SEALs upgrade to SIG Sauer P226 Mk25 Pistol
Back in the 80s the US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) procured SIG Sauer P226 pistols for the SEALs. The NSWC version of the P226 was later sold to the public as the SIG P226 Navy. Unbeknown to me, the Navy has recently given the latest version of their P226 the designation Mk25 and SIG is now selling the Mk25 to public.
As far as I can tell, the only differences between the P226 Navy and P226 Mk25 is the inclusion of SIGLITE Night Sights.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 9mm Luger/Parabellum |
| Capacity | 15 |
| Finish | Hardcoat anodized / Nitron |
| Grip | Polymer |
| Barrel | 4.4″ |
| Overall Length | 7.7″ |
| Weight | 34.4 oz. |
| Sights | SIGLITE Night Sights |
| MSRP (Price) | $1,142 |
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I was one of the crash test dummies in Italy testing the Baretta M9, it added 20% to my (eventual) disability status when it blew apart in my hand. I was a USAF operator. There were a half-dozen of us, same qty of Army guys from Vicenza. We all had serious issues with the things, and later they still made us deploy with them.
I know nothing of other services experiencing catastrophic malfunctions in later testing (as commented), but not surprised. Unifying the ammo/caliber w/ NATO was supposed to be one of the great benefits. Guess that's going out the window.
I know the units sold to the US were NOT the units issued to the Caribineri. Baretta totally hooked those guys up. In Iraq, we quickly swapped our units at the Caribineri armory. We never had issues with those models. Even still, Id never buy Baretta.
Not being a trend-follower during the Glock craze, my personal sidearm has been a customized S&W 5904 for many, many years. Very happy with it.
This civilian version isn't even close to the NSW stuff. This has talked about in depth on socnet.com.