Glock owners...

I have carried my glock in the shower in Afghanistan and Iraq. Took a short piece of para cord, pulled out the inner threads, ran the cord through the small hole in the rear butt of the pistol (guess its there for a lanyard). Tie the cord and use a match or cigarette lighter to melt the ends of the knot. Loop will hang over a towel hook inside the shower. Mount the hook in the wall high enough and to the side, and your glock won't get more than a little moisture. If you get used to holding the pistol with the loop up, and grasped in the palm of your hand, the loop won't even hinder reloads. Easier and quicker to do than my poor explanation.

You can also easily hang the pistol from the TP holder next to the commode.
 
Over on Glocktalk there was a topic going about this very subject. One of the more interesting posts that may help you out was one of a vacuum packed Glock.

The guy had it hanging on the shower head in the shrink wrap so it could stay there forever with no damage.

The shrink wrapped gun wasn't fast draw by any means but within a few seconds it would be ready to go.

A long story short. Many years ago a friend was getting ready for her husband to get home from a TDY. She was showering and she heard something coming from the living room. She snuck out of the bathroom and peeked around the corner and seen a intruder. She ran into the bedroom slammed the door and screamed, I'm alone, I'm naked, I'm a woman, I'm scared and I got a gun. All she heard was breaking glass. She stayed in the bedroom until she heard her husband come home. When they looked for the broken glass they found the intruder had jumped through second story window. Cops never did find him.

Besides the gun, hopefully you also have alarms and maybe a yapper dog too.
 
I love my S&W's for their beauty and feel. But for carry, it is a Glock that gets the nod. I've owned them for 10+ years now, in calibers from 9mm to .45 acp and I have NEVER had a malfunction, even a smokestack or misfeed, in any Glock I have ever fired.

Next point, I don't baby my carry gun. It is carried in a hot, humid, sweaty environment for up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week. No signs of rust. The only "wear" I can detect is a slight graying of the Tenifer on the beveled edges on the front of the slide.

As for the model numbers, they aren't that bad at all:

Full Size Intermediate Size Compact
9mm G17 G19 G26
10mm G20 G29
.45 G21 G30
.40 G22 G23 G27
.357 G31 G32 G33

This leave out the .380's that aren't available in the USA. Also I didn't note the .45 GAP calibers, I have no interest in them, so I don't know what the heck they are!

Further, there are some special weapons as well, the G18 is a 9mm full-auto that is otherwise just like the G17. The G17L is a long-slide competition 9mm, the G34 is a slightly shorter 9mm with adjustable sights, about the same overall as a 1911. The G35 is the same gun in .40.

A great feature about the Glocks is that if you stay in the same frame size, the guns fit the same holsters, and the longer mags function perfectly with the compact guns. I have a photo of a 33-round 9mm mag in a G26 sub-compact, looks weird, but it works.

The sub-compact version and the full-size in the same caliber have identical frames, only the slide/barrel/frame lengths differ. So a belt-slide holster for a G26 will also work with any other small-frame Glock, the 9mm, .40, .357's are all small frame. All 10mm and .45 acp guns are large-frames, and have commonality of holsters within those two calibers, again only differing in slide/barrel/frame size.

By the way, the .40 and .357 guns are basically interchangeable caliber also. They can use the same mag, just buy another barrel for $100-$300 and you have a two caliber weapon.

There are reports that the .40 version is the "weakest" of the bunch based on the area of support for the cartridge head. There are supposedly more reports of kabooms in this caliber. For what it is worth, the G22 in .40 is also the number one gun/caliber in use by law enforcement in the USA.

As for the shower, don't even bother to shake off the water before you fire. You cannot hurt one under normal use.

Hope I didn't confuse things too much!

The Highlander
 
Why don't you do the same thing that many other people do and it keeps any gun shower safe??

Get a one gallon Ziploc bag, and place gun inside, and take out enough air so you can get your finger in the guard.

I've a friend thats done this with a Colt Cobra for many years. :rolleyes:

And, if you have to use it, after the first shot it won't matter if it's wet or not. I wouldn't recommend using a semi-auto in a bag of any kind, some guys tried it at the range, and the bag would either not let the empty case eject all the way and jam it, or the bag would get caught in the breech between the slide and barrel and wouldn't let it go back into battery if fired within the bag on the first shot.

