10mm Glock or Rock Island?

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Don't have a 1911 10mm but I do have a Witness and a Glock 20sf. I really like the Witness.....The Glock gets shot more. And carried much more.
 
Glock for carrying. 1911 for the range.

I have never considered carrying any of my 1911's. A heavy single action gun with a light trigger has never made any sense to me as a carry gun. But on the range I have never found any pistol that I shoot as well as my tuned 1911's.
 
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"Glock for carrying. 1911 for the range."


I have a Glock 22 and an RIA double-stack in 40 caliber. My advice would be the same as Mike's.
 
In the unlikely event I ever need to fire my carry gun, I want it to be a gun I shoot very well.
 
I had the RIA 10mm 2011 6 inch. It was awesome. Except...

The 2 piece guide rod kept unscrewing under recoil. Sent it to my gunsmith twice. Kept happening. Sold it.

That said, I kinda have the itch to buy another one & hope it turns out differently. Maybe I got a lemon? Didn't feel like trying to use a warranty for something manufactured in the Philippines.

Get the Glock 40.
 
Rock Island is much higher quality - better in every way. As is the Witness Steel.

If you want a light 10mm, get a Tanfoglio Witness Polymer - they come in 3 sizes - also higher quality than glock (arguably), and lower price as well.

No reason this day and age to hamstring yourself with the un-ergo feature-free overpriced Glock - in any caliber.
 
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Rock Island is much higher quality - better in every way. As is the Witness Steel.

If you want a light 10mm, get a Tanfoglio Witness Polymer - they come in 3 sizes - also higher quality than glock (arguably), and lower price as well.

No reason this day and age to hamstring yourself with the un-ergo feature-free overpriced Glock - in any caliber.
Somebody is Glockist...
 
Yup, for good reason. They are cheaply / junkily made, horribly un-ergonomic, and reflect a terrible failure to innovate.

"If you want a lightweight, doublestack 10mm, that doesnt cost a premium and runs as reliably as an old S&W revolver, the Glock 20 is the only option."

Again, no. The polymer witness is better *and* cheaper. So the Glock does cost a premium (over the Witness) ... a premium that you get nothing for.
 
Cool thing about the Glock platform is it's quite easy to convert calibers with a simple barrel swap. I switch between 10mm stock barrel, Lonewolf compensated 10mm and Lonewolf 357 Sig in my G20SF (Gen 3). So far, using the same stock spring and magazine and have had zero issues with various factory and handloads. Obviously, it's important to keep track of which bbl is installed. I have 10mm 1911s as well (Delta + Kimber). If I could have only 1, it would be the Glock for it's capacity and flexibility.
 
Apparently I've been very lucky. I have five Witnesses, two of them polymer, and they're all perfectly reliable. They're my favorite service pistols.

I also have three Glocks, which have also been perfectly reliable. I don't enjoy them or shoot them quite as well as the Witnesses, but they get the job done just fine and I got them used at good prices.

(Note to interested individuals: There are Glock Model 22 [full-sized 40 caliber] police trade-in pistols for smoking hot deals widely available online ATM. My FiL and I both got great bargains on them.)
 
I have a Grand Power P40 10mm. The grip is so much thinner and feels so much better than the Glock. I have a number of Glocks, just haven't shot them since the GP came into my life :)
 
The Glock is state of the art. The witness is an antiquated design.

IIRC, they started making the CZ in 1975, hence the name. The Glock was adopted for service in Austria in 1982. They use the same locking system and similar magazines. I'm not a gunsmith, but just shooting them and cleaning them, they both seem like DA developments of the Browning Hi-Power to me.
 
I have a handful of 10mms amd I prefer the glock. I don't worry about them wearing out with high round counts (if you will never shoot 1k, 5k, 10k, then that doesn't matter). I do deer hunt with some of my other 10s on occasion though. I've taken a few deer with a delta elite as well. I don't like the polymer framed cz designs, but I like the metal frame. I'd never buy a polymer 1911 or CZ (like a v6 Camaro or Mustang) maybe I'm odd but that is my preference, nothing wrong with not sharing it and nothing wrong with any of those choices. Glock and witness have both made the 10 for years, as have colt and kimber to a lesser number. I'd wager glock has made more than the other three combined but I could be wrong.
 
I got the 10mm itch about 13 years ago. I wasn't much of a fan of the Glock at the time, but research indicated that the Glock was among the only designs that didn't have a reputation for battering itself apart, and the capacity was certainly appealing. I am not much of a fan of single stack handguns nor am I a fan of DA/SAs, so I scratched the itch and bought a Glock 20. I have no regrets. As a result I am now sold on the Glock as well as the 10mm Auto. Fantastic pistol in a fantastic cartridge.

Glock 40 looks neat too. Obviously harder to carry a longslide, but the 10mm is a cartridge that can make use of the barrel length, and the option to add a red dot or reflex sight adds to the capabilities enough that it might be worth considering if concealment isn't an issue.
 
It's funny, I became a Tanfoglio fan through a similar process. I was looking for a 10mm platform, and it was the only one at the time to combine a double-stack magazine with a decent trigger and an external safety (two things I cared about, and still care about). From there, I became a fan of that gun type in general, and use one in competition.
 
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