Joined the Dark Side! (Got my first Glock)

BigBlueEyedDevil · January 13, 2005, 01:09 AM

Got a Glock 21C. Less than 100 rounds through it. With night sights. I can't wait to take it out. Just thought i'd show it off now that i'm a "Glock Guy".

bytor94 · January 13, 2005, 08:57 AM

It's so sad to see the choices made by young'uns these days.

Quick! Before you shoot it and become contaminated, get thee to a gun store and grab the nearest 1911.

Browns Fan · January 13, 2005, 09:10 AM

Amen, bytor94, preach it brother!

Trisha · January 13, 2005, 09:10 AM

Practice your draw and reholstering until it's indellibly engraved (one hates to see someone in the ER with "Glock leg" - the AD that somes with your finger inside the trigger guard), keep it clean and feed it nothing but a diet of jacketed bullets.

Yeah, I know: nag, nag, nag. . .

A G21 is loads of fun! I've never shot a compensated Glock (not much topsoil up here - it's all decomposed granite; so add some wind and fouling with remarkably abrasive grit is a nuisance!). Keep us posted on your range experience, okay?

Trisha

TonyB · January 13, 2005, 09:39 AM

I used to be a "no plastic guns for me"guy..then I bought a Glock17 ....never looked back....they are perfect "bullett launchers" as someone hear called them...and just to make the 1911 guys happy,get one of those too(you have to humor the old guys sometimes)

WhoKnowsWho · January 13, 2005, 10:39 AM

Looks good! I am sending my Glock 22 slide to be refinished today by CCR Refinishing. I like my Glock, and I wanted to add a little difference to it with a new different finish.

MrMurphy · January 13, 2005, 10:53 AM

Now get a Glock 30

.

I've got 9,000+ through my 30 and carry it pretty much every day. Good gun.

recondoc · January 13, 2005, 10:56 AM

Once you get over the hideous asthetics of the pistol (Not that you ever actually get over them as much as develope a tolerance.) you will find that it functions, functions, functions. That's the real duty of a side arm anyhow. When I want a good looking pistol, I go with a 1911. When I want 100% reliability, I'll go with a Glock. When I want the best of both worlds, I go to the venerable Browning Hi Power.

One of my first ER gunshot wound patients was a Sheriff's Deputy from a nearby county in Texas. It was a case of Glock Leg. This was in the early stages of Glock transitions in Law Enforcement agencies around here. He immediately blamed the "faulty design" of the pistol. As he told me what had happened, I looked at the holster he was using. It had a narrow, and very stiff piece of leather for the thumb break strap. In discussion (After a bit of Morphine to take the edge off) he admited that he had reholstered blind, met resistance, and then kept shoving the pistol back into the holster when it went off. He just knew that his finger was off the trigger. Unfortunately, the strap had replaced it as it was inserted into the holster.
Due to the fact that he was a large, grainfed style, Texas boy, the 230gr Black Talon round didn't expand but, was confirmed by X-ray, to be sitting on the lateral condile of his knee.
He was discharged the next day with the slug in place.
The moral here is to never reholster blind with a Glock and don't force it if you meet resitance.
Enjoy,
Doc
PS. I'm picking up another G20C this evening.

SnakeEater · January 13, 2005, 02:03 PM

Here's some of the carry guns I've tried.

Springfield "loaded": Jamomatic, inaccuate, heavy
Springfield Micro Compact: Jamomatic, quite accuate
Sig P228: Nice feel, accurate, DA/SA trigger not for me.
HK USPc 9mm: accurate, reliable, sorta crappy trigger.
HK USP 45: match trigger helped, still couldn't shoot it well.

SnakeEater then impulse buys a G32, whoa, I've found the holy grail. Feels good, accurate, I love the trigger, completely reliable, and parts and mags are cheap. How can anyone top Glock? This from a former Glock-Hater.

Sergeant Sabre · January 13, 2005, 02:41 PM

Is that thing pregnant ???

Looks like it could use a Robar grip reduction

tlhelmer · January 13, 2005, 02:58 PM

Love em'

Boats · January 13, 2005, 03:03 PM

Quote:

How can anyone top Glock?

The XD is a decent finish and a couple of caliber choices away from just that.

Why? The XD was designed with the human hand (homo sapiens) in mind, not whatever random hominid fossil they are modeling grips off of in Austria.

SpaceCowboy · January 13, 2005, 04:53 PM

At least it is .45acp.

Gixerman1000 · January 13, 2005, 06:22 PM

Very nice, but be careful those plastic guns seem to multiply and before you know it

.

Little Loudmouth · January 13, 2005, 06:57 PM

By the power of John Browning and metal guns, I pronounce thee UNCLEAN, for thy hands paid money for a plastic gun.

Get thee out of my sight, sinner!

Rockstar · January 13, 2005, 07:03 PM

"By the power of John Browning and metal guns, I pronounce thee UNCLEAN, for thy hands paid money for a plastic gun.

Get thee out of my sight, sinner"

Haha! Pretty powerful words from a J.C. Higgins owner!

