Glock 35 Gen4 mini review
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@Skribs, yes, I had a LOT of preconceived notions going into the purchase; and I think I will go ahead and call BS if someone says they didn't going into a purchase. With this day and age of the internet; I knew a bit about the gun going in; and I have so many friends to encouraged me to buy the gun, because they think it a good purchase that I would be happy with.
Well, I am pretty happy with the gun; it really is the softest shooter .40 I've shot so far; and the longer sight radius does help a bit.
I seriously do not understand the hostility; I was honest in my presentation of my bias; and I am honest in my assessment of the gun after I've owned it. I have not told anybody not to buy the gun; I have not told anybody to not use the stock barrel if they choose to; I have not told anybody they have to modify the gun; I have not told anybody what to do. As a libertarian; do as you wish; and let me do as I wish. After all, it is __MY__ gun and I paid for it with my money, and so shouldn't I have the freedom to do with it as a please?
When I am about to take my wife out to a nice place for dinner; should I "go to Del Taco for lunch" so I can get a baseline? Most of what has been said to me in this thread makes NO SENSE.
My handsize is such that the mag release corner sticks right behind the middle knuckle on my middle finger, if you don't grip the gun hard, the gun will move just a little bit; and that digs deep into the part of my finger where there's very little meat, and a piece of bone behind it. It cuts. I wish I had pics of it, but I don't, nor am I going to try to get my finger cut open again just to satisfy glock trolls.
@Hastings, no harm no foul. We are cool.
Let me see if I have some time tonight to take pics. I will show you the quality of the glockstore spring vs the stock. I also will pull out all 3 barrels (Steyr, Glock, Storm Lake) and see I can't get a pic of them all with a bullet in it.
No I'm not stupid, and yes I completely understand the amount of force it will take to dent a gun barrel. That doesn't matter; the fact that it's exposed makes me nervous.
One consideration that most haven't thought, and I had posted about this before concerning the Berettas; when a pistol that is a modified tilt browning action (like the glocks and most modern handguns) fire; the barrel tilts, the slide recoils backwards, and it slams when the spring is at full compression; the brunt of the force ends up at the FRONT part of the slide; that is why I think the Beretta design is stupid; and why when you see a Beretta failure; it's the front part of the slide has cracked. They made the part that takes the most force, the smallest. A cutout in the slide has got to do something to the structural integrity of the slide. Now granted I think the slide is plenty beefy and shouldn't be a concern in reality; they should have just used a full slide and a different spring assembly. That would solve my pet peeve about the gun; but hey, I suppose Glock perfection includes cutting corners (literally).
I already own a Steyr M40, which I think is a better gun than the glocks. If they had a long slide version, I would have bought one; but I wanted something that was long slide. The XD's have a much higher bore axis; and I did not like that.
The issues I have with the G35:
1) Unsupported barrel. Mitigation: New barrel.
2) Trigger sucks. Mitigation: Trigger mods.
3) Lefty unfriendly. Mitigation: My file + 20 minutes.
4) Trigger safety bite: Mitigation: Dremel + 20 seconds.
5) Open top on slide. Mitigation: Technically I could get a new slide from one of the custom smiths that do make glock slides.
All the "issues" I have with the G35, I can actually mitigate for the most part. I get a softer shooter; longer sight radius, and I assume a little bit more zip on the bullet from the slightly longer barrel.
But in reverse, I can't get a longer sight radius or longer working barrel in my Steyr M40. No way to mitigate it.
As far as picking the .40; If you know anything about me, I am the king of logistics; and so I decided long time ago, that I would have only 3 calibers for pistol:
.22LR
.357Mag
.40SW
9mm is NATO; and so is the 45. But the biggest problem I had with the 45's was that if I ever had to CCW a gun; I was unhappy with the smaller guns in 45 because of the number of rounds it would hold. I can get almost 9mm speed with almost a 45 sized hole. And I can do that with almost the same capacity as the 9mm. So to me, the 40 seemed like the best choice.
A G35 as a holstered sidearm and a G27 as a CCW seems intelligent. And logistical. Why I'm disappointed in the Steyr series; as the series never proliferated.
I have a SP101, GP100, and a Timberwolf .357 Rifle. <== Very definition of logistical. HK's aren't; the compact HK's don't use the same magazines as the regular sized HK's to the best of my knowledge. So logistics, and accessories are a consideration.
My friend Brian has a G34, and LOVES IT. And encouraged me to get a G35; he thought that if I bought it and shot it, most of my preconceived notions about it will be proven wrong.
