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Funny - when I read the title, I thought "wow, Swiss Army Knives are partnering with Glock somehow? Will they make a gun with a built-in corkscrew?"
I love Glocks and all but is there any truth in that Glock pretty much gives them away to military/PDs at very low costs to win these contracts? I don't blame them for doing it but is that really a big factor in Glocks being picked over and over?
(Cheap shot warning)
Or maybe they were just going to make knives that exploded.
I love Glocks and all but is there any truth in that Glock pretty much gives them away to military/PDs at very low costs to win these contracts? I don't blame them for doing it but is that really a big factor in Glocks being picked over and over?
I have read that Sig plastic guns are not as good as their metal ones. I have a 220 and have had no issues with it whatsoever.
It is probably true that Glock undercuts the competition in pricing. However, it is also true that Glock pistols perform very well on grueling trials.
In the ATF trials last year, Sig was eliminated on the first round, due to too many failures. Glocks and the S&W M&Ps had zero failures in the first round. On the succeeding rounds, Glocks had less than half the failures of the S&W. Here is a GAO document on the result:
U.S. GAO - B-402339.3, Sig Sauer, Inc., July 23, 2010
Both Glock and S&W eventually won the ATF contract, with Glock being "favored" (whatever that means).
So, this Swiss trials won't be the first time that Glock wins over the Sig. And I'm pretty sure that it is more than just because Glocks are less expensive.
It is in Switzerland. That is the point I was trying to make and I seem to have been missed. It's not about the Swiss historical neutrality or even Glock "superiority", but rather the slap in the face to Sig who loses out to the Austrian made Glock in Switzerland. Much in the same way FN lost out to the S&W M&P in Belgium.
I mean "ouch" what is next, the US military adopting a Kalashnikov?
I figured this thread would go this way
I can't think of one bad thing to say about any of the Glock's I've owned, they've all been fantastic. I think people are just upset that Glock makes a gun that can outperform guns for which they paid several hundreds more