herrwalther
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This is about a duty gun that is not drop-safe in a drop circumstance that is inevitable given enough use. A broader question about whether short-trigger-pull guns without safeties (which includes Glocks AND most P320's) are good is a whole 'nother topic.
1) Vast majority of rank and file soldiers carry their sidearms with an empty chamber unless "outside the wire" on patrol. That eliminates a good majority of possibility of the M17/18 going off when dropped at the exact right angle to cause it to fire. 2) Many soldiers also carry their firearms on a lanyard or dummy cord, further reducing the chance of the firearm hitting the ground to cause a misfire. 3) And finally the M17 does not suffer the same drop safety defect as an off the shelf P320 (according to SIG). This whole deal is making a mountain out of a mole hill.
I don't own any Glocks or Sigs. As a duty weapon they are about the same on what I would want in a service firearm. You get issued what you get issued. Service members will complain about it either way. Because there is no choice in the matter. If I were still in, and given the choice, I would go with the Sig any day over a Glock.