A 9 mm service pistol that eats both domestic and NATO ammunition: the small arms manufacturer we represent against the Glock 17 Gen5 and the SIG P320.
Glock and SIG publish full dimension tables, and their pistols arm millions of officers and soldiers. The figure neither datasheet carries is which government has to approve the resupply, which is the number that decides whether the second tranche lands.
Our pistol is a working sidearm rather than a stripped-back one: striker-fired short-recoil action, a loaded-chamber indicator, an ambidextrous magazine catch, a reflex-sight mount and both a manual and a mechanical safety, built by one of the first private manufacturers in its country to indigenously produce and supply small arms to elite forces. Every transfer is governed by classification and end-use controls.
Side by side
| Attribute | Represented by UnstratService pistol | Glock Ges.m.b.H.G17 Gen51Austria | SIG SauerP320 Full-Size (9 mm, SKU 320F-9-BSSP)2United States / Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class and operating principle12 | 9×19 mm striker-fired, short-recoil semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm Luger pistol, Safe Action constant double-action system, three safeties | 9 mm Luger striker-fired pistol, striker-fired action with a curved trigger |
| Ammunition12The dual domestic and NATO feed is a supply-chain feature, not a ballistic one: one sidearm draws from either ammunition pipeline without a change of magazine or part. | 9×19 mm, feeds both domestic and NATO ammunition from the same weapon | 9 mm Luger | 9 mm Luger |
| Weight12Our published figure is a ceiling with no loading state attached; Glock states three separate weights and SIG states its figure with a magazine fitted, so read the column against the loading state before ranking it. | Under 850 g | 630 g without magazine, 708 g with empty magazine, 945 g with loaded magazine | 802.3 g (28.3 oz) with magazine |
| Magazine capacity12The 21 and 30-round options give a service pistol a magazine depth normally reached only by fitting an extended magazine to a Glock or SIG. | 17 / 21 / 30 rounds | 17 rounds | 17 rounds (10-round steel magazine also listed) |
| Effective range12 | Beyond 30 yards | Not published | Not published |
| Barrel length12 | Not published | 114 mm | 119.38 mm (4.7 in) |
| Overall length12 | Not published | 202 mm | 203 mm (8 in) |
| Sight radius12 | Not published | 165 mm polymer sight, 164 mm steel, 163 mm GNS | 165 mm (6.5 in) |
| Frame and slide materials12 | Hard-anodised aluminium and high-strength polymer | Polymer frame | Polymer grip module, stainless-steel fire-control unit, carbon-steel slide with DLC coating |
| Optic and accessory mounting12 | Reflex-sight mount on the slide and a 6 o'clock Picatinny rail | Gen5 MOS listed as the optic-ready configuration; mounting rail on the frame | Optic-ready with PRO optic footprint; M1913 full-length accessory rail |
| Safety and control features12 | Manual safety, mechanical safety and a loaded-chamber indicator, with an ambidextrous magazine catch | Three safeties in the Safe Action system, loaded-chamber indicator, reversible magazine catch, ambidextrous slide-stop lever | Striker-fired with a curved trigger; SIGLite night sights standard, tool-free disassembly stated |
| Design and build origin12 | Manufactured by the small arms manufacturer we represent, one of the first private makers in its country to indigenously produce and supply small arms to elite forces | Glock Ges.m.b.H., Austria | SIG Sauer, United States and Germany |
| Transfer conditions stated in the vendor document12Austrian and US export approvals are held outside the buyer's capital. The datasheet never carries that; the licence does. | Classification and end-use controls; independent, non-aligned origin with no political exposure to a major-power ecosystem | Not addressed in the vendor document | Not addressed in the vendor document |
Competitor values are quoted from the vendor documents listed under Sources, as published on the date shown. Configurations vary, so treat every row as a starting point for the evaluation rather than a like-for-like test result.
What the table means
On dimensions the three are near-identical. On magazine depth they are not.
A G17 Gen5 is 202 mm long with a 114 mm barrel and a 165 mm sight radius; the SIG P320 Full-Size is 203 mm with a 119.38 mm barrel and the same 165 mm sight radius. These are the same pistol envelope, and a buyer will not separate them on size. Where our pistol pulls away is capacity: it feeds from 17, 21 or 30-round magazines, and both the Glock and the SIG ship a 17-round magazine as standard. Reaching 30 rounds in either of the other two means hanging an extended magazine off the grip.
