Dropped my Glock. boohoo

[Mike1234567]

Not a handgun but...

Years ago, my teenage son lost his balance and sat down hard on a nearly pristine antique wooden large format camera (8x10) worth approximately $600 and crushed it rendering it as a $50 parts camera.

So, with no visible damage and easy repair if it is... don't sweat it.

 

[Fotno]

Not directly gun related, but relevant I think. I had a good friend (may he RIP) who, when he bought a new work truck, would take it first thing to the lumber yard and it load up with supplies. Of course this scratched the bed and tailgate every time. I asked him why he did this, and he replied; "It's gonna get scratched sooner or later, might as well get it out of the way and stop worrying over it."

To the OP, as long as no real damage was done, I'd count it as one of those "valuable learning experiences" I know so much about.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I LOL at the OP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZtdfrbBds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Jl4Z9j_V0

One of the comments on the top video suggested that the guy that dropped it should have body slammed the gun after!

 

[viper7342]

A few years ago, the Glock 23 I had at the time fell from it's holster and landed at an angle, on one corner of the rear of the slide on my front step as I was leaving the house, I cussed, picked it up and discovered that there wasn't a scratch or ding on it and thought that tenifer is one tough material. Unfortunately, a few years earlier, I found out the hard way that the pistol grip portion of the laminated stock on a Ruger 77-22 isn't nearly as resistant to damage, when I accidently knocked a cheap Phoenix Arms HP22 off a shelf in my gun cabinet and it's front sight struck said pistol grip, putting about a 1/16" dent in it. That definitely pissed me off!

 

[ForumSurfer]

Being a fairly clumsy guy, I like to carry a glock on my hip for just that reason. I bump into a few things with it.

I agree with others, it adds "character" to an ugly pistol...not as much "character" as holster wear, but character none the less.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I'm learning about where the gun is on my hip but my XD has seen the wall really really close on more than a few occasions.

 

[marb4]

I feel you pain. Look at it this way though, you now have an excuse to go to the range and put several hundred rounds downrange to verify function. Any excuse to go shooting is a good one.

 

[Capt. Ct.]

I took my 1911 officers model apart a couple nights ago. The frame with the wooden grips slipped out of my arthritic fingers and landed on the basement floor. Right on the wood grip. Nice little ding there now. On the other hand I can refinish it. I'd rather have the wood dinged than the metal.

 

[Ash]

That second video of dropping the pistol onto plowed earth is far gentler than the dropping in the first video. Now, dropping a Glock from an airplane into an empty parking lot, THAT would have been a test.

 

[1557]

I have several Glock 19's and one in particular has been dropped on concrete,gravel,dirt,mud,rocks. churt,and just about everything else,mostly in training. It looks like it's been through the Boer Wars,but still runs like a champ. 17 years of real world abuse,mostly unintentional has not slowed it down. Don't sweat it.

 

[ForumSurfer]

I'm with with 1557. I'm active so my glock is too. I recently bashed it on some rocks while white water rafting.

 

[HisSoldier]

That's what plastic pistols are for, not caring what happens to them because they start out ugly.

 

[rich642z]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, don't let the California lawmakers hear about this.

 

[ChCx2744]

Even if it IS a Glock, any time you drop a gun on a surface that makes a loud *clank* is gonna make your heart drop. The sound of a gun hitting the hard ground is the most loudest and painful sound in the world, IMO.