By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- FBI goes with Glock!
According to a June 29, 2016, post from the General Services Administration, Glock has just been awarded a contract worth up to $85 million to supply handguns to the Federal Bureau of investigation.
After much testing, debating, hand-wringing, and all the rest that invariably goes along with major government contracts, the FBI has settled on the Glock pistol for issue to Special Agents, once again.
All this, after the SIG320, and some other competitors, looked so promising!
Not many additional details so far, other than it will be in 9mm, G17/19, and we are NOT calling it “Gen5!”
Friends familiar with the process tell me that extensive testing clearly revealed that no other pistol tested came close to Glock with regard to durability. Glocks run and run, and don’t break.
Lots of other find pistols can say the same thing, just not to the degree that Glock can!
Our armed services may be next!
/John
About John Farnam & Defense Training International, Inc
As a defensive weapons and tactics instructor John Farnam will urge you, based on your own beliefs, to make up your mind in advance as to what you would do when faced with an imminent and unlawful lethal threat. You should, of course, also decide what preparations you should make in advance, if any. Defense Training International wants to make sure that their students fully understand the physical, legal, psychological, and societal consequences of their actions or inactions.
It is our duty to make you aware of certain unpleasant physical realities intrinsic to the Planet Earth. Mr Farnam is happy to be your counselor and advisor. Visit: www.defense-training.com
Hey Pete come to my department and I will show you great shots. Even a woman that will out shoot you!!! Don’t talk about what you don’t know about.
Maybe they think sending a contract for handguns Glock’s way will absolve them from the ‘sins’ of their Leader? LOL
I have Glocks, SIGs, and S&W. All good pistols. I do action work and install night sights on Glocks and S&W. I don’t do anything to SIG pistols. All are fine weapons. Use what you shoot best with. I hope the FBI Glocks are specced with the metal night sights.
My unit used the Glocks since they came in the 80’s I was the last to fall from Walther grace about 5 years ago when I to went to the G19. I went kicking and screaming but I do like it now although I do own both personally. The other manufacturers over the long haul are simply to hard to keep up with and the issue of 9mm vs 40 or 10mm is moot. No one but civilians want the bigger caliber. My guys much prefer to squeeze off 9mm double taps then single shot 10mm all day long. My… Read more »
Glocks are the most desirable,dependable,quality handguns on the market. There are other quality handgun manufacturers,but none can hold a candle to Glocks. nuff said ! ‘TEXAS,LIKE A WHOLE OTHER COUNTRY’ !
John, You and I competed against Police Officers (other than you) many times. A few were highly proficient, mainly the SWAT guys. The rest, not so much. As an IDPA RO there were times when we had to follow a cop around the range to keep an eye to se that no one would get hurt. A Friend who is a retired Federal Officer, once shared that after a motor cycle accident, he carried a non functioning pistol on duty for several weeks before the Department Armorer insisted on checking it, and found that it was damaged. If anything at… Read more »
Show me some stats on why the Glock is more cost effective than the Sig. This is easy to say but I’m pretty sure you can’t back it up. I am a gunsmith and I have repaired as many Glocks as Sigs.
Too bad an American law enforcement agency does not purchase American weapons.
It makes perfect sense to standardize weapons, magazines, and ammo, a fact not lost on our military. The standard NATO round is 9mm, like it or not. I believe even our elite Navy Seals are soon to adopt the Glock. It has served the Austrian army well, and a host of police departments use the Glock as well. It is not always advantageous to always kill, sometimes wounding can serve the purpose. Remember, law enforcement serves with a different mission than the military. The Glock is a time proven design, more cost effective than the Sig (any taxpayers out there),… Read more »
Personally, I think the earlier ammunition testing that leaned, VERY HEAVILY, toward a recommendation of the 10 mm round, and subsequently the Glock Model 20 as the FBI’s first choice. The only reason they took a step back, was the recent influx of female agents, who couldn’t handle the recoil. The reasoning behind a single caliber is the thought that a firefight may require sharing ammo, . . . . but when was the last time that happened, and how OFTEN has it happened? What a shame those who drive the desks in the J. Edgar Hoover Building make these… Read more »