I don't "hate it", I was wondering if I could mitigate and live with the compromises of the gun.
Well, I am pretty happy with the gun; it really is the softest shooter .40 I've shot so far; and the longer sight radius does help a bit.
I seriously do not understand the hostility; I was honest in my presentation of my bias; and I am honest in my assessment of the gun after I've owned it. I have not told anybody not to buy the gun; I have not told anybody to not use the stock barrel if they choose to; I have not told anybody they have to modify the gun; I have not told anybody what to do. As a libertarian; do as you wish; and let me do as I wish. After all, it is __MY__ gun and I paid for it with my money, and so shouldn't I have the freedom to do with it as a please?
When I am about to take my wife out to a nice place for dinner; should I "go to Del Taco for lunch" so I can get a baseline? Most of what has been said to me in this thread makes NO SENSE.
My handsize is such that the mag release corner sticks right behind the middle knuckle on my middle finger, if you don't grip the gun hard, the gun will move just a little bit; and that digs deep into the part of my finger where there's very little meat, and a piece of bone behind it. It cuts. I wish I had pics of it, but I don't, nor am I going to try to get my finger cut open again just to satisfy glock trolls.
@Hastings, no harm no foul. We are cool.
Let me see if I have some time tonight to take pics. I will show you the quality of the glockstore spring vs the stock. I also will pull out all 3 barrels (Steyr, Glock, Storm Lake) and see I can't get a pic of them all with a bullet in it.
No I'm not stupid, and yes I completely understand the amount of force it will take to dent a gun barrel. That doesn't matter; the fact that it's exposed makes me nervous.
One consideration that most haven't thought, and I had posted about this before concerning the Berettas; when a pistol that is a modified tilt browning action (like the glocks and most modern handguns) fire; the barrel tilts, the slide recoils backwards, and it slams when the spring is at full compression; the brunt of the force ends up at the FRONT part of the slide; that is why I think the Beretta design is stupid; and why when you see a Beretta failure; it's the front part of the slide has cracked. They made the part that takes the most force, the smallest. A cutout in the slide has got to do something to the structural integrity of the slide. Now granted I think the slide is plenty beefy and shouldn't be a concern in reality; they should have just used a full slide and a different spring assembly. That would solve my pet peeve about the gun; but hey, I suppose Glock perfection includes cutting corners (literally).
I already own a Steyr M40, which I think is a better gun than the glocks. If they had a long slide version, I would have bought one; but I wanted something that was long slide. The XD's have a much higher bore axis; and I did not like that.
The issues I have with the G35:
1) Unsupported barrel. Mitigation: New barrel.
2) Trigger sucks. Mitigation: Trigger mods.
3) Lefty unfriendly. Mitigation: My file + 20 minutes.
4) Trigger safety bite: Mitigation: Dremel + 20 seconds.
5) Open top on slide. Mitigation: Technically I could get a new slide from one of the custom smiths that do make glock slides.
All the "issues" I have with the G35, I can actually mitigate for the most part. I get a softer shooter; longer sight radius, and I assume a little bit more zip on the bullet from the slightly longer barrel.
But in reverse, I can't get a longer sight radius or longer working barrel in my Steyr M40. No way to mitigate it.
As far as picking the .40; If you know anything about me, I am the king of logistics; and so I decided long time ago, that I would have only 3 calibers for pistol:
.22LR
.357Mag
.40SW
9mm is NATO; and so is the 45. But the biggest problem I had with the 45's was that if I ever had to CCW a gun; I was unhappy with the smaller guns in 45 because of the number of rounds it would hold. I can get almost 9mm speed with almost a 45 sized hole. And I can do that with almost the same capacity as the 9mm. So to me, the 40 seemed like the best choice.
A G35 as a holstered sidearm and a G27 as a CCW seems intelligent. And logistical. Why I'm disappointed in the Steyr series; as the series never proliferated.
I have a SP101, GP100, and a Timberwolf .357 Rifle. <== Very definition of logistical. HK's aren't; the compact HK's don't use the same magazines as the regular sized HK's to the best of my knowledge. So logistics, and accessories are a consideration.
My friend Brian has a G34, and LOVES IT. And encouraged me to get a G35; he thought that if I bought it and shot it, most of my preconceived notions about it will be proven wrong.
I don't "hate it", I was wondering if I could mitigate and live with the compromises of the gun.
TimboKhan
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Huey Ho, good neighbors! I see no reason to let this continue since the signal to noise is already pretty high.
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