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November 25, 2012, 08:27 PM | #126 | |
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It's just us as enthusiasts fueling our knowledge to know it all. Which isn't a bad thing. We're on this forum for a common interest/passion. It's in the sake of knowledge and fun in my opinion. Handguns are a sidearm. For common civilians/armed citizens it's one of the first lines of defense. That is all.. |
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November 25, 2012, 09:28 PM | #127 |
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Why do the Navy Seals, FBI, Secret Service, Air Marshals, DHS, Treasury, el al not use Glocks? Because they all chose Sigs. Just learn to live with the fact that Glock is not the answer to "What would be the best pistol to choose if you want the best possible option." Glock is a good pistol and is the best choice for many, just not the choice for the best of the best.
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November 25, 2012, 09:37 PM | #128 |
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When the Glock 17 first came on the scene, the marketing was aimed at Collectors, and Gun Shows.
When it was suggested to the boss in Smyrna, GA. that the swing should be first to Law Enforcement, "The Police have Revolvers"? And the Auto pistol was not for them. Eighteen rounds, with no reload? Did not seem like a worth while argument. Over a year was lost. |
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A quick check reveals many "best of the best" agencies - both national and international - which issue Glocks. Your case fails on its merits. Last edited by zombietactics; November 25, 2012 at 09:59 PM. |
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November 25, 2012, 11:32 PM | #130 |
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"Delta Force currently uses Glocks"
Unless you have personal knowledge, you will not be able to confirm this. And if you had personal knowledge you would not, could not, or should not make any such claim. Also, both Navy Seals and Delta Force can use what they want within reason, so I'm sure some of both use Glocks but we know for sure the Seals mostly use Sigs. 'I wouldn't call DHS "best of the best" of anything" Agree |
November 26, 2012, 12:08 AM | #131 |
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Why doesn't the US military use Glocks?
I dont think we really know, do we?
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November 26, 2012, 12:24 AM | #132 |
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If I were a moderator, in accordance with past practice of TFL, I'd lock down this thread due to the (moderator's!!!) commentary getting out of hand
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November 26, 2012, 06:45 AM | #133 |
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I suspect that even the Navy Seals and Delta Force don't bring pistols to a rifle fight.
Even the police go to a standoff situation with shoulder fired weapons. |
November 26, 2012, 08:06 AM | #134 | |
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November 26, 2012, 08:34 AM | #135 | |
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1st SFOD-D is "Delta Force". I would imagine that LAV would have personal knowledge.
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November 26, 2012, 08:47 AM | #136 | |
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November 26, 2012, 09:29 AM | #137 | |
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Please provide a list of such units that have officially adopted a Glock pistol. |
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November 26, 2012, 09:35 AM | #138 |
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"If I were a moderator, in accordance with past practice of TFL, I'd lock down this thread due to the (moderator's!!!) commentary getting out of hand"
You'll have to point that out to me. I've just finished reading the whole thread and nowhere has anyones commentary gotten out of hand. Some of it has been very direct and very blunt, but that is allowable as long as it is referencing statements made, and not directed at an indiviual.
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I also know from my Armorer's course that the extended G22 magazine were created per the request of members of a well known SPEC-OPS Unit. If you do a google search for Delta Force and Glock, you will see alot of references. Since nothing that Delta does is public knowledge and the MTOE isn't available for public consumption, that comment from LAV is probably a close as you are going to get. What weapon do you "know" they use? http://www.americanspecialops.com/sp...pons/glock.php Is this accurate? Who knows. Quote:
http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=92567 M4Guru (a Subject Matter Expert): Quote:
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No clue who or what they were, but once upn a time, I saw a group of guys walking around the FOB carrying assorted rifles(even an M-14!) and wearing Sigs, Berettas, Glocks,a nd maybe a 1911. They were wearing Northface jackets and the old DCUs, no clue who they were, but as preiously stated, norma procurement and normale MTOE obviously didn't apply to them.
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http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=102742 Here are another couple of quotes from LAV. Being that he is very closely associated with Delta, I would make the leap of intuition, that he is referring to their adoption of the G22. Not some other units usage.
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Glad there was so much interesting response, thanks. However, trying to direct this thread back to my original question.
What I was trying to get to the bottom of was, in a nutshell: Why do the military (and also some fed agencies) seemingly distrust the "striker fired / no external safeties" approach while the same works so well for hundreds of police departments? What I wanted to aim at was whether it has to do with the different role of a LEO handgun compared to a military sidearm.
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I've always wondered that too. I've often suspecte the reason that some agencies use the Glock versuses others is related to a variety of factors including agency size, types of personnel in the agency, and time spent devoted to firearms training.
For instance, it makes since that the Border Patrol would issue Berettas and HKs because I can believe they devote more time to firearms training whereas the FBI has a whole of sworn gun toting agents that might never ue thier piece in the field and as such, can get by with the lowest, cheapest common denominator, such as a Glock.
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The most direct answer to the question posed in your thread title has pretty well been answered- it was not part of the original competition and since then there has not been shown to be enough of a benefit (vs. the costs involved) to justify reopening the issue. As for what so and so unit/department uses and why, I think gun enthusiasts tend to get WAY too wrapped up in it. I don't really care if no elite unit uses what I have on my hip... I chose my own gun with an eye toward criteria that matter to me... criteria that do not apply to people kicking doors in non permissive environments. They did the same when they chose their sidearms, and they did so using criteria that don't apply to an overweight desk sitter in middle America. |
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I'm not doubting that Delta might use Glocks. But that comment from Vickers means nothing.
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I think we can safely safe that some "operators" choose to use Glocks but I doubt Delta Force has some uniform issue of firearms and while the official pistol of the Seals is the Sig I'm sure some are given permission to use Glocks as well. The description above of the unknown operators having a number of different pistols is probably accurate of what is actully happening at the top of the food chain. For some, the Glock will be the best choice, while others will step up to Sig, HK, 1911, etc. These customized for rough usage 1911s and CZs make sense: http://www.customwinslow.com/#/home
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I'd like to be clear that I am not a Glock fanboi. They aren't even my favorite guns. However, it staggers the imagination to call Glocks "lowest common denominator" ... just doesn't make sense given their popularity with a whole range of people who have sufficient experience to know better, and who get to choose whatever they want. More to the point of the OP: The US military has an ongoing love affair with manual safeties, DA/SA triggers and hammer-fired pistols. This probably has more to do with tradition and misguided notions of safety than anything else. You won't see a hammer-fired Glock with a manual safety and a true DA-style 11lb first pull anywhere in your future ... so they are out of the running until the brass recognizes that the current standards are wacky. Last edited by zombietactics; November 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM. |
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One thing I see as a potential hicup is the U.N. Treaty, many companies have plants in the US now but things could change should the ATT as proposed pass.
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I think it has everything to do with the fact that the military already owns hundreds of thousands of M9s that do the job required of them, and there is no feasible economic, performance, or training-related reason to replace them with a striker-fired (or any other) design. |
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"Why do so many police departments use the Glock when our military has largely steered clear of them?" In short, a huge number of officers pay for their own pistols. The Glocks are very cost-effective and police departments don’t seem swayed by the "Buy American" concept, whereas the Fed's try to where its suitable. |
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