Glock-----> Hate 'em or Like 'em?

Hate Glocks? or Like Glocks?

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    Votes: 71 32.9%

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    Votes: 145 67.1%
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I used to like them, but now I dislike them. I have a 23 that I have right at $800 in. I came to find out right after a bought it, that I should have fired a Glock before buying one. My natural grip is a high grip on any pistol, and on the Glock, that equals slide bite. I have a scar from my first 50 rounds through it. ~$250 later, after having the grip reworked by ARS (great guys by the way), which included grinding off the backstrap hump and finger grooves, undercutting the trigger guard, and adding a beavertail, I could shoot it without bleeding, but the recoil of the .40 beat my hands to death. I could, and still can control it just fine, but after about 200 rounds my wrists and hands go numb just from the abrupt snap of the slide. It really sucks to be able to only fire 200 rounds a day. Really sucks. I was accurate with it, and relatively fast, and the gun was stone cold reliable.

Now I have an H&K P2000 in 9x19mm. It's grip angle, as far as I can tell, is that of the 1911/BHP. It ruined me as far as going back to the Glock's grip angle. Steel sights with dovetails, ambi mag and slide levers, second strike capability (which is worthless with current tactical doctrine), and an 8lb DAO trigger, with a 5lb upgrade coming soon. At least as accurate as the Glock, and so far just as reliable. 950 rounds without cleaning and no hanky panky. Best part? 400+ rounds a day and no numb hands! Huzzah for long training sessions.
 
Interesting that you have "like" and "hate" -- not "love" and "hate". Implies a bias, perhaps that you couldn't conceive of anyone actually loving them?

I only own one, and I respect it. I don't love it or hate it, but I voted "like" because that's just vague enough to reflect how I feel about it. I would consider buying another, if one fit a need I had.
 
I don't love Glocks because they are ugly and they don't inspire me to tinker with them, give them names, caress them, etc.

Right now I'm waiting for a RAP401 and I think it will inspire affection. Also, I'm about to buy my very first CZ-52 and I'll tinker with that and maybe name it and probably fall in love with it. I'm also trying to save up for my very first 1911 and it will probably be a Kimber Ultra or something like it. A $900+ Kimber WILL be named, caressed, be kept in a sheepskin jacket, etc.

BUT, having said that, I carry a Glock26 and I TRUST MY LIFE WITH IT. It's a boring gun but I have a feeling that if I ever needed to USE it, I'd probably give it a name, it's own room with cable TV, private masseuse, subscription to PlayGun, etc.:D ;) :) :p :D

jAK-47
 
They do what they are intended to do, nothing more, nothing less.

Don't hate them, don't have any attraction at all to them either. Indifferent.
 
don't hate 'em. just not for me.

still find that little trigger thingy darn right ticklish to my index finger. don't help to giggle like a little girl every time you shoot. people think you're crazy.
 
Well hate isn't the word, but there's nothing I like about them.
I don't bad mouth them but I wouldn't own one.

My friend had so much trouble with his first 17 he tried to give it to me.

I told him no.

If you won't take a gun for free, you really don't think much of it.:)
 
I clicked "like" with the following caveat: I'm not crazy about the newest Glock or the full sized ones either.
With the former, I can't see the need for the cartridge.
The latter does not feel right in my somewhat smallish hands!!
Now, that said, I have been and continue to be an early proponent of the Glock 36.
I carried a G26 for a long time until I made the mistake of letting my lovely wife shoot it!!! :what:
It's "her" gun now!!! :evil:
I have a G29, but the cost of 10mm ammo is, for all practical purposes, prohibitive. I have outfitted it with a .40S&W conversion barrel, but am not all that enamored with the cartridge.
My G30 is the cat's meow, but it does not fit my hand as well as the aforementioned G36.
 
Have to admit I used to dislike them. Now I own a model 34. I hadn't intended on ever getting a Glock, but at a recent trip to my favorite dealer, I was looking at some handguns. They had a 34, out of curiosity I checked it out. Needless to say I liked it and bought it. Shoots good too, have no trouble hitting out to 50 yds ( not tried further). My wife can shoot it good also.
 
Like them, I have a G26 and a G19. They carry easy here in Florida and are very accurate for me. I have many different guns that I enjoy shooting, but I will only carry Glocks or a S&W 640-1.

Good luck, Richie S.
 
I like 'em! I have never had a non-operator related malfunction in any one of the dozen or so I have owned (they will malfunction if you limp-wrist em --like many other autos...). I have carried Glocks off and on for 15 years and it's the pistol that still goes to work with me today - (although I have a few others I play with off duty). As was said, though, they don't inspire real pride of ownership. Guess it's the plastic, er.. uh.. polymer. Starting to look at some revolvers to satisfy that pride of ownership thing :) .

