giggitygiggity
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I think Glock pistols are rugged, reliable, and great guns overall.
As a company, it is frustrating how little Glock seems to innovate and diversify. Many of you already recognize this, but I’d like to share my observations.
Of course it is silly how the different generations only exhibit minor changes and, depending on your taste, you may see the changes as either improvements or detractors.
However, what I find most disconcerting is the lack of variants. For instance, only certain models have optics-ready variants. Moreover, non-black Glocks appear only as super limited runs. No Glocks have manual safety variants.
I am not advocating for/against optics-ready, certain colors, or manual safeties. I only bring this up because if you look at S&W, they offer the Shield and Shield Plus in multiple configurations. The same is true for many other companies.
Yes, I understand that Glock probably doesn’t care and can just ride on its LE contacts. My point isn’t to say that Glock is going to go out of business if they don’t do what I am suggesting, etc.
Furthermore, there is something to be said for simplicity, both in the products themselves, but also the manufacturing and administration of the products. However, it seems that the simplicity of its product line should avail itself to minimal effort in expanding variants offered, meaning there should be minimal tooling or designing requiring to chart a path forward to enable more optics-ready variants or different colors, etc.
The last recommendation that I have is that Glock needs to improve its trigger. Most polymer-framed striker-fired guns now have great triggers (PDP, P10 series, Canik offerings).
I have many Glocks and will continue to buy more as they are simple and reliable. However, I find more and more offerings from other brands that are just as reliable, but that have great triggers, have optics-ready variants, and are offered in multiple colors. It seems like other brands enable people to choose an exact configuration that suits there preferences whereas Glock basically says, “take it or leave it, but this is what you get.”
As a company, it is frustrating how little Glock seems to innovate and diversify. Many of you already recognize this, but I’d like to share my observations.
Of course it is silly how the different generations only exhibit minor changes and, depending on your taste, you may see the changes as either improvements or detractors.
However, what I find most disconcerting is the lack of variants. For instance, only certain models have optics-ready variants. Moreover, non-black Glocks appear only as super limited runs. No Glocks have manual safety variants.
I am not advocating for/against optics-ready, certain colors, or manual safeties. I only bring this up because if you look at S&W, they offer the Shield and Shield Plus in multiple configurations. The same is true for many other companies.
Yes, I understand that Glock probably doesn’t care and can just ride on its LE contacts. My point isn’t to say that Glock is going to go out of business if they don’t do what I am suggesting, etc.
Furthermore, there is something to be said for simplicity, both in the products themselves, but also the manufacturing and administration of the products. However, it seems that the simplicity of its product line should avail itself to minimal effort in expanding variants offered, meaning there should be minimal tooling or designing requiring to chart a path forward to enable more optics-ready variants or different colors, etc.
The last recommendation that I have is that Glock needs to improve its trigger. Most polymer-framed striker-fired guns now have great triggers (PDP, P10 series, Canik offerings).
I have many Glocks and will continue to buy more as they are simple and reliable. However, I find more and more offerings from other brands that are just as reliable, but that have great triggers, have optics-ready variants, and are offered in multiple colors. It seems like other brands enable people to choose an exact configuration that suits there preferences whereas Glock basically says, “take it or leave it, but this is what you get.”