Navy SEALs Switching from SIG SAUER P226/P229 to GLOCK 19?

By Robert Farago

The Navy SEALs Might Have Selected A New Pistol Of Choice foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com reports. The injection of the word “might” into the website’s clickbait paean to the glories of the GLOCK 19 gives foxtrotalpha appropriate plausible deniability. There’s no official statement that the SEALs are ditching their SIG SAUER P226 or P229 handguns for Gaston’s gat. Chasing the link backwards through four websites, we arrive at the original source for the story: a post by a verified SME named Rana on M4Carbine.net. And here it is:

Looks like the Glock 19 will be the new 9mm pistol of Naval Special Warfare.

The SIG’s are still in service but are to be phased out in favor of the Glock Model 19.

I am not sure what generation, but based on those G19 already in service with SOF I’d say the Gen 3 is likely.

I will follow up when I get more issued than holsters et al.

The gunblogoshpere is alight with attaboys: armchair warriors praising the GLOCK 19. According to the aforementioned Rana it’s a “lighter more efficient package” than the SIG P229 and/or P226. Yes, well, if past experience is our guide, the swap, should it …Read the Rest

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