When will Sig put the M18 black on the market? I mean i don't want a coyote Tan pistol and to do that they just need to finish the slide in black, the others parts are in stock, very easy to do.
Glock is more reactive to the market, a lot of people wanted the 19X in black, glock responded with the G45 very quickly.

Most would be happy to actually 'find' an M18 in the wild right now....Anywhere!

Seriously, SIG did produce the M17 Bravo (though it was a TALO exclusive), so I would not be surprised if they did an M18 Bravo at some point. Be patient, I'm sure SIG, like ALL Firearms manufacturers, is a bit overwhelmed with demand for 'any and all' Firearms right now!

It's "very easy" to do if you aren't in the middle of the largest run on your products in history.

People don't get the scale of these things. Sig has produced a million P365s in three years. That's about a thousand guns per day of just the P365. Doesn't include the rest of the catalog...a thousand guns every day.

how would it actually be an m18 if it was black?

Yeah,I'd call it a 320. The only difference is the color and ability to easily remove the FCU.

The slide is different with the OR plate / sights and the m18 has a safety

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Originally posted by DaBigBR:
It's "very easy" to do if you aren't in the middle of the largest run on your products in history.

People don't get the scale of these things. Sig has produced a million P365s in three years. That's about a thousand guns per day of just the P365. Doesn't include the rest of the catalog...a thousand guns every day.

Would also be easy to do if one wasn’t exerting the effort to launch a custom works format that - so far - seems to be overly limited to custom cosmetics.

But, I hate to be snarky. A gold FCU will look peachy in a tan frame.

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The slide is different with the OR plate / sights and the m18 has a safety

OK but it won't be an M18. And you can easily make the equivalent already from parts (if you can find them.

OK, so, what do we call the model that has all the parts?

Me I’d be inclined to call it a 320. That’s what we call all the other variants. You want a mil spec exact duplicate call it what it is m17/m18. You want a somewhat clone it’s not that.

I have two M17 Bravo's. The first was my first 320 and the second I bought after they were discontinued. I just don't like tan/brown guns. I don't live in a desert and don't plan to.

I would like an M18 Bravo to go along with the M17's. For now I have a P320c MS that is the same except the slide doesn't have the DPP cut.

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how would it actually be an m18 if it was black?

Was the FDE Mk25 ever procured by SOCOM? If not, would making it in poop brown really make it any less a Mk25?

not sure your point? I was really making the original post somewhat in jest, but some of you seem to have a hangup on it... IF the advertised commercial model is supposed to be a duplicate of an issued model, then if its not correct if its not in the issued color. My view anyway. If sig offered what it called and marked as a Mk25 and it was actually a 229 in pink in .40s&w would you consider it a mk25?

If Sig has the latitude to commercially sell a pink “MK25” P229 or a black M18, then obviously such M designations lack the restricted purpose that some attempt to attribute to them.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
not sure your point? I was really making the original post somewhat in jest, but some of you seem to have a hangup on it... IF the advertised commercial model is supposed to be a duplicate of an issued model, then if its not correct if its not in the issued color. My view anyway. If sig offered what it called and marked as a Mk25 and it was actually a 229 in pink in .40s&w would you consider it a mk25?

Q1: I simply answered your question with another, since the logic or lack thereof is more or less the same. Frankly the way I see it, SIG can call their guns anything they please, regardless of how correct or appropriate anyone else thinks the particular naming is.

Q2: Well no...at least as I reason it to be, because the Mk25 is based off of the P226, not the P229. But of course as I said in the first answer, if SIG wanted to call a different model a Mk25, that's their prerogative because it's their product. They've already done something akin to that with the P225, A1 suffix notwithstanding. At the very least it provides fodder for gun forums to rail against.

Black pistols matter.

This is my Factory Black M18

Yes but i think it's a special run, the M18 black is not on the sig website, as the p320c with the thumb safety.

They offer a black M18 on the Armed Professional Program. The W320CA-9-M18-MS-BLk shown by Jason is an APP model.

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Originally posted by OsageCountyGuns:
They offer a black M18 on the Armed Professional Program. The W320CA-9-M18-MS-BLk shown by Jason is an APP model.

I want one. I'm not a professional though. Is there an armed amateur program?