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Hey all! New member here, however long time lurker. Figured it was about time to make an account when I was faced with a recent decision I can’t make on my own… what gun to purchase next!

A little background, I am not new to Glock pistols (I have others as well) I own a handful and carry one almost daily as a LE duty weapon for the past 8 years. My current duty pistol is a Glock 17 gen5. Several weeks ago I made a huge mistake. I met up with my brother for a range day and shot his duty pistol (different agency), he’s issued a sig p320 with the Romeo red dot. This is the first time I’ve shot with a red dot and now I need to have one!

So here lies the dilemma… Sig or Glock or something else. Whichever I choose will have an optics cut from the factory. Like I previously said I’ve had glock pistols for years and shoot them very well, my off duty edc is a 26 and my HD/woods gun is a 21.

Regardless of what I buy I’ll likely need a holster, I own nothing optics cut.

I am not opposed to adding something different to the collection, however I do have years of familiarity with the Glock line.

Are the Smith and Wesson 2.0’s worth a look?

I understand this is a Glock forum, but from my reading y’all seem very level headed and not blindly brand loyal. So here’s the question… If you were to get an optics pistol setup, what would you go with? And why?
 

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Since you are familiar with Glock and shoot them very well IMO it makes sense to stay with Glock. Glock has MOS versions of their most popular pistols that are ready for optics including 17,19, and 45.
This ^^^
You're in the business and carry a Glock, therefore I'd pick one of the Glock MOS models and drive on.
You'll have mag commonality as well.
 

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Sig P365 X Macro. Optic ready, 17rds, and easy to carry.
 
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Does your agency allow MRDS? ... G45 MOS, Holosun SCS, Trij HDs, TLR-7A, Safariland L3 light bearing holster. I just shot the GLOCK MOS Operator course with this setup and it went well.
 
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!- The Sig 320 is a wonderful weapon, why not get that since you liked it so much and had hands on with it?

2- A Glock will not be factory cut specific for any optic, but will need a mounting plate. You own a Glock 17.5 - for super cheap lazy shortcut to nirvana, you can just buy an aftermarket optic ready Glock17 slide and put your internals into it, and buy a RMR footprint optic. If you have to keep your Glock stock for work, then do the above and buy the internals, and share the barrel.

Plenty of other guns on the market that come optic ready. Walther, Beretta, Springfield, S&W, Canik. Check out PSA for their Glock-like offerings - they occas have bundles that are hard to beat.
 

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Holosun SCS is a direct mount to standard Glock slides and will co witness with Trij HD height sights.
 
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I picked up a PSA Dagger full size S, threaded barrel RMR cut and 10 P-Mags for $450 out the door. I've got an RMR but I've not used it on a pistol yet. Didn't want to cut my 19X until I was sold on the idea. Battlewerx will get my business if I decide to do it.
 

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If it has to be optic-ready (as opposed to milled), for a carry gun, my choice is an optic-ready Glock slide.

For a competition gun, it's probably going to be a milled slide - either a spare slide, or I buy another gun, get it milled first thing, then do all the other tuning.

It really depends on the gun. Not having to fit the slide to the frame (and barrel) makes a big difference. This is especially true with a carry/ish gun, where you're not going to do much tuning, and slides are mostly easily interchangeable.
 
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