Coast Guard Chooses Glock

[wdn]

The US military is under no obligation to source its handguns from American companies alone. It is an open, competitive bidding process, may the best sidearm win. I do not care “where the profits are going”. None of these companies is American regardless they build pistols here. Beretta isn’t, Glock isn’t, Sig isn’t.

Do you really think it is a national security risk to buy pistols from other NATO countries, how far fetched can you get.

 

[BHopkins]

Navy is carrying a Sig. Coast Guard will be carrying a Glock. What do the Army, Air Force and Marines use for side arms?

 

[wdn]

Marines are cutting over to the Sig M18 this year, just like Navy.

 

[ZeeOSix]

IMHO, the Glock is going to be a lot safer and simpler to handle. Not to mention stealth. I never felt I had enough training even with all the trips to the range to handle a 45. It was just too spooky to carry safely with one in the chamber and hammer back. There was hell to pay if the OOD saw you were carrying a 45 in the hammer down position.

In a combat situation you can safely carry it chambered and just squeeze the trigger of a Glock.

The .45 in "cocked and locked" can have two safeties at work - thumb safety and grip safety. Accidental discharge would be hard to do. Or was the OOD requiring to carry in condition 0 (with thumb safety off)? Glocks can be accidentally discharged too, probably easier than a .45 can be if handled in a similarly bonehead manner.

 

[ollie]

I actually never thought of that. Thumb safety always on. I do not remember having a grip safety. I never did like the idea of carrying a firearm with the hammer back. Lack of training on my part.

 

[ZeeOSix]

I actually never thought of that. Thumb safety always on. I do not remember having a grip safety. I never did like the idea of carrying a firearm with the hammer back. Lack of training on my part.

See Post #6.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...grip-safety-on-1911-help-settle-a-bet.151072/

"In February, 1910 Colt and Browning submitted a prototype of a pistol that was entirely different then those previously made, and followed the pattern of what would become the model 1911. It had a grip safety, but no safety lock (manual safety). That didn't come about until November, 1910.

The design was finalized and adopted in the Spring of 1911. All model 1911 pistols had both the grip and manual safeties."

 

[ABN_CBT_ENGR]

What do the Army, Air Force and Marines use for side arms?

We normally just stare them down at close range and induce a coronary- its much cleaner

They are moving to SIG slowly but surely so my associates tell me ( don't remember the exact model)

 

[2EHA]

See Post #6.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...grip-safety-on-1911-help-settle-a-bet.151072/

"In February, 1910 Colt and Browning submitted a prototype of a pistol that was entirely different then those previously made, and followed the pattern of what would become the model 1911. It had a grip safety, but no safety lock (manual safety). That didn't come about until November, 1910.

The design was finalized and adopted in the Spring of 1911. All model 1911 pistols had both the grip and manual safeties."

Indeed. The 1911’s thumb safety was really introduced because of complaints from the calvary. Regardless they were carried never cocked and locked by most people.

The original intended “manual” safety was the hammer half-cock (even noted in the patent) but we’ve found out that’s less than ideal.

 

[Kozman011]

We normally just stare them down at close range and induce a coronary- its much cleaner

They are moving to SIG slowly but surely so my associates tell me ( don't remember the exact model)

As a former Tank Commander on the M1A1, it was amazing to see the amount of compliance my 120mm, .50cal, or choice of M240 MGs would get out of people, vehicles, buildings, small cities, etc

 

[ABN_CBT_ENGR]

As a former Tank Commander on the M1A1, it was amazing to see the amount of compliance my 120mm, .50cal, or choice of M240 MGs would get out of people, vehicles, buildings, small cities, etc

What did they call Armor? "The Combat Arm of Decision"?

I saw the aftermath of how well the Medina Division "complied" with that main gun. E.F. Hutton aint got nothing on ya'll.

 

[wdn]

Army is going to the Sig M17.