 'tech'. Yes they are both striker fired but when you look at specs, it's probably an easy sell to say you bought the latest and greatest and can expect 30 years from this product.

I'm a glock guy, but I really enjoy my p320 too.

 

[Canuck44]

Playing devil's advocate, but Glocks don't discharge a round when dropped last I checked.

Yes but the Gen 4 Glocks Slides had the habit of the frame cracking at the front and rear under heavy extended use. The Gen 5 that came out later had a redesigned slide necessitating a redesign of the trigger group. All of which requiring a minor tweaking of the polymer frame to accept the redesigned slide.

Not sure if these issues had a chance to play into the decision but it would appear the US Army dodged a bullet if they were looking at the Gen4 Glock.

The Glock 17 has proven to be an excellent pistol and has been around for a very long time with a very faithful following. It will be around for many years to come. I think the Gen 5 design may be the pinacol reach for the design unless they come up with a similar set up to the 320 where the pistol group just moves from one frame to another allowing for various iterations of the same pistol. That doesn't make it the perfect pistol for all occasions though. It does though, just continue to make it one of a number of very good striker fired pistols.

I am sure most of us who shoot a lot of pistols rounds in our civilian or professional lives could easily make a list of pistols in alphabetical order that are capable if filling our needs for general plinking, personal protection and competing in IDPA SSP Division and IPSC Production Division. The Gen 5 Glock would be on my list filed under G.

Take Care

Bob

 

[Andronicus]

So.... Marine Leader = Brig. Gen.? Why not just say that.

 

[Wendell]

Join the US Marines and you get to play with them for free.

Take Care

Bob

'For free'

 

[CLW .45]

Why is anybody even cares about a handgun?

Artillery and heavy support weapons account for like 90% of the casualties.

If even rifles are mainly for morale boost what are handguns for? Shooting yourself to prevent starring in the ISIS video wearing orange jumpsuit?

“... what are handguns for?”

Handguns are effective self defence weapons that can be carried ready for action, without interfering with one’s daily activities.

In military life, as in civilian life, circumstances occasionally arise where the lack of a long gun or sidearm means death.