Tomb of the Unknowns Guards Begin Use of Custom M17 Pistols

SoldierSystemsDaily ^ | 13 Oct 2018

[zeugma]

Very nice.

[zeugma]

Additional pics here.

[Lurker]

For later.

L

[Billthedrill]

Sights: a glass insert made with marble dust from the Tomb of the Unknown fills the sights of the ceremonial pistols...

OK, now that's getting pretty fancy. If somebody had asked me, "Hey, can I get some marble dust from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier so I can make a pistol sight?" I'd have thought he was nuts.

[DCBryan1]

Sights: a glass insert made with marble dust from the Tomb of the Unknown fills the sights of the ceremonial pistols... OK, now that's getting pretty fancy. If somebody had asked me, "Hey, can I get some marble dust from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier so I can make a pistol sight?" I'd have thought he was nuts.

....and the wood grips were taken off the deck of the CL-6 USS Olympia. Stunning attention to detail. These are million dollar guns if they ever get to market. Hopefully in 20 years are at the NRA museum or Smithsonian.

[DesertRhino]

Kinda odd to see polished plastic.

[This_Dude]

Don’t you mean ghouls? ;-}

[shove_it]

Thanks for the additional pics. Each Tomb Guard is issued a badge with a unique assigned number. Presumably, from now on, each Sentinel and NCOIC will also receive an engraved M17 Pistol mag engraved with his/her badge number. Pretty cool swag for an unbelievably intense “spit and polish” duty assignment.

[M1911A1]

Ugly crunchentickers

[ThePatriotsFlag]

How I wish they would stream the Unknown Tomb...24/7. That is one I would keep on a lot.

[vortec94]

Those are M-1 Garands I believe.

[G Larry]

Love my full size P320RX.

Did Grayguns trigger swap and its as crisp as my P220 SAO.

[servo1969]

I believe these have aluminum bodies and stainless slides.

Development pics:

[shanover]

Pure beauty. They deserve the best.

[DesertRhino]

Amazing. I hope Sig gifted those. Tax dollars shouldn’t go to show dogs. To me the height of respect is a brand new “as issued” weapons. The Brits do this with their honor guards in London. Historic uniform, state of the art weapon.

[WKUHilltopper]

Beautiful and distinguished. Hopefully they’re actually loaded.

[Little Pig]

Which part are you assuming is plastic?

[Midwesterner53]

Beautiful.

[Big Red Badger]

Garands and 1911s’
.
Classic.

[shove_it]

"Those are M-1 Garands I believe."

Nope, here's an M-1 on top and an M-14 below. We drilled with the M-1 55 years ago; they downsized to the disposable M-14 some years later.

Cheers, Otter