Brownstone322
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Would a Glock 19 MHS interest you? Some reports say that now Glock is considering offering a commercial version, so I'm trying to gauge the level of interest among shooters.
If you're not already familiar with the 19 MHS (you probably are), it was submitted to the Army's Modular Handgun System competition and ultimately lost out to the SIG P320, apparently because of price, not performance. (That last bit is ironic, because everyone says the P226 lost out to the Beretta in the '80s for the same reasons.)
As you might know, the 19 MHS looks like this:
Here's where it's cool (meaning different from any other Glock we can get, which I define as coolness):
• It's a compact/full-size hybrid with a G19's barrel/slide mated to what's otherwise a G17's frame with 17-round magazine. (This is analogous to the SIG P320 Carry/M18.)
• It's all desert tan, slide and all.
• It has an external thumb safety.
• It has a lanyard ring at the base of the grip.
Those four aspects make the MHS different enough that I might actually want one. Other than that, I don't see where it's any different from what we can get now (and I already have a 19 Gen 4 and a new 17 Gen 5). However, according to what I have read (take that for what it's worth), the commercial version s'posedly will not have the external thumb safety, which would make it less different/cool, and maybe less desirable. (Not that I think Glocks should have thumb safeties; I'd just prefer something that closely approximates what the Army almost selected.)
So whaddaya think?
If you're not already familiar with the 19 MHS (you probably are), it was submitted to the Army's Modular Handgun System competition and ultimately lost out to the SIG P320, apparently because of price, not performance. (That last bit is ironic, because everyone says the P226 lost out to the Beretta in the '80s for the same reasons.)
As you might know, the 19 MHS looks like this:
Here's where it's cool (meaning different from any other Glock we can get, which I define as coolness):
• It's a compact/full-size hybrid with a G19's barrel/slide mated to what's otherwise a G17's frame with 17-round magazine. (This is analogous to the SIG P320 Carry/M18.)
• It's all desert tan, slide and all.
• It has an external thumb safety.
• It has a lanyard ring at the base of the grip.
Those four aspects make the MHS different enough that I might actually want one. Other than that, I don't see where it's any different from what we can get now (and I already have a 19 Gen 4 and a new 17 Gen 5). However, according to what I have read (take that for what it's worth), the commercial version s'posedly will not have the external thumb safety, which would make it less different/cool, and maybe less desirable. (Not that I think Glocks should have thumb safeties; I'd just prefer something that closely approximates what the Army almost selected.)
So whaddaya think?