Sorry, but it’s a Glock post

[Collo Rosso]

Bought my first Glock in 91' and have had at least one ever since. Being left handed, the safe action trigger caught my attention. Didn't have to worry if the pistol had a ambi safety available.

 

[Turn4811]

I recently put the 357 back into the safe and pulled out my Glock 20. The idea of a 15 round magazine in current times makes me feel a little better. The fact it is filed with 10mm doesn't hurt, much.

 

[Boxer9]

The first Glock I ever bought was a G27 about 10-11 years ago.
It's been alright as to accuracy and great for reliability.
I recently bought an Xmag extender for the G23, 13 shot mag and with that it's like a round butt Glock23 snubby.
It rides pretty nice in a Galco summer comfort or any of the hundreds of Glock holsters out there.
It's still plastic and ugly but I like what it can do and I won't cry rivers if it's held for a while, nor will it get beat up that I'll be able to notice.
It will never replace my steel wheel guns but it has its place.

If you want to get a really good grip extension look into Hyve Technologies. Its cut to feel like part of the frame basically, so it feels natural, adds rounds, not crazy expensive like some. I put them on all my baby Glocks.

 

[Valmet]

I've ccw'd Glocks since the early-2000s, save the occasional Airweight in the summertime. They're ugly, but undeniably reliable.

 

[dplev4]

I don't post much, but I used to carry my S&W 66 no dash and even my 19-2 as my woods guns when I archery hunt. As cougar and wolves kept increasing in the areas I hunt, I switched to carrying a Glock 20. Gotta say that I appreciate the higher capacity. Plus, even more when I got stuck in mud up to my hips and holster crossing a stream last season, I did not worry about the Glock at all. Rinsed it and checked the barrel and it shoot flawlessly. I think it would have worked under water had I tired it. Had I filled either the S&W revolvers with mud, I would have cried.

 

[white cloud]

I don't post much, but I used to carry my S&W 66 no dash and even my 19-2 as my woods guns when I archery hunt. As cougar and wolves kept increasing in the areas I hunt, I switched to carrying a Glock 20. Gotta say that I appreciate the higher capacity. Plus, even more when I got stuck in mud up to my hips and holster crossing a stream last season, I did not worry about the Glock at all. Rinsed it and checked the barrel and it shoot flawlessly. I think it would have worked under water had I tired it. Had I filled either the S&W revolvers with mud, I would have cried.

That's just it. I was working on the farm today. I live in S.C. It gets hot here and the soil was dry so there was lots of sweat and dust while running the tractor. The Glock doesn't seem to be affected by it. I will clean it tomorrow.

 

[TTSH]

That's just it. I was working on the farm today. I live in S.C. It gets hot here and the soil was dry so there was lots of sweat and dust while running the tractor. The Glock doesn't seem to be affected by it. I will clean it tomorrow.

I'm in kind of desperate need of a dedicated adverse conditions tractor gun myself, and I'm talking handgun not long gun (my moonbat neighbors would freak seeing a long gun in a rack on my ROPS).

I, too, have come to the conclusion that a plastic semi-auto is best for several reasons. Too bad for me that a Glock is an expensive premium handgun here in MA due to our silly laws and our even sillier anti-2A/anti-Glock AG lady. I'd be a fool to spend the kind of money it would take to buy a Glock in MA and then mess it up bush-hogging and grading and who-knows-what-else on our soon-to-be retirement place.

At this point, I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have sold off my Shield 9's, although I'd prefer something with a longer sight-radius and greater capacity. Perhaps my SD9VE or SD40VE will have to be put into service in that dirty role.

 

[Triathloncoach]

My Glock 29 and my Glock 19 suppressed.

 

[Echo40]

I'm in kind of desperate need of a dedicated adverse conditions tractor gun myself, and I'm talking handgun not long gun (my moonbat neighbors would freak seeing a long gun in a rack on my ROPS).

I, too, have come to the conclusion that a plastic semi-auto is best for several reasons. Too bad for me that a Glock is an expensive premium handgun here in MA due to our silly laws and our even sillier anti-2A/anti-Glock AG lady. I'd be a fool to spend the kind of money it would take to buy a Glock in MA and then mess it up bush-hogging and grading and who-knows-what-else on our soon-to-be retirement place.

At this point, I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have sold off my Shield 9's, although I'd prefer something with a longer sight-radius and greater capacity. Perhaps my SD9VE or SD40VE will have to be put into service in that dirty role.

Considering the SD Series are just Glock clones to begin with and you already own them, just use 'em.

