Got a Belgian Browning High Power in 1969. Lot prettier than my G17 but not as accurate. Wish i'da saved the box
Glock has really shocked me!
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You are correct. High speed photos show the front of the frame bends upward under recoil and is stopped when it hits the underside of the barrel.
vince-m
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ya but I bet the lawn looked like perfection when it was done.......
crasig
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As a child I got feed-up with plastic toys - & asked my folks to only choose metal. As a boy scout my thrifty dad bought me an army surplus PLASTIC BUGLE instead of the regulation brass one I wanted. I learned to play it, despite the soft tone, & embarrassment.. I'm also annoyed with plastic power tools. SO, Being 78 I've had time to develop informed opinions
Besides being PLASTIC, GLOCKS I've seen - have too many small parts & springs. Being PLASTIC they are also chunkier than a similar caliber firearm needs to be,
I can repair & maintain all my SLEEK, ELEGANT, steel self loaders. They will also last DECADES - if not Generations.
Besides being PLASTIC, GLOCKS I've seen - have too many small parts & springs. Being PLASTIC they are also chunkier than a similar caliber firearm needs to be,
I can repair & maintain all my SLEEK, ELEGANT, steel self loaders. They will also last DECADES - if not Generations.
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My Glock just washed AND waxed my truck and is now mowing the back 40.
Pointblank2U
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I couldn't agree more. It's strange how second amendment advocates tend to form circular firing squads, as if we don't have enough enemies already.
I have two Glocks, a 26 and 29. They are my disposable, and I don't care what happens to them. They work as designed, but I have no emotional connection to them. If one of them falls on to the pavement as I am bombing down to the road on my Harley, not a tear will be shed. Even though their triggers are not optimal, they work better for me than Smith 3rd gen triggers. Another huge benefit of Glocks are their cheap and ubiquitous magazines, capacity options and they work great in my pistol caliber ARs.
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Like it or not, Polymer is here to stay. when my agency rescinded authorization for personally-owned single-action pistols and revolvers, I tried a bunch of pistols to replace my Hoag 1911 and Ltwt. Officers ACP. Wound up packing a Glock 22 or 23, w/a 27 as my BUG. When the Commissioner decreed that we would all carry issued Glock 19s and 26s, at least I didn't have to buy new holsters. Nowadays, I am packing a GGSP (Gunsite Glock Service Pistol) but after I get my holsters, will be packing a Shadow Systems CR920XP and a CR920 in a pocket holster...
A Glock is as dependable as a hammer and has a sight picture as long and flat as a kitchen table.
It needs to be in a holster with a thumb snap if you are going to carry it with a chambered round.
The AK of pistols.
My two picks.
For CC it's a S&W CSX most days.
That's my thoughts.
It needs to be in a holster with a thumb snap if you are going to carry it with a chambered round.
The AK of pistols.
My two picks.
For CC it's a S&W CSX most days.
That's my thoughts.
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And the beat goes on...
If you think Glock triggers are light you should check out a few S&W 2.0 .380 Bodyguard triggers. Mine is about 4.5 pounds, which, in my humble opinion, is too light fot a gun that will primarily be carried in a pocket. Preferably in a pocket holster. That's why I ordered mine with the thumb safety.
The triggers are so light that the likelihood if the trigger snagging on a fold of pants or shirttail fabric when re-holstering is pretty high unless the carrier removes the holster from the pocket, inserts the gun in the holster, then pushed the holstered gun back down in the pocket. Which is not the way most people will do it.
BTW, I firmly believe the 2.0 Bodyguard is the finest small .380 pistol to come out in decades.
My Little Glock 42 .380 is probably the second best.
One of my favorite 9mm's is my Glock 48. I really like the single stacks. They are thinner and fit my hands much better.
In a past life I pocket carried a Glock 42. I used pocket holster that covered the trigger guard, Plus I always used the "Universal Cover Mode" (finger outside the trigger guard until firing".
