OK, educate me here regarding pistols and the US military.

[Krel]

Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

But the official sidearm is the M9. I really wish they would have chose the Sig over the Beretta

Can't say if this is really true or not. But back when the Beretta was chosen over the Sig, a gun magazine claimed the Beretta was chosen for two reasons. First, Beretta was willing to open a factory in the U.S. to manufacture the M9. The second reason given was that the Beretta had the length of barrel extending past the slide, allowing the military to use a suppressor by threading the barrel. Where with the Sig, they would have to use a special barrel.

David.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Krel

Can't say if this is really true or not. But back when the Beretta was chosen over the Sig, a gun magazine claimed the Beretta was chosen for two reasons. First, Beretta was willing to open a factory in the U.S. to manufacture the M9. The second reason given was that the Beretta had the length of barrel extending past the slide, allowing the military to use a suppressor by threading the barrel. Where with the Sig, they would have to use a special barrel.

David.

But wouldn't a threaded barrel be considered a special barrel itself?

[BurtReynoldsMoustache]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

But wouldn't a threaded barrel be considered a special barrel itself?

You can thread a Beretta factory barrel. A Sig barrel is flush with the slide and would have to be replaced, or the slide would have to be modified.

[k9870]

The p228 is still issued, ive seen MPs carry it, and know a naval range instructor who trained military members (MP, NIS, pilots, etc.)

And the average grunt is not going to be using a supressor, thats SF stuff, and SFs can get pretty much anything they want.