Omni04 · January 13, 2005, 07:31 PM

2 words gixerman, holy crap! :O

The_Shootist · January 13, 2005, 10:00 PM

I bought a G-19 'cause I thought it didn't look TOO ugly. Took it to the range and was sold. Accurate, concealable and easy to practice with and conceal.

But whta did it for me was taking it home and being able to strip and clean it in under 10 min (versus my 1911)

Richard.Howe · January 13, 2005, 10:24 PM

No question about it, Glock is a solid platform. It just doesn't have a soul.

recondoc · January 13, 2005, 10:33 PM

The picture of your new Glock just came through on my PC. Congrats on getting a Generation 2.5 (Finger Grooves but now rail). These were the transition guns for Glock large frames.
Doc

shoot870p · January 14, 2005, 11:40 AM

Do you like the compensator bbl? is it too much muzzle flash for a defensive gun?
Lee

Black Majik · January 15, 2005, 05:34 PM

Quote:

The XD is a decent finish

LOL... not quite.

I just turned into a Glock person myself recently. Its a great gun and incredibly easy to break down. Wow.

Have fun.

Blueduck · January 15, 2005, 06:01 PM

Ditto the Glocks simplicity.

I'm not exactly the most "mechanical" guy in the world but can take my Glocks down to the last spring and pin and replace any part it needs. Don't think I'll be trying the same with my HK USP

chevrofreak · January 16, 2005, 05:21 PM

Glock > 1911

Good choice. Sorta. I would have picked a different caliber

BigBlueEyedDevil · January 16, 2005, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Good choice. Sorta. I would have picked a different caliber

I bought it off of an officer I work with, so I didn't really have a choice. I did take it out and the recoil is very pleasant with the ported slide and barrel.

January 13, 2005, 09:10 AM	#3
Browns Fan Member Join Date: April 18, 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,029	Amen, bytor94, preach it brother! __________________ We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. - George Orwell I can imagine a world without violence, without hatred, a world that has no need for armies and wars. I can imagine a world that only knows love and understanding. I can also imagine that we would attack this world, because they would never expect it and such a world must have a lot of neat things to take.

January 13, 2005, 09:10 AM	#4
Trisha Member Join Date: December 26, 2002 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 938	That looks like fun! Practice your draw and reholstering until it's indellibly engraved (one hates to see someone in the ER with "Glock leg" - the AD that somes with your finger inside the trigger guard), keep it clean and feed it nothing but a diet of jacketed bullets. Yeah, I know: nag, nag, nag. . . A G21 is loads of fun! I've never shot a compensated Glock (not much topsoil up here - it's all decomposed granite; so add some wind and fouling with remarkably abrasive grit is a nuisance!). Keep us posted on your range experience, okay? Trisha __________________ Do you believe in magic? You will the first time you robinhood two arrows @ 40 yards. And just wait till you do it the second time. . .

January 13, 2005, 09:39 AM	#5
TonyB Member Join Date: December 25, 2002 Location: Schodack NY Posts: 2,130	I used to be a "no plastic guns for me"guy..then I bought a Glock17 ....never looked back....they are perfect "bullett launchers" as someone hear called them...and just to make the 1911 guys happy,get one of those too(you have to humor the old guys sometimes) __________________ People call me ignorant and apathetic....I tell them,"I don't know what that means and I don't care...."

January 13, 2005, 10:39 AM	#6
WhoKnowsWho Member Join Date: December 25, 2002 Location: Maricopa, AZ Posts: 3,413	Looks good! I am sending my Glock 22 slide to be refinished today by CCR Refinishing. I like my Glock, and I wanted to add a little difference to it with a new different finish. __________________ You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

January 13, 2005, 10:53 AM	#7
MrMurphy Member Join Date: February 25, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,817	Now get a Glock 30 . I've got 9,000+ through my 30 and carry it pretty much every day. Good gun. __________________ "Yub Yub!" Lieutenant Kettch, Wraith One

January 13, 2005, 08:57 AM	#2
bytor94 Member Join Date: June 11, 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 179	It's so sad to see the choices made by young'uns these days. Quick! Before you shoot it and become contaminated, get thee to a gun store and grab the nearest 1911.

January 13, 2005, 10:56 AM	#8
recondoc Member Join Date: October 7, 2003 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 96	Once you get over the hideous asthetics of the pistol (Not that you ever actually get over them as much as develope a tolerance.) you will find that it functions, functions, functions. That's the real duty of a side arm anyhow. When I want a good looking pistol, I go with a 1911. When I want 100% reliability, I'll go with a Glock. When I want the best of both worlds, I go to the venerable Browning Hi Power. One of my first ER gunshot wound patients was a Sheriff's Deputy from a nearby county in Texas. It was a case of Glock Leg. This was in the early stages of Glock transitions in Law Enforcement agencies around here. He immediately blamed the "faulty design" of the pistol. As he told me what had happened, I looked at the holster he was using. It had a narrow, and very stiff piece of leather for the thumb break strap. In discussion (After a bit of Morphine to take the edge off) he admited that he had reholstered blind, met resistance, and then kept shoving the pistol back into the holster when it went off. He just knew that his finger was off the trigger. Unfortunately, the strap had replaced it as it was inserted into the holster. Due to the fact that he was a large, grainfed style, Texas boy, the 230gr Black Talon round didn't expand but, was confirmed by X-ray, to be sitting on the lateral condile of his knee. He was discharged the next day with the slug in place. The moral here is to never reholster blind with a Glock and don't force it if you meet resitance. Enjoy, Doc PS. I'm picking up another G20C this evening. __________________ Corpsman Up! Semper Fi! Spring Break Baghdad 2003 I'd Rather Be Waterboarding

