Darken some, yes, but a quick wipe keeps em functional. Its outfitted with Tritium (which dont get blacked out at range sessions with an average of 300 rounds each time). A few thousand rounds through it, no jam yet- lots of reloads bought from the shooting range- no problems. Ive got about 10 handguns, and choose the 23c for my under the bed gun- the one id reach for first. The answer given was "If an Officer has to utilize Deadly Force to fight for his life or the lives of others. "You can't give Cops ported pistols! Those are for competition!" The last thing I will leave you with was a criticism that we received after going to "C" guns. Today most officers would think a department daft if they attempted to issue revolvers or lead round nose ammunition for duty use.įor further information, there was an article done on our agencies transition to "C" guns printed in the 2/2000 issue of "Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement". Hell for that matter, the use of Hollow Point ammunition. Remember, there was a time, not so long ago, when the use of auto pistols was scowled upon for Law Enforcement. If your agency is going to test "C" pistols, test them fairly. You wanna see flash? Drag out your old revolver and light off a couple of old duty rounds. but what we found was that what flash there was, was above the sight plane and did not interfere with the shooters ability to make follow up shots and certainly did not "blind" the shooter. All but one manufacturer I am aware of uses flash retardants in their duty/defensive ammunition.ĭoes flash occur even with flash retardants? Again, of course it does.
During your testing, might I suggest you judge the muzzle flash using duty type ammunition. However, what is not taken into account is exactly what ammunition are you judging the pistol on? In most cases I have tracked down with exaggerated muzzle flash has been factory promotional loads aka range ammunition or ball ammo. Do the ported pistol have muzzle flash? Sure. Given a chance to re shoot the next day, that officer Aced the qualification the required two times straight.Īs to the flash issue.
We went from having five or six problem shooters a training, to a grand total of one Officer that didn't qualify first time out for the entire year! Turns out that Officer is a tad "Pee Shy" and had problems shooting with the group. Further reducing the chances of shooter induced malfunctions.Īs it turned out, canting the pistol in this manner also canted the ports away from the shooter. This kept things like shirts, coats, rain gear, mike cords, breasts, love handles, ect from interfering with slide speed. Secondly the slide operated on the outside of the arm. The reason for this was that the operators grip is much stronger canted then straight up and down, reducing "limp wristing". In the "Speed Cant", the pistol is canted outboard at a 45 degree to 90 degree angle. The retention position we've been teaching for years adapted very well to the "C" guns.
I still don't know where that one came from, but I can assure you, it was completely baseless and unfounded.) (Imagine my surprise when right after the article on my agency hit the stands there were Internet rumors of one of our officers being blinded by a piece of bullet jacket coming through a port. We have hundreds of thousands of rounds fired through "C" pistols (40+K through my G19C alone) with no injuries at all related to the ports. Some officers have been carrying their own "C" models since thier introduction. "My agency went to Compensated Glock pistols approximately a year and a half ago. I can't add more to this topic to what John Hollister posted at I won't even pretend to match his excellent post, so I've pasted it here:
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