If that was the case kz it would be chambered in 25 and 380 auto.

"never duplicated" - and thank goodness for that! At least others are correcting the WORST parts about them! And making the improved versions at a lower price point.

By what measure are you concluding that it's the "number one combat handgun of choice"? That was probably true as recently as 5 or 10 years ago, depending upon how you define"combat", but I seriously doubt that it's true now. Maybe. No one in the military or police forces chooses it. It's forced on them by their agency, who take the lowest bid that meet the criteria, which Glock is great at doing... Undercutting competitors on price point with large contracts, while "just" being adequate. So that leaves people who "choose" it for "combat". I guess we have to define combat before going any further. Inertia is an extraordinarily strong force, and that's what kept them going strong (along with said undercutting, clever marketing, and 10mm chamberings for us centimeter cult) in the '00s and '10s, in spite of their utter failure to innovate and stay relevant, crap ergos, and crap parts (mags, mag releases, guide rods, and sights). But they've been out-innovated by nearly every pistol maker on the planet by now, down to and including Bersa and Taurus, and inertia will only go so far. Yes, inertia will drive sales for awhile yet still, but I doubt that the percentage of serious knowledgeable gunnies who now, today, choose it, is pretty miniscule, and I would doubt a plurality among these "serious" folks. Every single major maker has a pistol that's better in every way EXCEPT aftermarket parts, which is driven solely by said inertia. And all but HK and a couple others do it at a lower price. I had a bunch of them in the late 99s, but ever since the '04 - '06 time frame, it's become unfathomable to me why anyone would get one, other than "I gots to have my 10mm!" before everyone and their dog came out with a 10 between 2015-2022.

Most "serious" handgun nets these days choose a 2011 (Staccato, Bul, custom, Prodigy, etc), or a CZ shadow, or Tanfoglio Witness series, or PDP, or Canik, or Echelon, or M&P, or Sig, or XD elite, or something else. Yeah a lot still choose Glocks I suppose, but it's a tiny number compared to 15-20 years ago.

If you don't get any leads here, try the muzzleloader group.

LOL your book I barely got through is primarily based on speculation. Here are the facts. The Glock 19 is CHOSEN not ISSUED by Army Special Forces, Delta Force, Rangers, the CIA and FBI, DEA, US border patrol the US Marshals, The US Secret Service (you know the agency with unlimited budget sworn to protect the US president), The Navy Seals call it the MK 27. The Marine Corp calls it the M007. The British call it the L131A1. Weather you want to believe it or not these agencies have unlimited budgets and Choose the Glock pistol still over all others. Glock is not known for being the lowest bidder, in fact the cost for each unit was almost double the price of the Sig P320. Sure Glock used to hold about 80% of the entire police force and are now about 65%but still dominate the majority of law enforcement. And more agencies I recently read that over a dozen since 2018 are making the switch back to Glock. These are the facts. You can "suppose" and speculate "15-20 years ago" but that's simply not true at all. You can trash on the brand all you want but the FACT is they remain the number 1 combat sidearm for professionals as previously stated.

Why are you guys always far away. You in great falls and another in Kalispell doing $15 transfers. Need one of you in billings.