January 13, 2005, 02:03 PM	#9
SnakeEater Member Join Date: January 12, 2004 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 770	Here's some of the carry guns I've tried. Springfield "loaded": Jamomatic, inaccuate, heavy Springfield Micro Compact: Jamomatic, quite accuate Sig P228: Nice feel, accurate, DA/SA trigger not for me. HK USPc 9mm: accurate, reliable, sorta crappy trigger. HK USP 45: match trigger helped, still couldn't shoot it well. SnakeEater then impulse buys a G32, whoa, I've found the holy grail. Feels good, accurate, I love the trigger, completely reliable, and parts and mags are cheap. How can anyone top Glock? This from a former Glock-Hater.

January 13, 2005, 02:41 PM	#10
Sergeant Sabre Member Join Date: August 15, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 985	Is that thing pregnant ??? Looks like it could use a Robar grip reduction __________________ Where are we going? Why are we in this handbasket?

January 13, 2005, 02:58 PM	#11
tlhelmer Member Join Date: December 25, 2002 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 579	Love em'

January 13, 2005, 04:53 PM	#13
SpaceCowboy Member Join Date: December 1, 2004 Location: Can't afford the tolls to get out of Chicago Posts: 209	At least it is .45acp. __________________ There is only a small space between Man's Laughter and Man Slaughter --COSMOS MARINER......DESTINATION UNKNOWN--

January 13, 2005, 06:22 PM	#14
Gixerman1000 Member Join Date: May 22, 2004 Location: Eastern USA Posts: 568	Very nice, but be careful those plastic guns seem to multiply and before you know it . __________________ Mike

January 13, 2005, 06:57 PM	#15
Little Loudmouth Member Join Date: June 1, 2004 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 326	By the power of John Browning and metal guns, I pronounce thee UNCLEAN, for thy hands paid money for a plastic gun. Get thee out of my sight, sinner! __________________ Aim small, miss small. Marksman class....high Sharpshooter scores. :D proud to be a part of the Ottawa Sportsmen's Club Junior Pistol Team/Team Springfield-Pelkie, MI

January 13, 2005, 07:03 PM	#16
Rockstar member Join Date: April 25, 2004 Posts: 1,353	"By the power of John Browning and metal guns, I pronounce thee UNCLEAN, for thy hands paid money for a plastic gun. Get thee out of my sight, sinner" Haha! Pretty powerful words from a J.C. Higgins owner!

January 13, 2005, 07:31 PM	#17
Omni04 Member Join Date: August 17, 2004 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 516	2 words gixerman, holy crap! :O

January 13, 2005, 10:00 PM	#18
The_Shootist Member Join Date: August 16, 2003 Location: Richmond Tx, CSA Posts: 1,440	Glock Purchase? I bought a G-19 'cause I thought it didn't look TOO ugly. Took it to the range and was sold. Accurate, concealable and easy to practice with and conceal. But whta did it for me was taking it home and being able to strip and clean it in under 10 min (versus my 1911) __________________ "Yo homie...is THAT my briefcase??"

January 13, 2005, 10:24 PM	#19
Richard.Howe Member Join Date: December 23, 2003 Location: Down on d'bayou Posts: 884	No question about it, Glock is a solid platform. It just doesn't have a soul.

January 13, 2005, 10:33 PM	#20
recondoc Member Join Date: October 7, 2003 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 96	The picture of your new Glock just came through on my PC. Congrats on getting a Generation 2.5 (Finger Grooves but now rail). These were the transition guns for Glock large frames. Doc __________________ Corpsman Up! Semper Fi! Spring Break Baghdad 2003 I'd Rather Be Waterboarding

January 14, 2005, 11:40 AM	#21
shoot870p Member Join Date: November 27, 2004 Posts: 138	comp. bbl Do you like the compensator bbl? is it too much muzzle flash for a defensive gun? Lee

January 15, 2005, 06:01 PM	#23
Blueduck Member Join Date: December 26, 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,026	Ditto the Glocks simplicity. I'm not exactly the most "mechanical" guy in the world but can take my Glocks down to the last spring and pin and replace any part it needs. Don't think I'll be trying the same with my HK USP

January 16, 2005, 05:21 PM	#24
chevrofreak Member Join Date: January 5, 2003 Location: Billings, Montana Posts: 675	Glock > 1911 Good choice. Sorta. I would have picked a different caliber

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