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Sig Sauer will sell commercial version of Army’s new M17 service pistol
americanmiltarynews.com ^ | Dec. 12, 2017 | PETER REID

Posted on 12/12/2017 9:57:33 AM PST by PROCON

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.


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I couldn't find a price for the M17 but I'm sure it'll be pricey.
1 posted on 12/12/2017 9:57:33 AM PST by PROCON
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2 posted on 12/12/2017 9:58:38 AM PST by PROCON (Merry Christmas and Happy Trump Year!)
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To: PROCON

I’ve got the P320RX, full size.

It’s wonderful....but did need trigger work to lighten it up from 7+ to about 5.5 lbs.
(grayguns.com)

Pretty well peppered a 5” target at 15 yds. yesterday.


3 posted on 12/12/2017 10:09:48 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: PROCON

I would love to own a Sig-Sauer. But any gun you have to pay for with a second mortgage ain’t for me. Now a arex rex-1? Definitely a possibility.


4 posted on 12/12/2017 10:10:39 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: G Larry

P226 Legion here, trigger seems fine out of the box.


5 posted on 12/12/2017 10:13:39 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: PROCON

Which Kalifornia citizens can only gaze at through the glass counters of free states.


6 posted on 12/12/2017 10:15:03 AM PST by Defenestrator (Trump Train Keeps-on-Rollin'!!)
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To: PROCON

My guess is that a “limited edition” one of the first 5,000 will carry a price tag in $750 nose-bleed territory.


7 posted on 12/12/2017 10:16:28 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: PROCON

No special coatings? That’s not the same!


8 posted on 12/12/2017 10:21:43 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Oh ya!

My P220 Carry SAO trigger is about 4.4.

I just had to try the RX and love it.
Especially since I found a great IWB for it.
(gunnersalley.com)


9 posted on 12/12/2017 10:28:22 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: \/\/ayne

From of all the photos, it appears to be a slimy bakalite.

Something about it. It looks gross.


10 posted on 12/12/2017 10:29:53 AM PST by Celerity
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To: PROCON

Lose that nickel plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock.


11 posted on 12/12/2017 10:32:54 AM PST by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: PROCON

>>it won’t have special coatings that keep the internal parts lubricated.

There is a business opportunity for someone to replicate that on the aftermarket, I would think.


12 posted on 12/12/2017 10:37:20 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Celtic Conservative
But any gun you have to pay for with a second mortgage ain’t for me.

How much is your life worth?

13 posted on 12/12/2017 10:37:23 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Puppage; Celtic Conservative
"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.

< Somebody has to get this thread war started, might as well be me! >
14 posted on 12/12/2017 10:47:32 AM PST by Garth Tater (Gone Galt and I ain't coming back.)
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To: Puppage

Sig-Sauers are the only gun that will save your life? I carry a used S&W 6946. Torn down and inspected by me, kept in good repair with good ammo. Quality doesn’t have to be super expensive. Fer Gawds sake, it’s not like I’m carryin’ a hi-point.

CC


15 posted on 12/12/2017 10:48:35 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: G Larry

Bruce’s shop did work on my early production P320. Very pleased with the 4.0 lb trigger and sights. They set it up as a production division gun. Unfortunately, although I like it, I still prefer my stainless frame 226 with Grayguns competition spring kit and trigger with overtravel stop.

Are you a sigforum member? Only ask because that’s where Bruce gets the majority of his business, and it is without a doubt the finest firearms forum on the web.

Took a couple classes from Bruce and Jerry Jones several years ago; best money I ever spent on firearms.


16 posted on 12/12/2017 10:48:45 AM PST by dkjbama
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To: PROCON

Pentagon perfumed princes should be required to buy American.


17 posted on 12/12/2017 10:50:26 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Celtic Conservative
Fer Gawds sake, it’s not like I’m carryin’ a hi-point.

LOL!

Ok, fair enough, FRIEND.

18 posted on 12/12/2017 10:50:40 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Celerity

I believe you are seeing the yet to be removed shipping grease.


19 posted on 12/12/2017 10:51:04 AM PST by dkjbama
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To: dsc

Since the German govt caught Sig funneling SP2022’s through the US to a South American country (can’t remember which), the krauts clamped down, so pretty much all Sig production is in the US now. I have read there is now only a fraction of the workforce at the old Eckenforde plant in Germany.


20 posted on 12/12/2017 10:57:11 AM PST by dkjbama
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