can't imagine a single situation in which a G18 would be preferable to a G17, or would be practical for absolutely ANYTHING at all besides having a lot of fun wasting ammo. i.e. I don't see how they could possibly have any use in LE or military applications. Maybe its just me.
I seem to recall H&K having the same problem selling the idea of the MP5K, it being pretty much uncontrollable in select fire. But then those wiley Americans added the front grip and the folding stock and Ooooooooh! Now we have something altogether different; the MP5K-PDW. And THAT is a eminently more efficient firearms than the original MP5K.
Well…sorta along those lines…
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Along time ago in a gun store far away… me and some of the other employees were discussing the Glock 18 and how in full auto mode, it’s just not practical. You need more to hand on to, say, something like the fore grip on the MP5K-PDW. It was then that I noticed that the Knights Armaments foregrips we had in stock for the RAS/RIS systems we were selling, were, dimensionally pretty darn close to fitting the (then) new rails that Glock had just started putting on their guns.
Mmmmmmh. One quick and dirty trim with the Dremel and it was an exact fit. Cool. Glock 18 (ok it was really a 17 that I had handy, but you get the picture.) with a foregrip. Now that would be fun. Aside from the fact that you’d need a new type of holster, why didn’t Glock ever think of that?
I miss being paid (not very much) to play with guns.
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