This didn't happen with the revolver.
 
I would trust a revolver over an auto for shower duty. A beater Smith 642 would seem like a great little gun for the task, but I would still take it out of the shower and wipe it down and spray WD-40 and Rem0il into the internals and let it dry out good. Shower steam is wicked on a gun, and a friend of mine learned that the hard way about a year ago. He said he had two old S&W .38s he wanted to sell and I wasn't really interested at the time, until I saw one. It was a mint condition 1964 M-36 Square butt 3" barrel in the box with tools and papers. The factory paper crackled when I took the gun out just like the day it rolled off the assmbley line in 1964, and I don't think the gun had ever been out of the box since the day it was purchased. I quickly bought it for $310 and he said the other one was just like it except it was a 2" nickle plated gun at his mothers house. I saw him a couple of days after he went to his mom's house and he pulled out the S&W blue box and removed the lid. His eyes got as big as saucers! The gun looked like it had been lying on the bottom of the ocean for a year! It was totally corroded and deeply pitted and looked like it would never fire again. He said he stored it in a cabinet next to her shower when his own house was being remodeled.
 
All great info. I appreciate it guys. The torture test made a believer out of me. I think I'm gonna hunt down a used Glock 17, 19, or 26. I like the idea of just hanging the gun from a lanyard like JJ was talking about and then just basically shaking the water off of it.
From the info I've gathered here, it sounds like the Glock is a much more impressive firearm than many people give it credit for.
 
Phillips7609 said:
All great info. I appreciate it guys. The torture test made a believer out of me. I think I'm gonna hunt down a used Glock 17, 19, or 26. I like the idea of just hanging the gun from a lanyard like JJ was talking about and then just basically shaking the water off of it.
From the info I've gathered here, it sounds like the Glock is a much more impressive firearm than many people give it credit for.
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Buds gunshop has Maryland State Police trade-in Glocks for $349 delivered including 3 mags.
 
Phillips7609 said:
Yeah, I'm not crazy about the thoughts of a plastic gun, but in the situation I want it for it seemed like the logical choice.
Any suggestions on a used model to be looking for? You said they may have changed the coating on the new generation...for the good or for cuttin' corners?
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I'd reccomend a G19 also. It is reported to be even more reliable then the G17. 15, 17 and 33 round factory Glock mags are available for the G19.


40 caliber Glocks do not run well with lights attached. My agency is getting rid of all are G22's and G23's for G17's and short frame G21's. I unfornanatley personally own a G22 and a G23 that will not run well with a light attached.

Emory
 
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Just leave the cheap plastic sights on it. The night sights I have on my glock rusted in salt water.
 
If you want smaller check out the Glock 26 (9mm). I have a 27 (.40 cal.) I do not think they import the 28 (.380). 29 is the 10mm. I think these are the smallest of the Glocks.
 
oops sorry I missed Highlanders post. He pretty much covered it.
 
Hi:
If the bathroom where you shower has a solid door and a dead bolt lock,
why would you need to have a weapon inside the shower stall?
In my master bathroom where I shower and change clothing is a night stand where I keep wallet, keys, cell phone, weapon and extra ammo from my take off clothes while I shower and before dressing again.
A barking dog and a 12ga is my home protection.
Jimmy
 
you could always just slide whatever you want in a gallon size zip-lock bag........
 
jimmyj said:
Hi:
If the bathroom where you shower has a solid door and a dead bolt lock,
why would you need to have a weapon inside the shower stall?
In my master bathroom where I shower and change clothing is a night stand where I keep wallet, keys, cell phone, weapon and extra ammo from my take off clothes while I shower and before dressing again.
A barking dog and a 12ga is my home protection.
Jimmy
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We don't have all that stuff. We live in an older home and the bathroom door is just a hollow core.
As for moving, we'd love to but that's not possible right now. Work has almost come to a standstill and from what I'm seeing things aren't gonna get any better anytime soon.
Besides, I'm talking about my wife. She's scared here by herself. Especially in the shower where she can't hear what's goin' on in the rest of the house.
 
From Steave: Absolutely. I've done a number of deals with Mark, both buying and selling, always great to work with.

Just emailed them and inquired about the G19 or 26. I told them you guys gave them a good recommendation.
Thanks to everybody for the input.
 
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