Sig Sauer will sell commercial version of Army’s new M17 service pistol

americanmiltarynews.com ^ | Dec. 12, 2017 | PETER REID

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The U.S. Army’s full-size XM17 MHS. Sig Sauer plans to sell a version of this pistol on the commercial market. (101st Airborne Division photo)

A commercial version of the U.S. Army’s newest service pistol, the M17, will be sold by Sig Sauer starting next year, Military.com reported.

“We are planning to do a limited release of about 5,000 of the Army variant of the M17 for the commercial market,” Tom Taylor, Sig Sauer’s chief marketing officer and executive vice president for commercial sales, told Military.com. “The timing is not finalized yet, but it looks to be late spring.”

Taylor told Military.com that the commercial version will be almost identical to the Army’s Modular Handgun System, except it won’t have an anti-tamper mechanism for the striker action and it won’t have special coatings that keep the internal parts lubricated.

While the Army’s version has a frame-mounted thumb safety, the commercial version will have an option of whether or not to have it.

Taylor told Military.com that the price of the commercial version of the pistol is not yet known.

In January, the United States Army chose the Sig Sauer P320 handgun for the Modular Handgun System to replace the Beretta M9 pistol.

Sig Sauer was awarded a $580 million contract for the service pistol and chosen over Glock, Inc.; FN America and Beretta USA.

The contract covers 10 years of procurement to supply the Army with the M17 and M18 versions of the pistol.

The Army first announced the competition for the MHS back in 2011, but because of several delays, the most recent solicitation deadline was February 2016. It launched its MHS competition in August 2015 to replace the M9 Beretta, which was the service’s pistol of choice for 30 years.

[ro_dreaming]

“But any gun you have to pay for with a second mortgage ain’t for me.”

“How much is your life worth?”

My bottom line figure is the price of a Colt 1911.

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14 posted on 12/12/2017, 12:47:32 PM by Garth Tater (Gone Galt and I ain’t coming back.)

Funny, the price of my life is not the price of the gun - but the ammo I send downrange. That’s inexpensive. I will buy/make more.

Guns are like booze and women, really fun when you have one in each hand.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I bought the pistol from a sheriffs deputy at a gun show.

He bought it new and had put less than a box through it, when his boss mandated staff be armed with nothing less than a 9 MM.

I paid a good price but the gun was brand new and no paper...

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Well.....considering that the local street ape probable doesn’t have the resolve of a Mau Mau tribesman, perhaps you have a point... :)

[Red in Blue PA]

Hey there! I own a Hi-Point as a shower gun. If it rusts, I will simply buy another.

And Hipoints are reliable contrary to public conceptions.

[Red in Blue PA]

I like my P238 too but recently came to believe 380 is too little, especially with winter clothing. Recently bought a Kimber Raptor Micro 9 which is about the same size as the P238.