Falling back in love with a Glock

[Sven]

Brief history: I started with a Glock 17, then got a CZ75B and then finally a 1911-style pistol.

I shot the Glock again extensively today, and find that the thing is pretty darn accurate, light as heck, and easy to shoot... the plastic seems to absorb the recoil. Not sure how to describe it better than that... but I LIKE IT.

...all I can say is that after months of being left in the safe when I took trips to the range, my trusty ol' Glock 17 is moving back up the charts... 'with a bullet'... in my personal favorites list.

I agree that the Glock isn't as sexy as my other guns, but it sure is hard to find any other complaints.

 

[denfoote]

Hard to resist the Dark Side is!!!!!!

 

[Blackhawk]

Sven, I'm getting a little worried about you.

You title a thread about "falling in love" with a Glock.

Then you write about your other guns being more sexy.

Do you need some time off -- maybe a vacation...?

 

[Longbow]

Ditto

Right now, I am in the process of saving $ to buy a Glock 17(again) after selling one 'bout a year ago. Its been about a year of futile resistance!

 

[Sven]

Dude, I'm _on_ Vacation.

Truth is, I love all my guns. Not the sort of 'love' I feel for a beautiful woman. Not the sort of 'sexy' I'd use to describe the same.

-sven

... wait... 1076 posts. Blackhawk, I think it's you we need to be worried about. [Edit: 1077]

 

[10-Ring]

Funny, as much as I like my other guns more, my collection just felt lacking w/o a Glock. THe (my ) universe has been at peace since I picked up my 36

 

[BamBam]

Same thing has happened to me....I get a new pistol and think "Wow, this will replace my Glock!"
Then, after the new gun isn't "new" anymore, the Glock is back to primary position.

So many have been given the opportunity to replace my Glock....none have succeeded.

YMMV; flame away.

 

[Blueduck]

Though as of late I've totally fallen out of love with the company that made it, my second generation G-17 is likely my favorite "serious" gun.

(A bit OT) Pre-ban mags for it actually seem to be dropping in price a bit lately too. Trade in's for $53; Thats not much higher than standard new mags for some pistols...

 

[Kahr carrier]

Yep those black bricks are cool.

 

[boing]

It's cyclical. I almost have enough guns to keep some level of infatuation going with at least one of them at all times.

Almost enough.

 

[9x19]

A couple years back, I found a pistol to replace my Glock 17...

It took awhile to find it, but when I did I was simply awe-struck!

Afterall... my Glock 34 is The Best Pistol Ever Built!

Bwahahahahaha!

Resistance is futile...

You will be assimilated!

 

[pogo2]

Blue Duck said: "(A bit OT) Pre-ban mags for it actually seem to be dropping in price a bit lately too. Trade in's for $53; Thats not much higher than standard new mags for some pistols..."

Could it be that the impending sunset of the 10-round mag limit law is beginning to weigh on the magazine vendors? Are they trying to shrink their inventories so they won't be caught flat footed if these magazines can be manufactured once again?

 

[Blueduck]

I'd suspect dealers hedging thier bets on that exact thing pogo2. Nobody knows whats going to happen to those $53 pre-bans after 04, but heres some scenarios.

Ban expires, not replaced: $53 mag now worth $4.50

New ban comes in prohibiting ALL hi-caps, even prebans: $53 mag now worth $0.00

New ban very similar to old one (pre-ban/post-ban) put permanatly in place $53 mag now worth $100 or much more...

I wouldn't want to be the guy making the decisions on a boatload of those things right now.

 

[Longbow]

Where can I get $53 Hi-caps?

 

[Blueduck]

http://www.ivanhoeoutlet.com/

Actually already missed out on the best deal, it seems someone got confused and was sending out new FML mags to people who ordered the $53.50 used NFML. They fixed that though

 

[Longbow]

:banghead: :banghead:

 

[G. Glock]

Sven,

I know what you mean, except that I never fall out of love with my Glocks. I do have affairs with my 1911s, S&Ws, Colt SAAs, etc. but I still love the way my Glocks shoot and the Ugly Plastic is what protects me.

 

[Longbow]

Sorry for reviving this thread.....

....but I just bought a Glock 17 for $350 (best deal in town!).
Hopefully this one stays with me for good .

 

[BigG]

Glock will be to this century what the Colt 45 Auto was to the last, imho.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Longbow: That's the price I am looking for a Glock 26 at...

Too bad I haven't found one.

 

[DAL]

Actually, I took the long road before getting a Glock. I tried a Makarov (great price, horrid ergonomics), a Kahr MK40 (which I sold), a CZ75BD (which I still have; it's a great gun, although a bit too big for my hand), a Rock Island Armory 1911 (a neat range gun, excellent ergonomics, gutsy caliber, a bit too big for carry), and several revolvers (my S&W 642 is still the best gun I've ever found as far as concealability is concerned). But, for some reason, I resisted the Glock like the dickens. "They feel blocky in my hands," I said.

Around December of last year I decided to give Glock another look, and I found I actually liked the 26. I found a (barely) used one for $399 and put it on layaway. On Jan. 3, 2003, I picked it up and it has been love ever since. The simplicity of the design is fantastic!

Not that I regret buying my other handguns, but I could have saved myself a lot of dough if I had listened to what Boston T. Party said, "Get yourself a Glock, and be done with it." Of course , I wouldn't have had all of the fun of buying a new gun, but I would be a bit richer.
DAL

 

[Peetmoss]

Glocks are very sexy guns. Black is buetiful my friends and black plasitic dead sexy. I also love that I can have my Glock field stripped in about 15 seconds that is sexy too. They may be built like a brick but it is one sexy brick

 

[Kahr carrier]

Welcome back to the Dark side.

 

[Longbow]

Whoknowswho,
There's actually a G26 there also for $400 w/ tritium sights. It was a long debate in my mind w/c one to get, but I figured w/ the G17 I can use it in IPSC production class as well as an HD gun. I can just add the tritium sight later.

kahr carrier,
Greetings to you as well!

DAL,
As you might observe, sometimes you get tempted to abandon the dark side, but don't give in, coz its temporary. If you do, the regret is long lasting.

P.S.
the Glock is really is a neat design.

 

[bad_dad_brad]

Ditto Sven. The Glocks (I have a G17 and G19) are darned fine pistols. I pick up and mess with other auto loaders, and then put them down. I guess because, they have nothing over the Glock. But I teethed on a Glock, I like the trigger, and never got into that M1911 SA thing. I would LOVE to have a Sig P210 though!