Certainly cost. Most modern pistols are capable of passing any meaningful reliability tests. Glocks are no more reliable than most main stream pistols from my experience.
Bob
The SEALS pick the Glock 19. (merged)
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Certainly cost. Most modern pistols are capable of passing any meaningful reliability tests. Glocks are no more reliable than most main stream pistols from my experience.
Bob
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You can't shoot Sig226 under water. Glock you can. Seal Teams have been using Glocks for several years unit purchase. SIG are ok for law enforcement applications, not for tactical. SA pistols are quicker for trigger reset and more accurate for multiple targets and multiple firing. Shot both, issued both, Glock is better. XD is even better ... new strike fire H&K 9 wow. But Glock in the elements outperforms. The more badguys not using Glocks, the more I win.
juancarlos
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Most pistols can shoot under water including SIG with an effective range of 12inches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrYvLPR_Rg
P226 firing under water proof "Don't try what these brain dead guys did"
The glock striker water mod is to allow the water to drain from the FP channel to prevent failures to fire after surfacing. The Glock must have special FP spring cups installed. This is by special order only and no regular Glock has them installed.
CANSOFCOM, SAS and many other SF units seem to think SIG is not just for LEO... I love Glock too but lets look at the facts.
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Sig aren't "okay for tactical"?
They have quite the pedigree of long time users. Can you explain how they aren't good "for tactical"?
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Damn Civies
Special Operations Forces "Special Forces"
I take it SOF are armed forces sent to a situation that the sending country has not declared war on? Does that about sum it up?
BTB - Thank you for indulging my Qs.
M
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It's a concealed carry guided missile destroyer...with suppressor, of course.
3 at least - large and/or high profile orders get screaming deals from Glock - one department picked up a few hundred G22's for $139 each, imagine what the USMC/NSW price will be - a fraction of what you'd pay.
There's a couple reasons for the swap:
The 19 is widely in use already in JSOC.
Cost- the switch to the 19 does away with the current mix of 226's & 239's.
The Sig contract was up.
That's pretty much it in a nutshell.
The 19 is widely in use already in JSOC.
Cost- the switch to the 19 does away with the current mix of 226's & 239's.
The Sig contract was up.
That's pretty much it in a nutshell.
Oh boy... Where to start ?
Shooting underwater ? Really ?
OK for LE but not tactical ? why ?
The more bad guys not using Glocks, rhe more you win ? Whats your gamer tag ?!?!
More accurate ? Accuracy come from shooters most of the time. I have to concentrate more when shooting my Sig than my Glock... Something about the sights not as easily acquired, or just shot too much with the Glock...
Own both, shoot both, issued Sig and I have to admit I prefer the Glock trigger though.
SIGs are good. Glocks are good.
User list for both is impressive. In an operational context who really cares? It's the man pulling the trigger that matters; and god forbid, if I ever need SOF guys to pull my ass out of the fire their chosen sidearm will be the last thing I care about. They know what works for them I'm sure. I would be pumped to trade out the P225 in my vest for a G19. Less weight, more bullets.
User list for both is impressive. In an operational context who really cares? It's the man pulling the trigger that matters; and god forbid, if I ever need SOF guys to pull my ass out of the fire their chosen sidearm will be the last thing I care about. They know what works for them I'm sure. I would be pumped to trade out the P225 in my vest for a G19. Less weight, more bullets.