Weight is a fair fight only once you fix the loading state.
We publish under 850 g and stop there. Glock publishes 630 g bare, 708 g with an empty magazine and 945 g loaded; SIG publishes 802.3 g with a magazine. Read carelessly, our figure looks heavier than the bare Glock and lighter than the loaded one, which tells a buyer nothing. The honest reading is that our ceiling sits close to SIG's with-magazine figure, and we owe a bare and a loaded weight to make the row decide anything. Until then, this page says so rather than picking the flattering comparison.
One pistol, two ammunition pipelines, is a logistics decision disguised as a spec.
Glock and SIG both chamber 9 mm Luger, and so do we. The difference is that our pistol is stated to feed both domestic and NATO 9×19 mm from the same weapon, which matters to a force that draws from a domestic ammunition line and a NATO-standard one at the same time. It removes a stock-keeping split rather than adding a ballistic advantage, and that is exactly the kind of quiet saving a datasheet comparison misses.
The approval you cannot see on the datasheet is the one that stops resupply.
Neither the Glock buyer's guide nor the SIG product page says a word about who signs off the export, which end uses are refused, or what happens to spares if relations cool. That silence is standard and unhelpful. Austrian and US consent both sit in a capital that is not the buyer's, and both have been withheld before for reasons that had nothing to do with the buyer. Our pistol is supplied under classification and end-use controls from an independent, non-aligned source, so the review that matters happens once, with the parties on the contract.
Questions buyers ask
What is the best alternative to the Glock 17 for a government that wants no US or European export dependency?
The G17 Gen5 is a benchmark and Glock publishes clean numbers: 202 mm long, 114 mm barrel, 630 g bare and a 17-round magazine. The reason to look elsewhere is rarely the pistol, it is the Austrian export approval and the spares that queue behind it. Our 9×19 mm service pistol is under 850 g, feeds 17, 21 or 30-round magazines and takes both domestic and NATO ammunition, supplied from an independent, non-aligned source under classification and end-use controls.
How does the service pistol we represent compare with the SIG P320 on size and capacity?
On size they are the same class: the P320 Full-Size is 203 mm long with a 119.38 mm barrel and a 165 mm sight radius, and our pistol sits in that envelope, though we do not publish our barrel or overall length. On capacity our pistol offers 17, 21 or 30-round magazines against the P320's standard 17-round magazine, and it is stated to feed both domestic and NATO 9×19 mm from the same weapon.
Which 9 mm pistol takes a 30-round magazine as a factory option?
Our service pistol lists 17, 21 and 30-round magazines as its own options. A Glock 17 Gen5 and a SIG P320 Full-Size both ship with a 17-round magazine, and reaching 30 rounds means fitting an aftermarket or extended magazine. If a deep magazine off the shelf matters for your role, that is a real point of difference.
Does a service pistol that feeds both domestic and NATO ammunition offer a real advantage?
It is a logistics advantage, not a ballistic one. A force that draws from a domestic 9×19 mm line and a NATO-standard line can issue one sidearm across both without splitting its stock or its spares, which is where the saving sits. The Glock and the SIG chamber 9 mm Luger and perform to that cartridge; our difference is that a single weapon works from either supply pipeline.
Which service-pistol specifications does Unstrat not publish?
Barrel length, overall length, sight radius and a bare and loaded weight are not in our public catalogue, while Glock and SIG publish theirs. We state under 850 g, effective beyond 30 yards, 17, 21 or 30-round magazines and the safety and mounting features, and where a competitor publishes a figure and we do not, this page marks it 'Not published' rather than filling the cell. The remaining figures are released under a signed enquiry inside the classification controls that apply to any small-arms transfer.
Sources
- 1. Glock Ges.m.b.H., GLOCK Buyer's Guide (EN, 01/2020) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · G17 Gen5 technical data page gives overall length 202 mm, barrel 114 mm, weight 630 g bare / 708 g empty mag / 945 g loaded, sight radius 165 mm and 17-round magazine capacity.
- 2. SIG Sauer, P320 Full-Size product page (SKU 320F-9-BSSP)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · Per-SKU specification table gives 9 mm Luger, striker-fired, 4.7 in (119.38 mm) barrel, 8 in (203 mm) overall length, 5.5 in (140 mm) height, 28.3 oz (802.3 g) with magazine, 6.5 in (165 mm) sight radius, 17-round magazines, M1913 rail and PRO optic footprint. HTML page; no downloadable spec PDF published.