anyone have anything bad to say about Glocks?
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Dave in PA
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I rented one of the G17s when they first came out here. I didn't like it. I haven't shot one since, although they do come in awfully small packages now.....
If you're shopping, try to at least hold several different maker's products before you buy.
If you're shopping, try to at least hold several different maker's products before you buy.
pdowg881
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I don't shoot them very well and I hate the triggers. They have a unique feel to them.
DevilDog0402
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I was under the impression that only the .40 cal Glocks have the unsupported chamber?
mpmarty
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Take a furniture manufacturer who wants to submit a pistol for the military trials in his native Austria. Cobble together a bunch of ideas from other pistols and wind up with a very heavy slide mounted on a very light plastic frame connected by four little sheet metal tabs and you have a sure thing to win the competition as long as you stay in Austria and only use 9mm NATO rounds. Unfortunately, Uncle Gaston hired a big sales team and went to work selling here in this country by practically giving away his pistols to law enforcement agencies in the mid to late eighties. The rest as they say is history. Everyone knows that cops know more about guns than anyone right? Absolutely wrong but the sheep in this country just lined up to buy Glocks. After you plunk down five hundred bucks on a pistol that sold to the Portland Oregon PD for $125 with three magazines your very reluctant to bad mouth your beautiful Glock, like your ugly wife, who needs alimony? By the way, Portland Oregon had so many problems with their wonderful Glocks they traded them in for SIGS after several kabooms and NDs.
Boy people just love to rag on something. I agree that Glocks aren't for everyone. Just like SIG'S,HK,and others aren't either. I believe that if any other company produced as many guns as Glock does they would have some guns out with flaws also.Just look at Sigs QC dept in the last couple of years. I enjoy Glocks along with other makes, but if someone were to ask me about them I wouldn't just point out the bad and instances that happend years ago or that rarely happen concidering how many prople own them. I have had many Glocks and never had a minutes trouble out of any of them, as have others. Man I really think that if it weren't for Glocks blowing up, Sigs rusting away, 1911's jamming, HK's breaking firing pins, and M&P's dropping mags some people may not have a thing to add to this forum.
Omaney
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I qualified for my CHL with a rental G17. The thing was ugly and the grip angle was not to my liking...BUT...the GLOCK fired without a hiccup and put every shot where I wanted it to go. The GLOCK is the epitome of a tool, it may not be pretty, but it is reliable. At least in 9mm.
TOADMAN
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I always laugh when gun folks refer to Glocks as ugly looking..
IMO, all hand guns are ugly in comparison to a Browning High Power or a Smith and Wesson 3 inch Model 10.
IMO, all hand guns are ugly in comparison to a Browning High Power or a Smith and Wesson 3 inch Model 10.
3 gun
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The 3rd gen frame doesn't fit everyones hand including mine. The unsupported chambers in 40 have a rep of blowing out cases to the point of having its own shorthand code of kB!. They have been less than honest and forth coming about recalls.
Everything has short comings. Even perfection.
Everything has short comings. Even perfection.
Every case of Glock Kaboom that I have researched involves reloads. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened with factory ammo, but I suspect 99% of these instances involve shooter reloads. Glock tells you right up front, use factory ammo, use copper jacketed ammo. If you want to shoot lead reloads, buy an aftermarket barrel.
Jams are usually caused from "limp wristing" the guns. New shooters quickly overcome this.
Glocks require absolute adherence to basic firearm safety rules, and do not forgive carelessness. Keep your finger off the trigger unless deliberately shooting the gun!
We have found Glock firearms to be very accurate and reliable.
We've got three Glocks, models G17, G19 & G21, with nearly 26,000 rounds fired between them. Parts broken or replaced: Zero.
My G21 also shoots 10 mm with a conversion barrel and 10 mm magazines.
I do recommend replacing the stock sights with aftermarket night sights, such as Trijicon, Meprolight or AmeriGlo.
We also have SureFire X200s and LaserMax for G19 & G21.
Glocks are a breeze to maintain!
Aftermarket accessories and replacement parts are readily available for Glocks!
We are very pleased with our Glock purchases, and would recommend Glock to any person seriously considering a handgun purchase.
--Ray
Jams are usually caused from "limp wristing" the guns. New shooters quickly overcome this.
Glocks require absolute adherence to basic firearm safety rules, and do not forgive carelessness. Keep your finger off the trigger unless deliberately shooting the gun!
We have found Glock firearms to be very accurate and reliable.
We've got three Glocks, models G17, G19 & G21, with nearly 26,000 rounds fired between them. Parts broken or replaced: Zero.
My G21 also shoots 10 mm with a conversion barrel and 10 mm magazines.
I do recommend replacing the stock sights with aftermarket night sights, such as Trijicon, Meprolight or AmeriGlo.
We also have SureFire X200s and LaserMax for G19 & G21.
Glocks are a breeze to maintain!
Aftermarket accessories and replacement parts are readily available for Glocks!
We are very pleased with our Glock purchases, and would recommend Glock to any person seriously considering a handgun purchase.
