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I have three Glocks,.G21sf .45 auto, G17 9mm, & G42 380,thinking about buying one more a 40,haven't made up my mind yet which one G23,or G27.I have seven 1911's.
I've seen posts over the years from long time 1911 shooter and trainer, Tom Givens, who left the 1911 for Glock's in .40 S&W, because "the 1911 is a one or two bad guy gun, in a three or four bad guy world."I have three Glocks,...thinking about buying one more a 40,haven't made up my mind yet which one G23,or G27.I have seven 1911's.
."the 1911 is a one or two bad guy gun, in a three or four bad guy world."
A grumpy old stick in the mud.If Glock owners are the new 1911 people, what does that make us old 1911 people?
Did I mention that I really like 1911’s.
Did I mention that I really like 1911’s.
I have seen very few things inspire the kind of frothing-at-the-mouth rage on the internet as the Glock vs. 1911 Debate. I'm not convinced that the criticisms leveled by 1911 owners are quite the same as the ones brought by Glock owners, though. The 1911 diehards (as opposed to simple "owners") tend to dismiss anything striker-fired or polymer. I do not see them dismissing BHPs or third-generation S&Ws in quite the same way. Glock fanboys (again, not just "owners") attack anything not made by Glock. The fanatical attitude that you see in the Glock fanboys was actually one of the things that kept me away from them for so long.Saw a recent magazine article suggesting that just as 1911 people years ago dissed the Glock as some new-fangled gizmo that they weren't interested in, today it's Glock shooters who similarly dismiss newer designs of striker-fired polymer pistols.
I was a 1911 person, not sure I really wanted a Glock but finally bought one. I still love my 1911s but now have 4 Glocks. I don't dismiss newer designs, but my whole carry system of holsters is set up for the Glocks and I have not seen a newer design that finds me willing to start over. So, am I, or are you, guilty of what the article claims?
I'm not so sure about Glock owners "modifying them beyond recognition," at least not for EDC/CCW/TruckGun/ETC use. I will readily admit that aftermarket support was one of the reasons I bought a Glock rather than some of the other polymer 9mm designs back when I bought my G19. It's kind of nice to know that if someone makes a widget, they make that widget to fit Glocks.I think the answer to the OP's question is "yes." Glock owners are caught up in the inertia of the design, massive aftermarket, and they're modifying them beyond recognition. . . . .
I'm not bashing either design btw. Obviously Gaston Glock and John Browning did something right!
I resemble that remark.A grumpy old stick in the mud.
but my sights are quickly drifting to drillings and dueling pistols.
If Glock owners are the new 1911 people, what does that make us old 1911 people?
Glock owners and 1911 owners are such a wide and diverse group, with many owning both, or not caring, that it's impossible to generalize. "Glock owners" are no more a group with common interests and views than "Fried Chicken Eaters" are.
I saw a guy in KFC with a Glock. Never seen anyone in a KFC with a 1911. The guy was a cop. There has to be common interests here.
I carried a 1911 in a KFC once years back.
Correlation... BROKEN!
Yep. But both Glock owners and 1911 owners like pistols. That's a "generalization."Glock owners and 1911 owners are such a wide and diverse group, with many owning both, or not caring, that it's impossible to generalize.
Check out the Agency Arms website or the "Polymer 80" frames. That's my definition of "beyond all recognition". Admittedly they are still recognizable as handguns... ;-)I'm not so sure about Glock owners "modifying them beyond recognition," at least not for EDC/CCW/TruckGun/ETC use. I will readily admit that aftermarket support was one of the reasons I bought a Glock rather than some of the other polymer 9mm designs back when I bought my G19. It's kind of nice to know that if someone makes a widget, they make that widget to fit Glocks.