Brownstone322
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Back in 2016, the FBI first began to adopt the Glock 17M/19M which, as best I can tell, had all the features that would later appear on the Gen 5 family (albeit with slightly different sights).
So Question 1: Does the FBI still use special "M" models now, or were those just Gen 5 prototypes?
Then Question 2: If the FBI just uses standard Gen 5 Glocks now, what about the cutout at the bottom of the grip, which (again, to my understanding) was an FBI requirement? It would appear that current-production Gen 5s feature forward serrations and no cutout.
https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g17-gen5-fs-us
I have a Gen 5 G17, by the way, and that cutout, combined with the extended baseplate on Gen 5 mags, is actually pretty handy for yanking out a mag when you have a nasty jam.
Thanks.
So Question 1: Does the FBI still use special "M" models now, or were those just Gen 5 prototypes?
Then Question 2: If the FBI just uses standard Gen 5 Glocks now, what about the cutout at the bottom of the grip, which (again, to my understanding) was an FBI requirement? It would appear that current-production Gen 5s feature forward serrations and no cutout.
https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g17-gen5-fs-us
I have a Gen 5 G17, by the way, and that cutout, combined with the extended baseplate on Gen 5 mags, is actually pretty handy for yanking out a mag when you have a nasty jam.
Thanks.