A duty gun?
Yep. I believe nothing wrong with the glock .40 caliber, the problem are the shooters. There are not many people can handle the .40 caliber.
A duty gun?
We currently carry HydraShok. Not sure if the are 165 or 180 gr.
wow-that's pretty old technology for LE ammunition.
No GD or HST?
What FBI picks.
What the relevant State Police or largest Dept in Region pick ( ie NYPD influence Northeast, LAPD in Cali, etc)
What majority of neighboring jurisdictions pick.
Most agencies at least one of :
1. Figure that ( Influencial agency) made through testing, and whatever they picked has to be at least pretty good, and we don't have money or expertise to duplicate their process.
2. If we duplicate XYZ agency, it will give us cred.
Semi- free thinking PD might decide to follow a different authority source for either gun or ammo. Ie, instead of following lead of FBI , follow lead of Border Patrol or USSS.
Every once in a while, a maverick agency will have an actual Gun Guy in charge, and he will follow his own gut.
No the Federal HST causes the Glock to go out of timing when used in conjunction with rail mounted lights. Target identification is important so the department did not switch.
UMD Police had Sigs, and I wanna say they were .40, but saw a buddy in the department a couple months ago with a Glock which I think was 9mm, So I suppose they're doing the same
"Gun Guys " can talk to Chiefs until they're blue in the face . If the Chief isn't a Gun Guy himself, he tuned them out in the first 10 sec, and the decision was already made. The only unknown is if the pre-existing decision was what extent based on Public Relations vs pure low bidder.
"Gun Guys " can talk to Chiefs until they're blue in the face . If the Chief isn't a Gun Guy himself, he tuned them out in the first 10 sec, and the decision was already made. The only unknown is if the pre-existing decision was what extent based on Public Relations vs pure low bidder.
There were some problems with some .40 Glocks with weapons lights attached that caused frame flex and FTF. Glock addressed the issue with a recoil spring change. Problem went away. Streamlight even had it their FAQ a few years back.
"Gun Guys" gave the chief the information he needed in order to make an educated decision.