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Agreed, but I'm not seeing the advantage to modularity. Why not just adopt the 17 or 19?

For a huge agency with a multitude of roles, the advantages are many. For an individual like you and I, not much at all.

Agreed, but I'm not seeing the advantage to modularity. Why not just adopt the 17 or 19?

I found it rather amusing for the so called "gun press" to predict that the Sig P320 was the intended design. Details matter. A careful reading of the bid requirements, a thorough knowledge of the various product lines and an understanding of shooting and training requirements would reveal that Glock was the likely choice. With the requirement of a dedicated Non-Lethal Training Ammunition pistol and a functional simulator pistol, none of the other players are close to easily providing a comprehensive package.

With the variety of entirely suitable 9mm bullets, the ability to shoot more accurately is always a benefit.

One post after 13 years.

Congratulations! You earned this.

Explain that. The first part. I get the second part.

In light of recent "developments" with the FBI, one has to wonder how large Glock's contribution to the Clinton Foundation was.

I kinda think they should allow the agents to pick their own pistols. I wear size 10.5 4E shoes, and I'd hate to try to wear my neighbor's size 12 C-width shoes..

It just doesn't work that well.

Give the agents an allowance to purchase their own, set up certain criteria (minimum chamberings, etc.) and let them choose their own.
The Glock family just doesn't fit my hands, and I don't like their triggers, either (I had one, shot the crap out of it, but couldn't come to terms with it).

I guess I'm spoiled by having some really good 1911s and BHPs over the years, along with the CZ-75 and clones, and many others. I shot my 19 pretty well, but never could work up any fondness for it. I tried, but I don't really have any fondness for a cheap framing hammer compared to something better, either.
Let those who are going to carry them, pick what they want to carry.

and yet it was a good post by a man who read the bid requirements.

No kidding. With all of Glock's legal troubles, maybe they're hoping some of Hillary's tefflon will rub off onto them.

I would imagine that the FBI would have a place for a full size, compact, and sub-compact pistol. And would occasionally have use for a suppressed pistol.

So one basic pistol platform can do all of those. Your training session is one session, on multiple configurations of one pistol. Holster inventory is greatly simplified. There will be one training and service manual, rather than 3-4. The modularity allows the end user to fix any issue, no need for an armorer, just drop in a new trigger module or slide, send the old one either to the armorer, or back to Sig.

At pretty much every FBI office, you'll be able to convert your pistol for a new role, and they'll have gun and leather on hand for you as well as spare magazines regardless of the configuration. Weapon lights will now fit all models of pistols.

Basically any role that you would have for an FBI agent, can be filled with one pistol; that really simplifies things for an agency the size of the FBI.

You come into the office and find yourself doing under-cover work, or assigned to the SWAT team, swap top halves and magazines to fit the two roles; you're done.

For finding something to fit a wide variety of hands. There are 3 frame sizes, and then within each of those frame sizes, there are 3 backstrap sizes per frame.

For the armorers, they train on one pistol. Right now they have to be trained for AT LEAST 6 different handguns currently (both pistols and revolvers). Or maybe they just skip having an armorer altogether, and just let the end user swap uppers & lowers to fix any problem the may be having, then send the defective units back to Sig.