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April 27, 2021, 01:40 AM | #26 |
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We purchased our own pistols, and out of the 9 total duty pistols I carried most have been compacts. A compact fits my hands better, and my first thinking when I went to my first one, a Glock 19 gen 2, going from a Glock 17 gen 2, I wanted something I could carry on and off duty.
Since I've retired, my old agency went back to 9mm after having gone .40 in the early to mid '90s. I'm presuming all Glock pistols are still personally owned like during my time, but I don't know if there is a model mandate. The only .40 Glock model we couldn't carry during my time as a duty weapon was a Glock 27 - a little too compact. A buddy of mine in a local sheriff's office here in the Texas Hill Country tells me that they are issued Glock 19s(unknown gen). The next county over issues SIG P320s, but I don't know which frame. So, not uncommon for compacts to be popular out there in the LE community. |
May 8, 2021, 04:32 PM | #27 | |
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May 9, 2021, 12:26 PM | #28 | |
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I think these have always been the best option. I think LE and Military are warming up to them recently because the old guard who believed only in “service sized pistols” are gone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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May 9, 2021, 02:03 PM | #29 |
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It seems to me there were plenty of small service guns in 32acp in Europe, over the last century. Also things like the Makarov were very popular for service.
America seemed to resist this trend to some extent, but with modern advances in materials and design, it seems to me there isn't much of a point in demanding a full sized pistol anymore. |
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