Considering Tupperware.....G19?

7Iron said:
I have tried several glocks, including the 19. They are OK. Very reliable, but the again, many others are as well. The thing I just cannot get over is the lack of a safety. I don't care how careful you are, sooner or later an inexperienced person will pick up that gun. When you pull the trigger on a revolver, you know something is happening--the cylinder is turning and the hammer is coming back. Likewise with a DA/SA auto--there is a long deliberate pull and the hammer moves. With a striker pistol, you have none of that. The trigger is a fine place for a safety device, but the dumbest place in the world for THE safety on a semi-auto. An NG can kill just a easily as a deliberate shot and a pistol should be designed to minimize that possibility (within reason of course). Safety-less Strikers might be fine for range games, but I just cant buy into the concept for a gun that will likely at some time be lying on a table or dresser.
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That's why I put a NY1 trigger AND a 3.5lb disconnector on mine. It gives a longer more revolver like pull. The NY1 just by itself is awful.
 
IF they would fit my deformed non manly although fat man hands with no fingers, id probably have a few.
 
After many years of shooting, and owning way too many guns, I bought my first Glock last year. It's a Gen 4 G19, and I really love the gun. It is well made, good sights, consistent trigger, very accurate (once you 'figure out' the Glock trigger...), and it's incredibly simple to field strip and clean. It has also had zero issues, everything just works.

I have a S&W M&P 9c, and like it OK, but really prefer the Glock. I liked my G19 so well that I bought a G26, and just recently a G29 (10mm). All I can say is, 'where has the 10mm been all my life'... Wow, what a great caliber, and gun!

There was a time that I'd never consider a Glock, but now I really like them, good guns, at a good price. If you are going to have just one, I suppose the G19 is the way to go. Decent size for ccw and/or home defense, and good mag capacity. The nice thing about the Glocks is that you can get the the shorter barrel model, and then just use a higher capacity mag from the same caliber. Some people like the idea of just getting the G26 (smaller frame for ccw, 10 round mag), and using a G19 (15 round mag), or G17 mag (17 rounds) for home defense/back up. I just got both the G26 and G19...

Another thought is to get a .40 caliber Glock, and then get an after market drop in barrel in 9mm, or even .357 sig. That way you have a couple of Glocks in one...

This all being said, I'm still keeping my nice revolvers.
 
Bought a Glock 36 and the next day went to Cabelas to spend my reward money and couldn't find anything I really wanted so ended up with the Gen 4 G19. Sweet little gun after adding adj. sights and the ghost trigger thingy.
 
I have a 23C. Recently purchased the Lone Wolf converter barrel and a 19 mag. Now I have 2 guns. A 40 and a 9. I use the 9 mostly for target and the 40 barrel goes back in for CCW.
 
I always thought the grip angle was wrong, the trigger was mushy, the slides had sharp edges, the finish looked cheap and the 9mm. wasn't much of a cartridge - until I spent some trigger time with a Gen2 Model 19. Now it's the one I CCW most of the time, and with night sights it's the bedroom gun. The next FTF will be the first, and it's been shot a lot.
I love my S&W's, but giving credit where it's due, the Austrian Tupperware gets the job done.
 
Whatever happened to "buy American." If I happen to kill an Austrian and take his glock, I'll gladly give it to one of you. Put your hogues on and file your triggers and get a hat and T shirt while you're at it.
 
I've bought a used Glock 19 from Summit Gun Broker a few years ago. It's a great gun, accurate, reliable and (once I installed a 3.5lb. connector) easy to shoot.

Were I to do it again, I would buy a Glock 23 and an extra 9x19mm barrel.
 
I guess it seems that they work......:) My shooting pard just informed me he has seven new in the box in his safe. He said "No need to buy one." Guess that decision was just made easy.............:) That is what this life is about.......Good family, friends, and having the sense to appreciate them.
 
Years ago I had a 2nd Generation Glock 19 that shot like a laser guided missle. Traded it off like an idiot. Recently I traded into two model 19's. Both Generation 3s. One has rough textured finish and fishscale slide cocking serrations, the other a stock setup. I will never trade them away. I tried the model 26 and it was just to short in the grip for me. I also tried a model 36 and had major jamming problems with anything other than ball ammo. Both the 26 and 36 got traded off. The model 19 is THE way to go!!!!
Steve
 
My Model 36 eats 175 gr cast SAECO SWCs with about 4.0 grs of W 231. It's a very light load, and with the eye focused on the front sight, you can clearly see the ejected case roll slowly out of the ejection port and fall at your feet. It hasn't jammed yet with this load, and I shoot it a lot for practice.
 
The only thing that I don't like about a glock is that they seem too small for my hands. With that being said, they would fail you.
 
The 19(C) that I fired had had it's trigger worked on, had Trijicon night sights. The ergos worked really well for me. I was astonished at the accuracy. Ragged hole at 10 yards.:eek:
IMO an outstanding, if uninteresting to me, handgun.

Shot a stock 17 & didn't do nearly that well, but it was a dirty, gritty rental.

I would advise anybody considering one to try before you buy. Lots of people gripe about grip angle this & that. For me it was very natural.

I wouldn't touch a Glock forty with a barge pole.
 
Just make sure you get a set of these for it and you'll be fine.
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I was a Glock hater until I got one. My employer nixed revolvers so my beloved Chief's Special had to retire. The then-new Glock 27 was approved, so I ordered one and prepared to dislike it.

It won me over pretty quickly, though. With the Pearce Grip mag extension my pinky has a place to hang on and it feels great in my hand. The curve of the backstrap is higher on the baby Glocks than it is on the bigger ones and helps eliminate the 2X4 feel.

Mine is at least as accurate as my 220, and has never jammed. I've had it since around 1995, and have absolute faith in it.
 
Sprefix,

Have owned two (2), Model 21C (45 ACP) and Model 32 (357 Sig).

Know lots of officers that carry the Model 19. A solid gun, dependable, goes bang when you pull the trigger, a great too.

I have posted this before and will stand by it -

"A Glock does not have a soul."
 
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