Posted: 1/23/2010 8:56:07 PM EDT
| Hypothetical situation - you are a small town police officer. Chief asks for your input for a new duty weapon. Your choice and why... |
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Hypothetical situation - you are a small town police officer. Chief asks for your input for a new duty weapon. Your choice and why... Are you asking this as in a weapon suitable for female shooters, or for the whole department? Either way, my choice would be the M&P, in either 9mm or .40. Having used the Glock 17 and 22, as well as the M&P40, I prefer the latter. I'm a guy with small hands and the M&P is infinitely more comfortable than the Glock ever was. S&W is also rapidly advancing armorer's training and other related support, to rival that of Glock's. Most of the bugs of the initial design have been worked out. The holster and accessory market is also excellent for the M&Ps. Safariland and Blackhawk have top-notch duty retention holsters available in different trim/models, and I'm sure other manufacturers do as well. Of course, if it's not a big deal, and it's truly a small department (less than 25 officers), why not just allow them to purchase their own from an approved list? 
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Hypothetical situation - you are a small town police officer. Chief asks for your input for a new duty weapon. Your choice and why... Are you asking this as in a weapon suitable for female shooters, or for the whole department? Either way, my choice would be the M&P, in either 9mm or .40. Having used the Glock 17 and 22, as well as the M&P40, I prefer the latter. I'm a guy with small hands and the M&P is infinitely more comfortable than the Glock ever was. S&W is also rapidly advancing armorer's training and other related support, to rival that of Glock's. Most of the bugs of the initial design have been worked out. The holster and accessory market is also excellent for the M&Ps. Safariland and Blackhawk have top-notch duty retention holsters available in different trim/models, and I'm sure other manufacturers do as well. Of course, if it's not a big deal, and it's truly a small department (less than 25 officers), why not just allow them to purchase their own from an approved list?
I also have pretty small hands. Absolutely love my SigPro 2022. However Glock now makes a 4th gen.... It has adjustable backstraps also to accommodate us 
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Glock 19 with night sites, economical, easy to shoot, easy to conceal off duty, lots of options when it comes to holsters and accessories. Glock got the 9mm right, I don't care for the .40's or .357's, but the 19 just can't be beat for the price. this was pretty much going to be my answer too, so rather than retype the above post, I'll just say ditto
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| M&P is my vote. I have a G26 too but just hate the blocks I mean glocks. M&P is a very nice pistol and I have retired friends LEO's that hate glocks and prefer the M&P since it feels more natural and is reliable. Once I am working again and can afford to buy more guns I plan on switching to the M&P 9c |
Glock 19 or 17. Blocky, yes, but tons of accessories, and so easy to clean! I love that part. And you won't break tools installing night sights, like on an XD. 
Not sure about the gen 4 G17 just yet, could be a problem for those who might have an improper grip. I got one Saturday, and I think it hates me. We put 450 rounds through it and I had several feeding probs/short stroking. Probably just my technique, since it worked fine for hubby. It got better near the end of my session. Think it'll take some time for that new gen 4 recoil spring to break in. I shoot his gen 3 G17, G19 and gen 2.5 G26 just fine though, never had such a problem. 
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