DHart
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My Glock experience started with a 29. Great gun. Great power. Overall, not a gun I enjoy shooting a LOT, because of the power of 10mm. In my view, it's great for occasional use and carry in the woods, but not the best choice for daily shooting or for urban carry - that's just my personal preference, that's all.
Next up was a Glock 19 which SO VERRRY impressed me that I felt I just had to "up-the-power" a bit within the exact same platform... thus, I came to own a Glock 23. The 23 seemed the perfect balance of everything in a defense gun. That lasted a while. My 23 became my carry gun. (As with all of my Glocks, with 3.5# connector, smooth-faced trigger, and steel-recoil spring guide rod - just for the heck of it!)
Then, finally, my love of the .45 acp caliber (some will remember my love of the 1911!) prompted me to consider -and buy- a Glock 30. It took a little time for the fatness of the 30 to feel right in my hand, but I have reasonably large hands and over time, with a lot of in-hand experience, the Glock 30 actually began to feel really comfortable!!! Most notable was how great the 30 felt while shooting (I think the fat grip displaces the nice .45 caliber recoil "push" wonderfully throughout the hand - contributing to the soft recoil it is known for). And the accuracy.... MAN, the G30 is stone freakin' accurate - with both the stock barrel as well as with the Lone Wolf barrel!!!
Anyway, long story short... now I'm up to 1000 rounds through my G30, so I feel like I've sort of come through a threshold of sorts. About 665 rounds with the Glock barrel and 335 rounds with the Lone Wolf barrel. This gun freakin blows me away.... and the G30 IS my carry gun now! With a spare mag in the pocket. Awesome .45 acp potency with 230 gr. Gold Dots, Golden Sabers, or Rangers. Decent capacity at 11 rounds, before a reload.
This gun offers: Awesome accuracy!!! Stone reliability!!! Great defense potency... eats whatever I feed it: 230 gr. Gold Dots, 230 gr. Golden Sabers, 230 gr. plated FMJ bullets, 230 gr. FMJ practice ammo, 230 gr. +P Ranger ammo, whatever! Great feel in the hand! What's NOT to love about such a compact gun that gobbles up whatever .45 acp ammo that you feed it (factory & reloads!), holds 11 rounds before a reload, shoots so accurately, feels so good while shooting, and is so stone reliable? The G30 just rocks!
Ok... I DID do a few mods to mine... (3.5# connector yielding about a 5# trigger pull, smooth-faced G21 trigger-NICE, Wolff steel recoil spring rod kit, and a Lone Wolf barrel - which I only use occasionally... why I don't know really, because the stock bbl is perfect!) That's it.
Yes, the grip is a "fat boy" indeed... and that's precisely one of the reasons (along with the perfectly-tuned dual-recoil spring set-up) this gun is so soft shooting. Unless the shooter has small hands, someone with medium-largish hands can easily adapt, over time and with experience of the gun-in-the-hand extensively, to find the fat grip of the G30 actually really comfortable!!! And the shooting is pure pleasure.
All I can say is that if you've ever thought the G30 might be a good gun for you and your hands aren't small... just get the freakin' G30, live with it for 1000 rounds and then tell me you don't think this is one of the world's finest carry guns! I think you'll be thrilled with this gun!
P.S. I've never tried it with the larger capacity G21 (13+1) mags... so I'll have to defer to others about the efficacy of that combo... I am eagerly looking forward to adding a few higher cap G21 mags (13+1) for "around-the-house" and "reload" duty.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF MY ONLINE FRIENDS!
Next up was a Glock 19 which SO VERRRY impressed me that I felt I just had to "up-the-power" a bit within the exact same platform... thus, I came to own a Glock 23. The 23 seemed the perfect balance of everything in a defense gun. That lasted a while. My 23 became my carry gun. (As with all of my Glocks, with 3.5# connector, smooth-faced trigger, and steel-recoil spring guide rod - just for the heck of it!)
Then, finally, my love of the .45 acp caliber (some will remember my love of the 1911!) prompted me to consider -and buy- a Glock 30. It took a little time for the fatness of the 30 to feel right in my hand, but I have reasonably large hands and over time, with a lot of in-hand experience, the Glock 30 actually began to feel really comfortable!!! Most notable was how great the 30 felt while shooting (I think the fat grip displaces the nice .45 caliber recoil "push" wonderfully throughout the hand - contributing to the soft recoil it is known for). And the accuracy.... MAN, the G30 is stone freakin' accurate - with both the stock barrel as well as with the Lone Wolf barrel!!!
Anyway, long story short... now I'm up to 1000 rounds through my G30, so I feel like I've sort of come through a threshold of sorts. About 665 rounds with the Glock barrel and 335 rounds with the Lone Wolf barrel. This gun freakin blows me away.... and the G30 IS my carry gun now! With a spare mag in the pocket. Awesome .45 acp potency with 230 gr. Gold Dots, Golden Sabers, or Rangers. Decent capacity at 11 rounds, before a reload.
This gun offers: Awesome accuracy!!! Stone reliability!!! Great defense potency... eats whatever I feed it: 230 gr. Gold Dots, 230 gr. Golden Sabers, 230 gr. plated FMJ bullets, 230 gr. FMJ practice ammo, 230 gr. +P Ranger ammo, whatever! Great feel in the hand! What's NOT to love about such a compact gun that gobbles up whatever .45 acp ammo that you feed it (factory & reloads!), holds 11 rounds before a reload, shoots so accurately, feels so good while shooting, and is so stone reliable? The G30 just rocks!
Ok... I DID do a few mods to mine... (3.5# connector yielding about a 5# trigger pull, smooth-faced G21 trigger-NICE, Wolff steel recoil spring rod kit, and a Lone Wolf barrel - which I only use occasionally... why I don't know really, because the stock bbl is perfect!) That's it.
Yes, the grip is a "fat boy" indeed... and that's precisely one of the reasons (along with the perfectly-tuned dual-recoil spring set-up) this gun is so soft shooting. Unless the shooter has small hands, someone with medium-largish hands can easily adapt, over time and with experience of the gun-in-the-hand extensively, to find the fat grip of the G30 actually really comfortable!!! And the shooting is pure pleasure.
All I can say is that if you've ever thought the G30 might be a good gun for you and your hands aren't small... just get the freakin' G30, live with it for 1000 rounds and then tell me you don't think this is one of the world's finest carry guns! I think you'll be thrilled with this gun!
P.S. I've never tried it with the larger capacity G21 (13+1) mags... so I'll have to defer to others about the efficacy of that combo... I am eagerly looking forward to adding a few higher cap G21 mags (13+1) for "around-the-house" and "reload" duty.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF MY ONLINE FRIENDS!
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