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REJECTED: Beretta M9A3 Will Not Be U.S. Army’s New Pistol, MHS Competition...
Beretta M9A3 Military.com is reporting that the U.S. Army has rejected the engineering change proposal (ECP) made by Beretta that would have kept a modified Beretta as the U.S Army’s handgun of choice....
View ArticleCould A Tiny Five-Man Company Provide The Army’s Next Pistol?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Tim Barker just did a story on the small Milstadt, Illinois company that some people seem to think has a real shot of being a serious contender for the Army’s Modular...
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The Top Three Contenders For The U.S. Military’s XM17 Modular Handgun System...
We’re just a week away from the fourth and final industry day where handgun manufacturers will meet to discuss the U.S. Military’s requirements for the XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS). The XM17...
View ArticleU.S. Military Makes Monumental Shift To Hollowpoint Pistol Ammunition
In a significant doctrinal shift, the U.S. military is relegating full metal jacketed (FMJ) pistol bullets to a training role, and will be adopting modern hollowpoint designs similar to those used by...
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CONFIRMED: KRISS USA Will Pursue U.S. Army Modular Handgun System Contract
Sphinx SDP Compact Variant. In a short statement released exclusively to Bearing Arms this afternoon, KRISS USA has confirmed that they are joining the hunt to replace the Beretta M9 as the U.S. Army’s...
View ArticleWhat Caliber Will The Army Choose For The XM17 Modular Handgun System?
While many people tracking the progress of the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract are focused primarily on the various handguns themselves, it’s important to remember that we’re not just...
View ArticleFlexing FN Shows Why The Army May Never Select A Polymer-Framed Gun
Have you ever wondered why the U.S military has never approved a polymer-frame firearm for general issue? I’ve heard rumors about how the polymer frames of certain firearms tend to “demolecularize”...
View ArticleShould The 9×23 Winchester Be The Army’s Next Pistol Caliber?
The M9 Beretta has served the nation’s military honorably for 30 years, but now the military thinks it’s time for the veteran pistol to retire, and have tapped the Modular Handgun System (MHS) program...
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Picatinny Arsenal Releases Modular Handgun RFP… And It’s A Trainwreck
The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command-New Jersey (ACC-NJ) at Picatinny Arsenal posted their Request for Proposal (RFP) for the XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) Program on Friday, August 28, 2015. The...
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A Decade Too Late, McCain Attacks The Army’s Modular Handgun System Program
This Beretta M9 is unloaded, slide locked back, with the safety engaged. I think it’s safe, MP. For someone that claims to be a pro-military Republican, Arizona Senator John McCain has an odd way of...
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John McCain Doesn’t Understand the MHS Contract, And Needs To Shut His Pie Hole
Senator John McCain has apparently had his name out of the limelight for too long, and so he’s decided to thrust himself into the national spotlight by holding forth on a subject he clearly knows...
View ArticleSig Sauer P320 First Impressions
Nick and Jeff give their first impressions of Sig’s new polymer handgun into the striker fired market. I saw a father/daughter team do some really good shooting with compact and full-size versions of...
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Military Experts LAUGH At Obama’s “Smart Gun” Mandate
President Obama’s threatened “executive actions” on guns in January turned out to be all sizzle and no steak, and actually served to clear the path for citizens to obtain NFA items, such as sawed-off...
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Army’s Pistol Program Inexplicably Delayed… Again
One of the first things I did at SHOW Show in Las Vegas was to hunt down the various companies vying for the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) contract and try to get a sense of who was...
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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...
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Drop 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...
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This 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...
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WHO’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...
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GOP 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...
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Army 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...
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