Army General: Screw This Procurement Nightmare. Give Me Glocks.
U.S Army General Mark Milley is sick and tired of the military’s Byzantine and politically-compromised procurement system, and is looking for a COTS (commercial off the shelf) solution to replace the...
View ArticleDrop the Pretense and Declare the Sig P320 As The Army’s Next Handgun
The MHS variant of Sig Sauer P320 is the obvious choice to be the Army’s next handgun. The U.S. Army and Air Force are moving one step closer to replacing the 9mm Beretta M9 pistol that has been the...
View ArticleThis Is The FBI’s “5th Generation” Glock. Is It Going to Be the Army’s Pistol...
We’ve known for several weeks that Glock managed to design handguns that defeated an FBI RFP for new agency pistols designed to favor the Sig Sauer P320 system and exclude all other contenders. What we...
View ArticleWHO’S LEFT? Smith & Wesson Out Of The Running For Army’s Next Pistol
Partnering with defense contracting giant General Dynamics apparently wasn’t enough to keep Smith & Wesson’s M&P pistol in the running to win the U.S. military XM-17 contract to replace the...
View ArticleGOP Senators Slam Modular Handgun Program During Mattis Hearing
The down-select for the Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract was supposed to have been in August of 2016. If the Army has gotten that far, they haven’t bothered to let anyone know, and the...
View ArticleArmy Chooses Sig Sauer P320 As Next Service Pistol
The Sig Sauer P320 pistol has been chosen as the winner of the Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition to replace the Beretta M9 as the service pistol of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army on Thursday...
View ArticleThe Army’s New $580 MILLION Handgun: The Sig Sauer M17
The U.S. Army announced at SHOT Show that the Sign Sauer P320 MHS edition (a version of the P320 with a thumb-safety and threaded barrel) has been selected as the service’s winner of the Modular...
View ArticleIs This The Worst Article Ever Written About A Handgun?
I’ve seen some truly horrific writing about firearms in the media before and have sadly come to expect it from most mainstream media outlets. If you’re going to specialize in military news, however, I...
View ArticleGlock Protests Army’s Selection Of New Sig Service Pistol
Glock is protesting the U.S. Army’s selection of the Sig P320 MHS variant as the winner of the Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract to supply the military with 9mm handguns and accessories with a...
View ArticleWinchester Seizes Major Army Handgun Ammunition Contract
Winchester has won the contract to supply 9mm NATO ammunition for the M17 pistol, a version of the Sig Sauer P320 that was recently announced as the winner of the Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS)...
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