Falling back in love with a Glock

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... wait... 1076 posts. Blackhawk, I think it's you we need to be worried about. [Edit: 1077]
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LOL :D For Blackhawk, THR is his vacation.:D

I started with a G17,then migrated to Sigs,and then to Walthers, then S&W's semi's, and on to HK's and always seem to come back to the Dark Side..

Glocks forever, baby!...:D

(with an occasional fling with a HK or two along the way.) :evil:
 
The one question I always ask when returning from the range is:

"Which gun would I pick up if I heard that 'bump' in the night?"

It varies from time to time, and also depends on my current inventory of defense loads... but most of the time, I admit it _is_ the Glock 17, ideally stoked with 17+1 (where legal) high performance HP loads.

The odds of having to use a weapon in self-defense are astronomically small - if it happens, I aim to be prepared. In such a grave event, my primary concern is reliability. The Glock has never let me down in 2,500 rounds.

I wish I could say that about my other guns, but it would not be true.

Glock.
100% Reliabile
100% Business
 
The odds of having to use a weapon in self-defense are astronomically small - if it happens, I aim to be prepared. In such a grave event, my primary concern is reliability. The Glock has never let me down in 2,500 rounds.

I wish I could say that about my other guns, but it would not be true.

Glock.
100% Reliabile
100% Business
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Ditto! :D Sven, you took the words right out of my mouth.

My "bump in the night gun" is my newest 3rd. Gen. G19 with my 14 year old 2nd. Gen. G19 to back it up. :D
 
I looked into my safe and saw that I didn't have a glock, said "thank God", and closed it again......:neener: :neener: :evil:
Just kidding, maybe one of these days.......damn, just kidding again........maybe an XD if they ever come out with a decent caliber.............
 
Sooner or later you'll come around. They all do.
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Sorta like saying:

"Sooner or later you will drive a Toyota Camry." :p

Some folks just refuse to drive anything other than a 911 (or shoot a 1911). I have nothing against those folks - in fact, they pass me on the highway all the time. ;) Then again, sometimes I pass 911s parked on the side of the highway, with hazard lights blinking and a "VP of Sales"-type guy standing there on his cell phone. :p

Ideally, I'm going to have a big garage and a lot of cars. And a big vault, with lots of guns.
 
No, mr. hankey and sven........I will not buy a glock......I was thinking about the G20 once, but, then Dan Wesson came out with a 10MM and that is what I will probably get unless I find a Delta Elite somewhere at a decent price.........I'm afraid I am not a glock enthusiast.........I have shot just about every glock made at the annual glock match at our gun club for the last 3 years as a range officer trying to keep these guys from shooting themselves.....The glock rep brings all the latest toys and some ammo out there for us to try out between matches on the weekends, and the glock just doesn't do it for me....the XD probably won't either.......
 
Well, I have played with Glocks plenty. But I am an American, and as such I like the old 1911/.45ACP. My current infatuation is with getting a Wilson CQB. Fortunately, I am not old enough to spend my $$ on handguns yet (but I AM old enough for the Navy to trust me with nuclear technology soon....), so I have time to decide. But a Wilson CQB or Protector, with a complementary .22LR conversion? Could be nice. Or a Glock 17 with same? Who knows yet.
 
wanderinwalker.........my Wilson catalog came in the mail today, and some of his handguns are something else.......but, the only problem is the price of these boys........
 
Wanderinwalker,
I'm an American too and I like Glocks. Our military uses Beretta, H&K and Sigs w/c are all foreign design/made, does that make our military unAmerican?

P.S.
I like 1911's too BTW.
 
I do that also, Sven. I abandon my plain ol' G23 for pistols with all those pretty levers and angles and buttons for a while. Then I always end up thinking "what would I really feel comfortable with on me if the bad thing happened?". And I go back to carrying that boring dadgummed Glock 23.
 
Longbow,

Nope, they're not unAmerican. They're just updating equipment with the lowest bidder! ;) Going into combat I would rather have an H&K, SIG, Beretta, Walther or Glock to back-up my M-4, M-16, M-14 (whatever)! What I meant by the "I'm an American" comment is that bigger, and more, is better!

jem375,

I am sadly aware of the expense of Wilson pistols. But then again, I do want to go on pricey hunting trips someday, and I want to carry a Weatherby rifle, so....

Countdown 2 days until I ship for Great Lakes. Oh boy, oh boy!!
 
When I first started shopping for a pistol that I would carry concealed I annoyed every gun shop owner because I kept telling them that all they have are crappy Glocks and not enough decent polymer pistols..this was before Springfield XD and right after SW99....I always told myself that I would never buy a Glock because everyone has glocks..Glocks were worse than Hondas. I wanted to feel like dirty harry or james bond and get something different...

I picked up a SW99..and shot it for a month...to this day I still wake up..stretch..and then kick myself in the *** for every buying that pistol...


I promptly sold that Jam-o-matic and picked me up a G19...

kinda makes me wanna go car shopping...cause I'm never looking back..

sure I'll own other guns..but when it comes to carrying or straight out reliability..I give the nod to the Glock, no questions asked.
 
I don't like Glocks for many reasons, one minor reason being that they're ugly. Ugly, but reliable.

Jimmy Soul lyrics - If You Wanna Be Happy
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you
 
My carry guns are as follows, G26 for warm weather, G30 for cold weather, and G19 for anything but darkness since it doesn't have night sights. I used to think that Glocks were extremely ugly, but now I think they are as good looking as Berettas, if not better. They tend to grow on you after a while.
 
I like Glocks because I can "gunsmith" on them myself. As a matter of fact the last S&W revolver that I "gunsmithed" on myself just returned via Fed Ex today repaired from S&W in Springfield! :cuss:
 
I believe it was THR's own Tamara who said about Glocks, "There's a lot to like, but nothing to love."

That pretty well sums it up for me.
 
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