Having compared the new Glock 17 FXD Gen 5 to my SW40VE, the biggest differences are the trigger, the recoil spring assemply, and the fact that it has nicer fit/finish. The Glock 17 will not be replacing my SW40VE as my EDC either, it's just going to be a range gun.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

Congrats to the OP Jessie on the Glock 27 & 23

I have a few Glocks in my stash too!!
Glock 24 Gen 3 & Glock 26 Gen 4

 

[TTSH]

Considering the SD Series are just Glock clones to begin with and you already own them, just use 'em.

Unless I come up with a better option before next weekend, it will be the SD40VE. It's already a bit on the "used & abused" side (bought it that way for cheap), so if it comes home looking like it has been though a military torture test, I won't freak out.

Plus I have a bunch of old pre-ban Sigma hi-caps. That combination of size, firepower and low risk will be hard to beat.

 

[LCC]

A now retired friend used to be a commercial diver who harvested abalone and sea urchins in White Shark infested waters.
He started carrying a thigh holstered Glock over his wetsuit in the late 80's after a fellow diver was badly injured by a White.
One day while down 30' picking sea urchins, a White took a pass at him, spun around and came back charging him.
Friend shoved his large half filled pick bag into the sharks mouth, and while getting violently pushed backwards manged to pull the Glock, jam it against the side of the shark's head and pulled the trigger as fast he could.
When they towed the carcass back to port it measured out at 16'.
There's good reasons why Glock is the world #1 selling handgun.

 

[Smoke]

A now retired friend used to be a commercial diver who harvested abalone and sea urchins in White Shark infested waters.
He started carrying a thigh holstered Glock over his wetsuit in the late 80's after a fellow diver was badly injured by a White.
One day while down 30' picking sea urchins, a White took a pass at him, spun around and came back charging him.
Friend shoved his large half filled pick bag into the sharks mouth, and while getting violently pushed backwards manged to pull the Glock, jam it against the side of the shark's head and pulled the trigger as fast he could.
When they towed the carcass back to port it measured out at 16'.
There's good reasons why Glock is the world #1 selling handgun.

And so ends the Glovk V. 1911 debate.

What caliber for shark

 

[ContinentalOp]

What caliber for shark

 

[Echo40]

Unless I come up with a better option before next weekend, it will be the SD40VE. It's already a bit on the "used & abused" side (bought it that way for cheap), so if it comes home looking like it has been though a military torture test, I won't freak out.

Plus I have a bunch of old pre-ban Sigma hi-caps. That combination of size, firepower and low risk will be hard to beat.

Yeah, I got my SW40VE for $199 and it was like new in box. The only thing that was missing was one if the two magazines they would usually come packed with, but just as well, it was produced right at the end of the Assault Weapons Ban, so it only came with 10 round magazines.
Fortunately, in my state higher capacity magazines are legal, so I was able to quickly buy a 14 round magazine online for $20, and that's what I carry it with.

These days I prefer to carry cheap yet reliable firearms and save the fancy or otherwise expensive stuff for the range, especially after I learned just how often fancier firearms tend to "go missing" from evidence lockers or otherwise just aren't treated with any care. As unlikely as it may be, I'd rather not have one of my nicer firearms either go missing or otherwise be returned to me with some case number crudely etched into the frame/slide.
Besides, I don't open carry, so there's really no point in carrying something flashy during day to day activities, and I can live with it if whatever thug I may be forced to draw on isn't dazzled by the beauty of what I'm carrying.

 

[LCC]

And so ends the Glovk V. 1911 debate.

What caliber for shark

an early model G17, first Glock I had ever seen.

 

[LCC]

I'm in kind of desperate need of a dedicated adverse conditions tractor gun myself, and I'm talking handgun not long gun (my moonbat neighbors would freak seeing a long gun in a rack on my ROPS).

I, too, have come to the conclusion that a plastic semi-auto is best for several reasons. Too bad for me that a Glock is an expensive premium handgun here in MA due to our silly laws and our even sillier anti-2A/anti-Glock AG lady. I'd be a fool to spend the kind of money it would take to buy a Glock in MA and then mess it up bush-hogging and grading and who-knows-what-else on our soon-to-be retirement place.

At this point, I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have sold off my Shield 9's, although I'd prefer something with a longer sight-radius and greater capacity. Perhaps my SD9VE or SD40VE will have to be put into service in that dirty role.

Taurus G2C, which is a Glock copy, so just as reliable, comes with adjustable 3 dot sights. $240 if you look around.

 

[Echo40]

Taurus G2C, which is a Glock copy, so just as reliable, comes with adjustable 3 dot sights. $240 if you look around.

I dunno if you're being sarcastic or not, but I once saw a video on YouTube in which a guy did a 1000 round reliability test on a Taurus G2C and it went through the whole thing without a single malfunction, so... Yeah, it could very well be as reliable as a Glock, provided you get a good one, of course.

That being said, I'm not sure what the G2C offers over the SD, but I doubt that it's enough to spend $240 on a whole new gun.