SIG Sauer M17 Handgun Chossen by the U.S. Army, Replaces M9 Beretta

By Ammoland

By John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Army Version of the SIG320: Now called the SIG Sauer M17 Handgun and was chosen by the U.S. Army to replace the M9 Beretta.

Friends as SIG tell me these additional details about the pistol that will ultimately be delivered to the Army:

Our military’s version of SIG’s 320 pistol will have a manual safety lever. Of course, most troopers will never be allowed to even have a magazine inserted into the pistol, much less carry the weapon with a round chambered, so the manual safety lever will have little real function.

SIG Sauer M17 Handgun – Two more “enhancements:”

The take-down lever will be “secured” in some way on the right side, so that it cannot be removed at the field level which would allow complete removal of the fire-control unit from the plastic frame.

The slide cover-plate at the back will be “secured” in a similar fashion, and for the same reasons.

Army procurement people obviously do not want “end-users” (the ones who may actually have to shoot someone) taking the gun apart any further than field stripping.

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