Originally Posted By: totegoat
Seems like a lot of time and money is expended changing out pistols that work just fine.
I wonder what the real incentive is?
A 1992-2005 Beretta 92F should be replaced. Any police duty pistol 10 years or older, should be replaced. Law enforcement, in general, is going away from double/single action pistols as they require a lot more training to become proficient, and shooting scores and accuracy are generally less on a double/single vs a striker fired pistol. In this day and age of immense liability, they want their officers to hit what they are aiming at.
Plus their old pistols dont have a flashlight mounted to them. Most departments that can afford it and have a tactically minded purchasing/training officer on board, will go to a pistol and holster that allows a mounted flashlight.
6 shot revolvers "worked just fine". Should police agencies just stayed with those, since they "worked just fine"? Or evolved with the times with the newer technology available?