Coffee
 
I've got a 21 and a 19 both with night sites. Both are ultra reliable. I think "gun guys and girls" like to customize their guns to individualize that gun from the next persons same type gun. Glock does not lend itself to mods short of "trigger pull stuff" and removing material to suit one's grip caracteristics. The glock is indeed a "Hammer" as stated. A GLOCK does it's asigned job as well as a Hammer.
 
...a little update to my previous post, since I just bought my second Glock today (a G32 for when I feel the need for a higher round-count than my G36 will hold). They aren't the most fun, or the sexiest, but they might be the easiest to carry and live with. They are like a Toyota Corrolla; reliable, economical, get's you where you want to go and you don't care if it get's dinged up in a parking lot. Totally and exceptionally utilitarian, and that's quite a compliment in some ways. So, I guess I like them.
 
I don't like them...don't hate them either, but since I fall slightly on the don't like side, I voted the closest choice. I actually shoot them very well in spite of hating the trigger, if I was issued one for combat or law enforcement, I wouldn't mind, just prefer something else.
 
I used to hate them, but the more I shot them, the more I liked them. Once I got used to the tirgger design I began to actually like it. Finally I broke down and bought a G21. At the moment it is my all-time favorite hand gun.

I think much of the reason whether or not a person hates Glocks has to do with what that person is used to shooting. My oldest son, a wildlife biologist who hunts more than any person I have ever known and shoots guns nearly 365 days a year, hates Glocks. Last time he was in town I took him to the range and he couldn't hit the broad side of the blanket with the Glock, even though he shot my other guns extremely well. My youngest son is a law-school student who likes to hunt, but given that he lives in a major metropolitan area instead of in a giant wildlife management area like his brother, he hardly ever gets to shoot guns. He loves the Glock. I took him to the range last week and he was putting entire magazines in a three-inch pattern freehand at 30 feet, even though he hadn't shot a handgun in five years.

I think the difference is that my oldest son is used to shooting guns with "normal" triggers and can't get used to the gun. My youngest son, who has been too busy to do much shooting for the past several years, wasn't hampered by such baggage and took to the Glock trigger immediately.
 
I like Glocks because they are simply tools. It works every time I want it to, no questions. What more can I want?

Trigger complaints are normal. Funny though. I shoot an AR-15 Service Rifle with a tuned 2-stage trigger (think 1911: crisp and light, although still meeting the 4.5 pound minimum per NRA rules). I can also hit anything I desire with my dad's 1911 and it's slicked-up trigger. Yet I have no difficulty picking up my Glock 17 and emptying a full-cap into a silouhette(sp?) target as fast as I can mash the trigger, from 10 yards, keeping them all in a space the size of my palm. (Someday I will photograph that for proof even.) 25 yard groups aren't great, but they are adequate. Mostly operator issues.

I personally regard my pistol as a last-resort tool. If I need, I need it close, and I need it fast. The Glock is perfect for this role IMO.
 
Dislike. Glocks are the very bestest plastic guns around, and just as dependable as a good hammer but....

As it happens, I use hand tools a lot in earning a living, and I more or less collect them. The very worst kind of hammer is one of those "space-age" jobbies with a metal handle and a rubber grip: after an hour, it stings your hand like mad. If you're going to be really using it much, you want a hammer with an old-time wooden handle.

And there's Glocks: that "safety" trigger bites my finger. Does lead go downrange and make holes in the general vicinity of the center of the target? Yes it does, every time. The grip/frame stings my hand, every time. And I go home with Glockfinger, happy to leave the range.

Tools can be "just tools:" you use 'em and beat 'em up and get a paycheck Friday and t'heck with 'em. But the tools folks get really good with have something more: they have some soul or character. They warm up in your hand and become a part of the work. I don't need Japanese garnish awls -- an old nail sharpened up would do okay. I don''t need a set of cabinetmaker's screwdrivers, cheapies from the five and dime would work. And I don't need a brace or two of obscure Spanish pistols, either. But they're all fun to use and to look at, and make using them a thing to look forward to rather than a chore.

I'm sure Glocks are fun and friendly for many users. They just don't to anything for me that way, and they do a bit too much to me.

...As for accessorizing, the boys at the gun shop had an ad for sideways sights for Glocks the other day. I think it was a joke....:scrutiny:

--Herself
 
I like Glocks because they are simply tools. It works every time I want it to, no questions. What more can I want?
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A tool that works and feels good? A tool that works and doesn't eat your hands? A tool that works and has a good trigger? :neener:

Okay, time to put my serious cap on. Some people like the feel of a Glock. What planet and species they belong to is something I have yet to pin down though. Errr, serious, right. If it works for you, I'm happy for you. Glocks and I just don't jell. And we definately aren't jellin' like Magellan.
 
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