Shootout over the Army's new $580 million handgun

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Sig actually read the solicitation and submitted a system that met requirements. They also got the price per unit down to beat everyone else having learned from losing the M9 contract on price.

Glock submitted their same old 30 year old design and ignored the specs. Because Glock is perfection so why would they change?

Oh well.

The P320 is a great design (frames, mags, slides all adaptable around a FCU) taking the best of the P250 and ditching the horrible trigger for a decent striker. When Sig puts out a X/M17 model (and they will) I might pick one up if it's reasonable.

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Glock submitted their same old 30 year old design and ignored the specs. Because Glock is perfection so why would they change?

I'm a Glock guy through and through, I just shoot them well, but this is pretty much the tale of the tape. If you refuse to be innovative, eventually you start losing out on big contracts.

[Gman]

Sig actually read the solicitation and submitted a system that met requirements.

If you want something specific, you write the solicitation so that only your vendor of choice can meet those requirements.

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If you want something specific, you write the solicitation so that only your vendor of choice can meet those requirements.

Beretta tried too...

http://www.berettadefensetechnologie...ols/apx-pistol


... and actually made it to the top three. This was even after the M9A3. So kudos to them for actually reading the solicitation and tooling up a new platform after having the M9A3 rejected.

Glock has no legitimate beef.

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Sig actually read the solicitation and submitted a system that met requirements. They also got the price per unit down to beat everyone else having learned from losing the M9 contract on price.

Glock submitted their same old 30 year old design and ignored the specs. Because Glock is perfection so why would they change?

This, exactly. SIG and Beretta made changes to meet the specs. Glock just grabbed one off the shelf and sent it in. This new handgun solicitation has been around for years. SIG basically design the P320 to match the requirements.

If you want something specific, you write the solicitation so that only your vendor of choice can meet those requirements.

Maybe. But SIG did modify the P320 for the solicitation. Most notably, they added a manual safety.