Glock 19 as a favorite sidearm for many special forces operators, domestic and abroad (Photo: Pinterest) It was not selected for use but proved to be such a popular option Glock started selling it to civilians. Interestingly, Glock recently submitted a hybrid of the two guns for military consideration, the Glock 19X, which has the long grip and extra mag capacity of the Glock 17 but the shorter slide and barrel of the Glock 19. To your question, I can only assume that the SEALs decided that since there was really no accuracy or reliability difference, the extra length, weight, and bulk of a Glock 17 was not worth the extra two rounds of mag capacity.
Why SEALs have chosen Glock as their service pistol? Under combat conditions, 25 m is beyond the normal engagement distances for most pistol use, and you aren’t going to have time to take carefully aimed shots anyway, so the accuracy difference between the two disappears. Glock 19 vs Glock 17 (Photo: Pinterest/Guns) The closer you are, the smaller the cone and the smaller the differences will be between the two weapons. The shot grouping is a probability cone that extends outwards from the barrel of the gun to the target. When locked into a vise, the Glock 17 may have an incrementally smaller accuracy advantage at 25 m, but the difference is so small between the two that even a trained marksman is going to have a real challenge noticing a difference, even if allowed to take slow, carefully aimed shots on a comfortable target range. The longer grip of the 17 allows for a slightly longer magazine, which holds an additional 2 rounds bringing its mag capacity to 17 vs.
The Glock 17 and the Glock 19 are very nearly identical, with the Glock 17 having a barrel about 1/2 inch longer and a grip about 1/2 inch longer than the Glock 19. Glock 17 Gen5 FS Coyote is now an official secondary weapon of the Portuguese Army (Photo: Bryan Ferreira) Glock 19 vs Glock 17
At ‘bad breath’ distances the fact that a Glock 17 can shoot a 2.5-inch group and a Glock 19 can barely eke out a 2.25 isn’t going to matter in the least. As the distances that SEALs are going to need a pistol, the accuracy of a Glock 17 over a Glock 19 isn’t even a factor.
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