According to the military test in handgun selection-- the position of the external safety was not a problem
Reference-- American Rifleman, May 2019
Did you follow the controversy about the contract award?
maybe the maker and model were selected before the "test?"
if your a 1911 thumb safety user, you might not like it is all Im saying.
The sig nite sights are "outa sight"
also have the compact in 357 sig --- gets 1400 fps with 125s (keeping this one)
Im sure it will be the 6.5 of the EDC/MOS group, maybe it should who knows.
The HKPV9 is better built. and prices are coming down