Glock imperfection; it happens...

[1KPerDay]

Given a choice between a Glock that has a plaid frame and a sky blue slide, and a clock that has a black frame and a black slide, which would you choose? Do you honestly aver that you have no preference?

 

[JR24]

Plaid and sky blue kinda sounds cool...

I both care and dont care about appearance. I'll certainly complain about something being ugly (in my mind that's usually too busy and "tactical") and yes, given all else being equal I'll pick the one that looks better (plus, it's easier to talk "pretty" guns past my wife).

But

If theres no other equal option, I'll shoot and carry an ugly gun without reservation. One example is the baby poop brown of the 19X was unappealing at first, but the full fram 4" barrel really speaks to my hands so I choked down the color. Now, it has kinda grown on me a bit, but it's still a bit of a shock coming out of my safe. Same for front slide serrations. I dont like them, but the Sig Legion I wanted has em and the improved grip (beavertail, cutout) are worth half cringing every time I look at the nice 226 lines marred by the (albeit understated and decently done) cuts.

Further. I'll say that if I somehow lost all my Glocks and mags and holsters and had to start over with a new polymer striker gun, I am about 90% certain I would go with the Beretta APX platform instead of Glock, and it's just about the ugliest gun I've ever seen. Feels good and shoots good in my hands though.

 

[Trey Veston]

I find it interesting that people say they don't care at all about aesthetics. Yet given two pistols with equal function and ergonomics and accuracy, one of which is indifferently designed or patently ugly, and one of which isn't, guess which they choose?

Yep.

The same people that will insult others and mock them for caring about cosmetic flaws on a Glock are the same ones that mock and insult others for having FDE or OD frames and call them ugly. Nothing but hypocrites and bullies.

 

[bannockburn]

Denis

First I've heard of the "pig nose".

Same here! My 30+ year old Gen.1 G17 has run perfectly all these years without any problem with the slide and frame.

My 1988 Gen 1 17 has a frame that touches the slide at the front.
Could not care less about that, or any "mismatched" beveling.
Cosmetics only & utterly meaningless.

Well said! Couldn't agree with you more!

 

[Casefull]

That's a puzzling view. The point of a carry gun isn't to demonstrate hard-won virtue, it's to survive an (extremely unlikely and unpredictable) event. There is no question that optical dot sights offer a massive performance advantage when it comes to shooting quickly and with adequate accuracy. None. Go watch any practical pistol match, and the huge advantage offered by the dot over iron sights will be very apparent. And I'm talking as between shooters who are each more technically proficient than 95+% of the gun-carrying public, not skill-less n00bs. These are people who all practice somewhere between a fair amount and a ton by conventional shooting standards.

I say this as someone who still has iron sights on all his handguns (for now). But, objectively, I recognize that the dots are better in terms of shooting performance.

I completely agree with overkill on this issue. Pistols are about speed. If you can't hit by point shooting, the guy that can, will be first every time. I understand that most folks do not think they can hit anything by point shooting. Nothing quicker than one handed point shooting. Irregardless of what you see on all the TV shows.

 

[Casefull]

Yep.

The same people that will insult others and mock them for caring about cosmetic flaws on a Glock are the same ones that mock and insult others for having FDE or OD frames and call them ugly. Nothing but hypocrites and bullies.

 

[ATLDave]

Speed-influenced "practical" pistol shooting is a great way to figure out what works best in terms of shooting fast and still being able to hit stuff. Different target sizes and distances require different techniques. "Point shooting" can mean a bunch of different things, but almost everyone does better by getting two hands on the gun, unless we're only counting the first shot to about 5'. Focusing on the target is almost always a little faster than focusing on sights, but, with iron sights, is not quite as accurate.

That's one of the big advantages of the dots - you can (indeed, must) shoot target-focused all the time, at every distance. That really speeds up hitting stuff that's a little further away. Up very close, the sights make almost no difference. The red dots tell, though, on things like mini-popper steel at 40 feet.

 

[Casefull]

" Nothing but hypocrites and bullies."

Wow! Someone disagrees with you and they are a bully? If you've ever had your ass kicked you would know that disagreements are not being bullied. Definitely need to toughen up a little. BTW I have glocks and 1911s, etc.

 

[GEM]

Good night all and most I like/dislike Glock threads end this way.
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