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I shot my first Glock pistol (not mine, belonged to a buddy) over 40 years ago. The cheap Taurus my other buddy was shooting and my Combat Commander made the Glock look pretty darned bad.
A few years later I shot a second Glock and the darned thing seemed to be "not so bad." I bought a similar M31 and was again disappointed in it. We'd go to the range, my nephew would shake his head and ask be what was wrong when he saw my targets. I'd pull out the Combat Commander, or the P14 and shoot a couple groups to show him it wasn't me that was the problem.
No Glocks since that M31.
The XDMs that replaced the Glock shot better groups.
The M&Ps that replaced the XDMs shot better groups.
The CZs that replaced the M&Ps shot way better groups.
The Shields/Shield Plus and the M&Ps with aftermarket barrels I have now shoot better groups. To clarify that, only the full size M&P models needed the aftermarket barrels. The little M&Ps come right out of the box outshooting the Glocks and the bigger M&Ps.
Why carry a pistol that shoots "patterns" at 15 yards when you can carry a pistol that shoots nice small groups?
A few years later I shot a second Glock and the darned thing seemed to be "not so bad." I bought a similar M31 and was again disappointed in it. We'd go to the range, my nephew would shake his head and ask be what was wrong when he saw my targets. I'd pull out the Combat Commander, or the P14 and shoot a couple groups to show him it wasn't me that was the problem.
No Glocks since that M31.
The XDMs that replaced the Glock shot better groups.
The M&Ps that replaced the XDMs shot better groups.
The CZs that replaced the M&Ps shot way better groups.
The Shields/Shield Plus and the M&Ps with aftermarket barrels I have now shoot better groups. To clarify that, only the full size M&P models needed the aftermarket barrels. The little M&Ps come right out of the box outshooting the Glocks and the bigger M&Ps.
Why carry a pistol that shoots "patterns" at 15 yards when you can carry a pistol that shoots nice small groups?
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I own a B-series service automatic and the only plastic are the grips.
1961MJS
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Hi, I first shot a Glock (Gen 1 or 2) in Alabama between 1991 and Halloween 1994 when I moved. I'm not sure which Generation it was, but the trigger pull seemed to be a mile long. I had to re-grip and move my finger to fire.
Sometime after after 2015, I shot a friend's Gen 4 with a Wolff dis-connector. The trigger pull was much shorter, than the first one I shot. I purchased a Gen 4 in 9mm and installed the dis-connector. I have a few magazines and ammo. I'm not particularly a "fan" of the Glock, but since everyone else in the Midwest is, I figured that IFFFF we have the zombie apocalypse, I can go door to door to get ammo and parts. I also have enough rounds through it that I can protect myself at 25 yards. I'm generally a 1911 and S&W revolver guy.
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Sometime after after 2015, I shot a friend's Gen 4 with a Wolff dis-connector. The trigger pull was much shorter, than the first one I shot. I purchased a Gen 4 in 9mm and installed the dis-connector. I have a few magazines and ammo. I'm not particularly a "fan" of the Glock, but since everyone else in the Midwest is, I figured that IFFFF we have the zombie apocalypse, I can go door to door to get ammo and parts. I also have enough rounds through it that I can protect myself at 25 yards. I'm generally a 1911 and S&W revolver guy.
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When I was Army I carried the .45 and the Beretta. Would I bet my life on them?, yes.. As an LEO, I carried a M&P9 and a Glock. Would I bet my life on them?, yes.. All great firearms.
Now, I'm shooting old wheelguns.. So, there is that....
Now, I'm shooting old wheelguns.. So, there is that....
LVSteve
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A Glock has about 34 parts, a 1911 has about 60. Not getting your parts complaint at all.
I am guessing they don't feel they need to compete with others. Glocks are the biggest seller at my LGS.
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I suppose you are correct in that Glock feels that way. Maybe they just want to cater mainly to LE and see civilian CCW/EDC as a secondary, less important market.
Yet they are relevant as the number of posts atest! The red headed stepchild of modern handguns.
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