https://www.washingtontimes.co...020/sep/23/marine-co

The Marine Corps has fielded its first new service pistol in 35 years, Pentagon officials announced Tuesday, with M18s now being issued across the service.

Marine Corps leaders said the M18 Modular Handgun System will replace all other sidearms, including the M9, M9A1, M45A1 and M007. The transition, which began earlier this month, comes amid a broader shift across the military toward a new generation of handguns.

“Overall, the adoption of the M18 by the Marine Corps is an extremely positive decision that will benefit the Corps and enhance Marines’ safety and effectiveness when conducting missions,” said Tom Vass, the Army’s project officer for the Sig Sauer-made pistol, which has its U.S. headquarters in Exeter, New Hampshire.

The Marine Corps move toward the M18 is part of a broader Army-led program which began in 2017. Officials said the Marine Corps will buy its M18s — along with new holsters — through an Army contract.

Military leaders said the new weapon has several distinct advantages. It is lighter, they said, and also does not include two different trigger pulls for single and double action.

“For some Marines, having two trigger pulls, like with the M9, is difficult to get used to because different forces are acting upon the gun,” said Sgt. Randall McClellan, pistol program manager with the Weapons Training Battalion at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. “With the M18, the trigger is going to be the same weight every time.”

The gun also includes interchangeable components designed to fit different hand sizes. Officials said the M18 is equipped with a receiver module inside the pistol grip that enables Marines to remove the trigger mechanism and insert it into a new grip size.

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and M007

Huh. The USMC had adopted the FBI's Glock 19M in limited quantities? How did I miss that?

I heard thru the grapevine that Glock won the contract for replacing the P229DAK... the CG is under DHS and aren’t restricted to DOD contracting.

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Grabbed the link off of twitter. Not sure why it's dead, but I don't doubt the accuracy.

It's dead because it's missing the end of the URL:

https://www.washingtontimes.co...t-new-service-pisto/

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Originally posted by Fed161:

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
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Grabbed the link off of twitter. Not sure why it's dead, but I don't doubt the accuracy.

Here's the full link:
https://www.washingtontimes.co...t-new-service-pisto/

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Huh. The USMC had adopted the FBI's Glock 19M in limited quantities? How did I miss that?

Sometime back in 2017 I think.

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Thank You!

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I heard thru the grapevine that Glock won the contract for replacing the P229DAK... the CG is under DHS and aren’t restricted to DOD contracting.

There are multiple DHS contracts at the moment. ICE awarded a pistol contract to Sig for the P320 and CBP awarded one to Glock for the Gen 5 system. USCG has chosen to purchase off of the CBP contract.

Now we'll find out what it takes to break a 320!

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Now we'll find out what it takes to break a 320!

Hahahahaha.

So true.

What will happen to the retired P229 DAK s?

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What will happen to the retired P229 DAK s?

Probably wind up in the cruncher. Federally owned guns never become “trade ins,” they get destroyed.

Yeah. Those guns are bound for destruction. However, the 19Ms might end up in the 1033 program. If the FBI, ATF, DEA don’t snatch them first.

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Yeah. Those guns are bound for destruction.

Quite sad, I would give an M45A1 a good home

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It's dead because it's missing the end of the URL:

https://www.washingtontimes.co...t-new-service-pisto/

"pisto"? what happened to the "l"?

flashguy

A) Darn. I like DAK's.

B) Good, I already have two re imagined re purposed DAK's.

C) Hookers and blow.

D) I think my wife is making jambalaya tonight.

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Those guns are bound for destruction.

What a waste of taxpayer money.

I didn’t think Id see an M17 before retiring, but I got one issued on my current deployment to Kosovo of all places. Its a solid gun, shoots great, I think the USMC made a good choice. Smart one too to simplify things with just the -18 instead of both.