I finally did it...

[thebeamanater107]

I acquired a gun I said I'd never own. I've always been a glock hater purely on looks alone. Soon I'll have a real opinion.

An interesting trade deal came up. I traded off my "other gun" for this guy's "other gun." Mine was a well used ruger Sr40c, and his was a glock 17. I believe there's nothing special about glock except reliability. I've never heard of one jamming or fail to fire, unless it was an ammo problem. Other than that, my opinion of glock is useless because I've never handled or shot one. I don't hold a high opinion of the ruger name brand, and I respect glock but simply don't like the looks of the gun, so why not?

What I received appears to be very close to new. This gun is in excellent condition, better than the Sr40c that I traded him. As long as the glock works fine, I'm sure I got the better end of the deal except for attractiveness.

I'm thinking I'll put a flashlight and laser combo on it and it'll be my home gun along with the maverick 88. It might be the car gun and go on trips with the edc and I, whenever I go far enough out that I pack more stuff (overnight bag with bad weather stuff to go along with my get home bag). I'm not sure what I'll do with it after I fully test it.

I know, you've seen a glock before, but here's mine.

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[Sebago Son]

It's okay... you can secretly own / carry one and still publicly hate them... You'd be in pretty good company!

It took me 20 years to get used to one, having traded through a bunch of them. But once it finally took, my appreciation of the Glocksters has grown. They are ugly wrenches that just plain work.

 

[thebeamanater107]

I've yet to shoot it. It's been in my possession for about 5 hours so far, and I think I'll run 50 rounds through it tomorrow.

I'm excited about my trade, but I believe it's a new toy excitement, no credit for glock, yet.

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[KLYDE]

I own one. G36, bought it a few months back. Despite what the haters say they are a pure work horse. Solid no frills tool. This compact .45 ACP is softer shooting than my work Sig or my 1911. You didn't go wrong.

 

[demkofour]

Some will say that GLOCKs and Smith & Wesson pistols are "mutually exclusive", but as much as I admire a nice Smith revolver or Third Gen pistol, I have been issued and carried several forms of 9mm and .40SW GLOCKs exclusively since the early 90s.
My 342Ti and 442/642s have been constant BUGs and off dutys, I have some neat Smiths in the safe (13-2 3", BNIB CS-1 3", to name a couple...) as well as couple of great shooters (a NY-1 64 2" and a 617-1 4", but frankly, my go to pistols when there is the slightest chance I might be going into harms way is inevitably a GLOCK. They may be "ugly" but there is an undeniable beauty in their design.
And BTW thebeamanater107, do not let anyone lead you to believe that GLOCKs do not have their own exclusive list of faults and failures. I've seen some personally and read about others (most undocumented on the Internut) but overall they are GTG. Enjoy you Gen3 G17. Don't baby it!!!

 

[Mr Pokeyman]

Glocks are fine and dependable guns. Just don't think about how they look. It doesn't matter. They work. And keep on working. What else matters? Back in the late 80's or early 90's, my dept went to Glocks from revolvers and have never looked back. After I got used to my issued Glock, and it wasn't easy, I came to appreciate the reliability and large ammo capacity. In fact, I own several in different calibers and sizes and have never had an issue with any of them. Now, I'm going to shut up before I get banned. Happy shooting.

 

[thebeamanater107]

Glocks are fine and dependable guns. Just don't think about how they look. It doesn't matter. They work. And keep on working. What else matters? Back in the late 80's or early 90's, my dept went to Glocks from revolvers and have never looked back. After I got used to my issued Glock, and it wasn't easy, I came to appreciate the reliability and large ammo capacity. In fact, I own several in different calibers and sizes and have never had an issue with any of them. Now, I'm going to shut up before I get banned. Happy shooting.

I heard the same story from a friend who is a retired cop. His department went from s&w revolvers to s&w automatics. He just barely made state standards, but his department had higher standards and he just couldn't qualify twice in a row. They handed him a glock and his first tries were 95%-98%. The glocks of 1991 were simply better than the s&w autos in 1991.

Of course, I was born in 89 so these are just stories and history to me. I just know my 2 year old ruger out shoots dad's model 59, but I have yet to out shoot his revolvers with my 1911s.

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[thebeamanater107]

It's been a long day. I drove probably 500-ish miles. My best friend lives on the farm 200 miles south, and my girlfriend lives 45 miles north. I picked her up, went back and got dad, and headed out to the farm.

Dad's first gun ever was a jc penny marlin 30-30 lever action. It jammed and broke 10 years ago and has been collecting dust ever since. I stole it and took it to the gunsmith in October to have it re-done and factory new on the inside, expecting to give it back to him for Christmas. It turned out I was number 45 in line, so he just finished it a week or so ago so dad's present just got home, and it happens to be the weekend he's doing lawnmower repair with Dan, my friend on the farm who tractor mechanics by day and small engine mechanics by night and weekend.

Dad grinned ear to ear while pulling the trigger for the first time in years on his 30-30, executing that 55gallon barrel Dan tossed out in the field behind his house.

The glock performed flawlessly. At 50-ish yards, I hit the 55 gallon barrel more times than miss. The accuracy surprised me. I didn't expect to hear the ting of the bullet hitting barrel at all, but there it was. Out of 18 rounds, I would hit it 10 times or more. My girlfriend tried it out. She's got no gun experience before dating me, and in the past she had a bad experience with my 1911 almost hitting her face. Needless to say, she likes 9mm a lot better than 45acp. She still couldn't control it and would prefer a smaller round but I've yet to stumble across a full size or slightly compact 380 so I predict she'll fall in love with a 22mag revolver. Dan very consistently shot the ground in the same spot, 10 yards short of the barrel, every time with my glock until we told him to aim higher. Every bullet after that hit the barrel. Dad is a revolver guy and the only automatic he ever showed mild interest in was a nice 1911 (he just doesn't like plastic), and the glock cut his thumb open. After moving his thumb he ran a magazine through and went back to his 30-30, unimpressed. I think Dan's fiance fell in love with the glock, though. It's simple, full size, and accurate.

I like the glock. It turned out as expected, no problems at all. It's a good gun.

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[P&R Fan]

Yeah, they're ugly, and have no class, but they go bang every time you pull the trigger. I love my S&W revolvers, and carry them most of the time. But I have three Glocks. A 22, a 23 and a 27. Have had them for about 18 years. I can shoot them very well, and they hold alot of rounds. If they get scuffed up I don't care. I have often used them on Bodyguard assignments, and they have served me well.
They are tools, pure and simple.....good tools.
Jim

 

[thebeamanater107]

I put a flashlight on it. The surefires run $230+ at my local shop, so I went for the cheaper one, crimson trace at $140. It works great with 3 different modes. I like it.

I might not turn into a glock person, but between the simplicity and accuracy, I think it's a good gun. I like the flashlight a lot, too.

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