There's over 100 police departments in MD alone...so yeah...it hasn't won a military contract and by and large most agencies don't issue it.
Good point. There approximately 18k police depts in the US so s&w has less than 2% of them covered...
There's over 100 police departments in MD alone...so yeah...it hasn't won a military contract and by and large most agencies don't issue it.
If they really cared about a good combo, they'd just go with gen4 g17s firing 115+p dpx loads and call it a day. Limiting our military to FMJ is retarded....especially when our LEOs use HPs.
If they really cared about a good combo, they'd just go with gen4 g17s firing 115+p dpx loads and call it a day. Limiting our military to FMJ is retarded....especially when our LEOs use HPs.
Maybe S&W should partner with Apex to offer a complete firearm. Advanced trigger and night sights. I've shot several thousand rounds though my M&P 9 with the only malfunction being a squib round from crappy Tula ammo.
Being an M&P person, I have to say the simplicity of Glock is alluring to agencies. If glock had a slightly better reputation for fit I would be a fanboy. I am not real thrilled with the mating of the mag floorplate to the pistol grip of my 19.
That gap at the bottom of the grips on Glocks is there to be able to rip the magazine out on a Type 2 or 3 malfunction. Glocks are built for combat and duty use not to look pretty and sell magazines.
I can understand that, but reloading a new mag pinches my bottom of my hand. Same can be accomplished by relieving the grip or a portion of the floorplate.
And Glock has more than half the LE market and growing...Good point. There approximately 18k police depts in the US so s&w has less than 2% of them covered...
And Glock has more than half the LE market and growing...
Agreed but what is likely the strongest factor among those you mentioned is rock solid reliability. Agencies wouldn't choose it no matter how cheap it was if they couldn't bet their lives on it.That's for more reasons then just the obvious ones too. Glock basically gives their guns away for free to large agencies. Then they have probably the largest armorer program. Mix that with a super reliable gun with easy to maintain parts that'l are basically dummy proof. That why glock rules the LE world.
That's for more reasons then just the obvious ones too. Glock basically gives their guns away for free to large agencies. Then they have probably the largest armorer program. Mix that with a super reliable gun with easy to maintain parts that'l are basically dummy proof. That why glock rules the LE world.
That's for more reasons then just the obvious ones too. Glock basically gives their guns away for free to large agencies. Then they have probably the largest armorer program. Mix that with a super reliable gun with easy to maintain parts that'l are basically dummy proof. That why glock rules the LE world.