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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
I have bought some things from these guys and all have been top quality. I'm looking at these Magazine Base Plate Window Breaker I'm thinking about gifting a couple of these to some LEO friends. Would it be useful if needed? Would you want one? Do you trust the Glock mag to hold up if used?  https://milspin.com/products/m...plate-window-breaker I have a coupon code for 45% off | ||
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I would not take the route of a magazine base plate breaker and it has nothing to do with the durability of the mag. | |||
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I was looking at those as well but they don't make one for the P320. | |||
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| The wicked flee when no man pursueth  |
No heckin way. This is an incredibly stupid idea. A glass breaking punch with a carbide tip is useful in a non-tactical situation. Glass breaking tools (such as a Shield Spike) are useful in conjunction with a ballistic shields for a vehicle approach and extraction. Ideally, using a kinetic impact glass breaking round (Pepperball, FN303, 37/40mm, etc) at distance is ideal. Using the butt of a pistol is the last thing you want an officer using to break auto glass for a myriad of reasons. Proverbs 28:1 | |||
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Pass on that. Damaged gun / Damaged mag / Hand injury. I kept a short crowbar in my war bag. Worked wonders on glass and other stuff too. Cheap, too. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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| I will fear no evil.. Psalm 23:4 |
I would strongly suggest you avoid this for many, many reasons. You could purchase a compact dedicated glass breaker that can be carried in the uniform shirt or pants. | |||
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| I kneel for my God, and I stand for my flag |
Uh, no. Good way to introduce yourself to an ND. | |||
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No. I'd hate to do a tap/rack or emergency reload with one of these attached to a mag. Kind of like that company that attached a spike to a 1911 MSH. In my entire career Ive seldom had to break glass, usually when serving a search warrant. Then you typically have a center punch or better yet a Halligan tool or the like to break and rake. BUT, I've done business with the company and they are good people. This just isn't one of their better ideas. At that price point I'd recommend making sure your friends have good tourniquets and the like if you're in the gifting mood. Thanks for looking out for them regardless. | |||
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Nope. Bad plan. Trying to use a gun as a hammer, especially under stress, welcomes an ND. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
You put it a lot more diplomatically than I would have  "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to be Batman!  |
This magazine glass breaker is a really, really bad idea. If you want a glass breaker, plenty of "pens" out there that work quite well, along with a glass breaking attachment that goes on the handle of an ASP baton (actually makes it semi useful). | |||
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No No No No No! DPR | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Sounds like a good idea on paper... Consider taking the head rest off of the seat and using the base structure to shatter the window. Most will have two 5/8 metal rods with radiused tips that work great on tempered glass. | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton |
Thank you for the input fellas, that's what I wanted to hear. This is for the discerning mall ninja that also sports the Glock Bayonet in a leg holster | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
But also, no. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
No fucking way. Pulling your gun shouldn’t be because it’s a multi tool. The one time I had to break a car window I used my Asp baton (collapsed) on the edge of the window and it shattered into a thousand bits. Just no. Hell our swat guys had lights on their pistols and it was written into policy that if you had a weapon mounted light you couldn’t use it to search with, it was only to illuminate a target. Someone waving their pistol all around is nothing but trouble. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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A decent glass breaker and seat belt cutter tool is like $10. There is no way you should use anything but that if you are doing it in proximity to the glass. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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E.g., the resqme. It weighs next to nothing and is small enough to wear on a keychain. https://resqme.com/product/resqme/ There are a lot of pocket knives & tools out there w/ glass-breaking carbide tips and belt-cutters on them: Gerber Hinderer Rescue knife, Spyderco Assist, Benchmade Triage, Victorinox Rescue Tool, Gerber Strap Cutter (US military issue), BlackHawk HawkHook... There are so many better options than a magazine basepad. | |||
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Uuuuhhhhhh…… no F’ing way. Besides no muzzle control when you use it would probably be hell to pay when the boss sees your cruiser seats shredded by that thing!! I went to a training class where the company was demonstrating a glass breaker that attached to the end of your AR15 barrel. Looked like a little stubby thick bayonet. I didn’t think that was a good idea but, more control than using the ass end of your pistol. | |||
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In addition to all the other reasons already posted to say no, most new cars are now coming with laminated glass on side windows, which won't yield to tools designed to break tempered glass. Some Car Windows Are Harder to Break in an Emergency, Says AAA
Not to mention that such impacts on the butt of a magazine can damage the mag catch and the ejector. | |||
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