Howdy.
Long story short I love handguns. So damn much. The HK45C is my sweet tits good time pal but the glock 17 is the kinda gun that both insane gun nuts that are too far gone to care (howdy) or people that don't like or shoot guns much, like and enjoy.
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Holds a bunch of commie cures.
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Easy to shoot. (Low bore axis, easy and repeatable trigger pull, good sight pic, good grip).
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Dead stupid reliability.
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Mechanical simplicity.
What the fuck? I like the sig p320, shot a few but the glock is a better gat honestly.
Fucking thing is the best bedside table gun ever with a streamlight tlr-1 hl and a 21 rd mag.
Money is usually an enormous factor. Sig learned that lesson in 1985 when the P226 lost out to the Beretta 92 primarily because of price factor.
Let's be completelyhonest here. Glock 17s, Beretta 92 series, and the Sig P226/320 series are all spectacular guns. All three are high quality duty grade firearms. But at the end of the day, when the military is looking to buy guns by the thousands price difference gets expanded, and if they can get more units for the same price, they'll do that.