The first Glock I shot was a G17 9mm... that was over ten years ago and I was completely unimpressed, disinterested, and besides, it looked fairly ugly to me. All that and regardless of the fact that I was printing an impressive group in the ten-ring at 7 yards. I attributed it to the suprise break from not being used to the Glock.
Fast forward to last year; I went shooting with a buddy who had a G21 .45... it still seemed just as ugly to me, but it felt very comfortable to hold and shoot - the recoil was very tame. On top of that, again, I was printing a tight group in the ten-ring. To qualify this, all I can say is that I think I have questionable talent in getting my bullets on target and I never really spend enough quality time on a range - thus, my lousy skills. But I do believe I actually exercise better form and am capable of shooting more consistently accurate with my Glocks. So at the time, I contemplated... hmmmmm.... perhaps there
is something to these Glocks.
A month afterwards, I figured what the Hell... just for a day, I'll quit being such a cheap bastard and buy one already! So I picked up a G21 and no regrets whatsoever. I now own three Glocks in two different calibers (.45 & .40). As my wife likes to point out, and I'll repeat it here for its comedic quality, (the statement, not my wife) "...it sure isn't very pretty-looking, is it... "
"Pretty looking?" Oh for cryin' out loud, it's a combat gun! It ain't 'sposed to be purdy!
But to my eyes, they're a thing of beauty. And with that, to each their own. A Glock just isn't for everyone. It certainly is not by a long shot the definitive gun of all guns. But it's definitely in a class all by itself. (Insert your own joke here
)
-Jim