--Ray
biggiesmalls
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actually i remember seeing something that you can slide on to "change" the "grip angle." and its not really even the ANGLE that most people are talking about. the best i know how to decribe it is the "amount of material on the back of the grip." anyone wanna help me decribe it better? for the record i hate glocks and i love xds haha. if you must own a glock, give this a read:
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-make-glock-not-suck.html
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-make-glock-not-suck.html
I'd call it a "raised palm swell". And I agree, Glock devotes too much space to it.
On a 1911, its like the difference between an arched main spring and a flat main spring, except on a Glock you are stuck with it and can't change it to your preference.
Autolycus
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They are ugly. Thats about it. Though I still think they are prettier than Rugers and the new Smith and Wesson M+P.
Lot's of folks are criticizing them because they are ugly. BFD! My Glock 19 fits my hand OK, it shoots straight until empty. Korbin, you need to try one out then make a decision about how it fits your hand. The other issues include no lead bullets with the polyaganel (sp?) barrel, I'm sure you have picked up on. The no safety catch is not an issue , none of my revolvers have one. Just keep the finger off the trigger until pointed at target and ready to shoot.
If appearances in a tool are important to you, then pass on the Glocks. Since my firearms are for real, not for impressing others; I don't buy into the appearance thing.
If appearances in a tool are important to you, then pass on the Glocks. Since my firearms are for real, not for impressing others; I don't buy into the appearance thing.
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I can get past the looks. The Glock to me is an appliance or tool--pure functionality.
My problem was that I could not shoot mine without my trigger finger brushing the mag release. I guess Gaston wasn't a lefty.
My problem was that I could not shoot mine without my trigger finger brushing the mag release. I guess Gaston wasn't a lefty.
1911 guy
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I don't like the ergonomics.
They don't fit my hand well at all and the grip angle is weird.
They are well built and reliable, though. If you like them, get one. Some have the same complaints about many other handgun designs. To each his own.
They don't fit my hand well at all and the grip angle is weird.
They are well built and reliable, though. If you like them, get one. Some have the same complaints about many other handgun designs. To each his own.
Phyphor
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Glocks are kinda like mutts
They may be ugly and they may not perfect, but they're pretty damned faithful...
They may be ugly and they may not perfect, but they're pretty damned faithful...
Cannonball888
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Not my complaint, but my neighbor who has been reloading all of his life. He claims spent shells from Glocks are worthless for reloading because the shells are stretched to the Glock's slightly larger chamber (which incidentally is the reason for the famous Glock reliability).
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Do you buy a shovel or hammers because you think they look pretty?
A defensive handgun is a _tool_.As long as it's reliable,accurate,easy to shoot and conceals well that's all that matters to me.I'm indifferent about the appearance of Glocks,I don't think they're in any way attractive or the hideousness that many think they are but I don't put a whole hell of a lot of thought into whether my Sawzall is particularly attractive either,as long as it works.
My only real compaints about Glocks are:I don't need a rail and don't want finger grooves and they don't make a medium frame single stack 9mm.
A defensive handgun is a _tool_.As long as it's reliable,accurate,easy to shoot and conceals well that's all that matters to me.I'm indifferent about the appearance of Glocks,I don't think they're in any way attractive or the hideousness that many think they are but I don't put a whole hell of a lot of thought into whether my Sawzall is particularly attractive either,as long as it works.
My only real compaints about Glocks are:I don't need a rail and don't want finger grooves and they don't make a medium frame single stack 9mm.
dhoomonyou
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GLOCKS remind me of the song lyric:
"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you".
"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you".
CountGlockula
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I've trained with my Glock model 35 through Basic-Basic II-Intermediate-Advanced Self-Defense Handgun training. In every single class, my G35 never jammed nor created any problems for me to continue on with the classes with no pauses.
I can't say the same for my other classmates who used 1911s, Sigs and Hks. All had jams where the instructor took some extra time fixing their guns; added oil, clearing stove pipes, etc. Whereas for myself...he knew my Glock was reliable and I just kept on target.
'Nuff said.
"Not my complaint, but my neighbor who has been reloading all of his life. He claims spent shells from Glocks are worthless for reloading because the shells are stretched to the Glock's slightly larger chamber (which incidentally is the reason for the famous Glock reliability)."
A lot of truth to this.
Conversely, Super-Uber Lugers failed miserably at the Russian Front because their tolerances were too tight to function in the extremes of that environment.
A Glock will cycle under water...
If you want to shoot lead reloads through a Glock, get a drop-in aftermarket barrel and have at it. I've got a friend that has been shooting 10 mm reloads for twenty years!
--Ray
A lot of truth to this.
Conversely, Super-Uber Lugers failed miserably at the Russian Front because their tolerances were too tight to function in the extremes of that environment.
A Glock will cycle under water...
If you want to shoot lead reloads through a Glock, get a drop-in aftermarket barrel and have at it. I've got a friend that has been shooting 10 mm reloads for twenty years!
--Ray
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