While I like to poke fun of the Glock, I did consider it as a carry piece.
Starting with everything that can be taken seriously and eliminating from there, the Glock stays in the running almost to the bitter end.
revolvers got eliminated out of the gate.
Im a firm believer in "it starts with a four and ends with a thud" ... well thats a wide chunk of hardware as much as I love the 44 magnum.
this mandates an auto to trim up that waistline.
frame mounted safety ....
lemme get this straight ... the keys to the car are located in that part subject to the most violent of forces in the entire machine and you expect them to stay put in a drag race....
Safety's cant be in the slide
Glock still fits this description ...
in fact at this point I was down to 6 guns .. M&P, USP, XD, Glock sig P220 and 1911 ... reliability and availability considered.
I wanted a device that resembled a traditional safety .... Glock finaly got eliminated as did others
USP, P220 and grandpa 11 remained

I dont like plastic as KB's can happen USP lost
11 or multiply by 20 .... the hot rodability of the 100 year classic won.

Under serious thought and stringent criteria ... I might pick on it ... but I must also admit that its elimination boiled down to things one might dismiss as matters of taste alone ... that says something.

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