What Gun Do Secret Service Agents Carry

The U.Southward. Hole-and-corner Service has officially adopted Glock as its new duty pistol. Since 1998, the Secret Service has armed its agents with a duty carry SIG Sauer P229 pistol in .357 SIG. That weapon and the round information technology fired quickly became the "get to" round as many agencies, including the FAMS, NJ Land Police and others switched.

At the fourth dimension, the Undercover Service was looking for a duty carry weapon that was less than full-sized, but carried a punch. The 9mm lacked the "stopping power" and the .40 Caliber Southward&W circular lacked the accuracy the Secret Service was looking for. SIG Sauer partnered with an ammo company and, after some engineering science and inquiry, created the .357 SIG round.

At the time, the Cloak-and-dagger Service duty weapon was the SIG Sauer P228 in 9mm. Due to the belatedly 1990s 9mm technology and performance, the round received criticism for its lack of penetrating power and splintering effect if information technology hit a hard object. This caused a rash of concern and consternation among the broader law enforcement customs and the Secret Service.

FBI Written report on 9mm

The FBI conducted a widely circulated study a few years ago documenting the positives of the new 9mm ammunition. This has led many constabulary enforcement agencies to look at, if not move back to, a 9mm pistol — including the FBI. It plant generally that the 9mm rounds perform ballistically every bit well as, if not meliorate than, higher-caliber rounds. It also tends to increase accuracy due to less recoil and have college mag capacities than larger caliber pistols.

As fourth dimension and technology have progressed, bullet engineering and engineering science has improved, and the 9mm round has gotten improve. In many studies, the 9mm round now performs the same, if not meliorate, as many .357 SIG or .xl Southward&W rounds, leading many agencies to expect at a move back to a 9mm platform.

The first to autumn was of course the FBI. Following the guidance of its own study, the FBI went with a Glock duty weapon for all FBI Agents, along with switching to 9mm. The Department of Diplomatic Security Services had also switched to Glocks terminal year. Recently CBP issued an award to Glock for a never-before-seen duty 9mm pistol: the G47 Gen5 in 9mm.

For the Hugger-mugger Service, rumors say it researched and extensively tested the SIG Sauer P320 in 9mm, along with the Glocks. The research and testing involved agencies already conveying the aforementioned weapons, as well as elements inside the DoD. That testing led the agency to make up one's mind to make the motion.

U.S. Hush-hush Service Adopts Glock Pistols

U.S. Secret Service adopts Glock G47

Now, the Cloak-and-dagger Service will become the latest federal law enforcement agency to switch and carry Glocks and may do so off the existing CBP contract. It appears the U.S. Secret Service volition initially purchase the 9mm Glock 19 MOS Gen5 TLR7. Forth with that, the Underground Service Special Operations will exist allowed to conduct the 9mm Glock 47 MOS Gen5 with X300 sights.

Later on more than 28 years, this moves the premier protection agency in the world to a 9mm Glock platform. This, in effect, aligns the agency with the State Section and U.S. Special Operations military machine units that utilize Glocks. In plow, this allows greater flexibility domestically and OCONUS. This switch is historic and akin to the New York Yankees baseball team moving to some other town.

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