Thanks all. First chance I will get to shoot it is Sunday, looking forward to that! I really kicked around the 19 but with the others (small carry guns) I have there was no reason to not have a full size. It will mostly just be for use at the range and just to have in case the government finds a way to ban the sale of high capacity in the future. Unlike some people I like the plain "utilitarian" look of the Glocks. I know people who love the look and others who hate them. I think all the full size guns I was looking at would last me forever since I shoot only a 3-4 magazines every few weeks or so and clean/lube after every time.
My first Glock
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mr-mom
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Congratulations on purchasing a superb example of a dependable and serviceable weapon. Just be very careful. You just stepped upon a very slippery slope.
Dave
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Dave
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ParadiseRoad
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I had a Glock 30. It was one of the softest shooting pistols in 45acp I've ever owned. Utterly reliable and accurate. Well designed, well engineered, well built and easy to maintain. Not a pretty face, though. The deal breaker for me was the material it was made of. I just couldn't embrace a plastic gun. The guy who bought from me was downright giddy. For all of you Glock fans, smoke'em if you got'em. Good luck and good shooting.
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This pic shows exactly why I refuse to use unknown gunshow reloads, in any of mine.
colorado plainsman
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Congrats on the glock 17, The thing I like the best about glock is their trigger reset. I am sure you will be happy.
4barrel
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I have a new unfired 17 in the box. Just ashamed to show it.
G-19, G-38 and new G-34 here, fine working tools.
I've got THREE! One wears an Advantage Arms 22 conversion that runs like a dream. Got my first Glock, a 17, in the 1980s, and after one shooting session I was hooked. Ever since I've had one or more than one, usually intended for extreme situations.
I remember when I saw the first Glock. It was a gun of the first production run and had some reliability issues and got me prejudiced against these "plastic junk guns". It took about a dozen years before I bought my first Glock and put some trigger time in with it. Luckily there was no internet at that time and so I shot thousands of lead bullets unconcerned through a G17 on the falling plate machine.
Fastforward to today; I have eight Glocks left, a box full of fun parts and among them several ported barrels, which I find to be about 20% faster with the same hit-ratio. A Lonewolf ported barrel in a G17 with a Vanek trigger is about as accurate as my P210-6 at a fraction of the price.
Fastforward to today; I have eight Glocks left, a box full of fun parts and among them several ported barrels, which I find to be about 20% faster with the same hit-ratio. A Lonewolf ported barrel in a G17 with a Vanek trigger is about as accurate as my P210-6 at a fraction of the price.
THE PILGRIM
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They are ugly!
But then again, they are reliable.
As I have posted before, I only have one, it's a 40.
My younger kid had it on long term loan.
I wouldn't mind having one of the single stack 9s for concealed pocket carry.
But then again, they are reliable.
As I have posted before, I only have one, it's a 40.
My younger kid had it on long term loan.
I wouldn't mind having one of the single stack 9s for concealed pocket carry.
I have a Metropolitan Police Department marked 1st generation Glock 17. I wonder if Adrian Fenty had them sold to help pay Alan Gura's legal fees from the Heller case?
Maccabeus
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Bought a 17 today!
Congrats!
I bought a .45 G21 in the early 90s, but found it too bulky and eventually sold it.
Discovered the narrow slide G30s a couple years ago and it replaced my 4513TSW for carry.
Two weeks ago, after considering the Shield .45 vs the Shield 9, I came home with a G26.
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You mean it stopped working soon as you sold it? Jeez, I bet the guy who bought it was really upset.
sigp220.45
US Veteran
I have 3 - a 27 that I carried as a backup and off duty gun for 20 years, a 19 that is my wife's car gun, and an FBI Commemorative 22 that I've never bothered to fire.
I've seen hundreds of Glocks on the firing line as a firearms instructor over the years. No kabooms, no problems. We only shot good factory ammo, so - no problems.
I like Glocks. They work. They don't blow up with good ammo. My little 27 got me out of plenty of tight spots, and its has plenty of soul.
I've seen hundreds of Glocks on the firing line as a firearms instructor over the years. No kabooms, no problems. We only shot good factory ammo, so - no problems.
I like Glocks. They work. They don't blow up with good ammo. My little 27 got me out of plenty of tight spots, and its has plenty of soul.
This spring I traded my Glock 21 for a S&W 629-4 5", I was happy as a pig in poop. On the way home, I remembered I just sold my last high capacity tactical pistol. I only had revolvers, and 1911s. left. I felt a little naked, so I bought a Glock 19 gen 4. I feel fully clothed, and like a pig in poop again.
Arik
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I guess it's has to do with the era you grew up in but I don't find them ugly. I think the loom good. Nice straight lines. No zig zags or weird designs. No superficial BS, just a nice thin clean straight lines.
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JaPes
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While I don't find them beautiful, I appreciate the Glock for it's simple, efficient, minimalist design which lends itself to reliability. The rounded corner rectangle slide looked like nothing else back in the 80's. Why was the slide this way? Less machining needed, more efficient manufacturing.
I own three of them: Glock 22 Gen4 (highly modified), two Glock 19 Gen4's, and a Glock 43.
