Glock Love

[WinThePennant]

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[WinThePennant]

I'm a fan....NOT a fanboy! Fanboys are ok if we are talking range toys and the guns we all love, but when it comes to serious social business there is no room for brand fantasys and marketing hype clouding real judgement and facts.

I took a very long and detailed look at carry pistols for serious social work before I made my choice. I was initially not interested in Glock and very skeptical about them. Were they the cheap choice for law enforcement agency's trying to meet a budget number and save money, or a serious option?

After all the research I did, focused on reliability, safety, shoot-ability, speed to initial and follow up shots, trigger mechanism, availability of parts, ease of fully detail stripping and re-assembly, including a detailed look at the design and function (which btw, I'm surprised how few people actually look at), interviews with real operators and gunsmiths and the actual track record in the field, the choice was very clear for me - Glock.

Is the Glock perfect...absolutely not, but it's about the best thing out there today in a carry pistol for serious social work. YMMV of course.

THIS... This should be the auto-respond message whenever someone asks whether or not they should consider a Glock.

 

[Soldiernurse]

tarosean; Sounds similar to the Shield .40S&W. It's my understanding, originally S&W designed the Shield for 9mm only. It's a known fact the Shield .40S&W had (has?) I unintended mag drops. I was one of the lucky ones.

I've never owned a .40S&W Glock. My 9's & 30's have been flawless.

 

[TreeDoc]

Always in amazement about how much Glock hate speech there is. No other gun that I know of has started so many debates. I like em', the g26 has served me well.

 

[Raise]

Started with Glock. Felt like a 2x4 in my hand. Went to Sig, to S&W M&P, to a Beretta. I am now back to carrying my glock 19. Worth mentioning, these other handguns feel far better in my hand ergonomically, but for some reason, i am much more accurate with the glock 19. I feel ya man

 

[btg3]

Started with M&P. Now have 3 of them.
Glock is #1 choice among IDPA shooters. M&P is #2 and gaining ground. .45 has lost ground.

 

[RugerNut9]

Ive either owned and shot or just shot every model but the 380 we cant get here and the only one I ever had any issue with was the 37 with 230 gr remington ammo... didn't like to eject the last round? Other than that I don't know I personally could trust any other automatic out there out of the box.
I now own 2 G19s, my favorite.

 

[okiewita40]

I know I did not want a tupperware gun and swore I would never own one. I got on the response team at my work. Got issued a G19 and then further on G17. After firing an untold number of rounds through both of them. I came around to the thought of owning a glock.

I found and bought a S&W sigma in .40. It got stolen and now I own and shoot a G19.

 

[Hunter991]

You gotta carry what you gotta carry and what u feel comfy with. I wouldn't discount the xds however. Mines been one of the most reliable guns I own. I am not sure how anyone can conceal a glock thou.

 

[Johannes_Paulsen]

@MisterMike: Yes. I went through something similar.

I started with a Kahr MK9, because I figured I'd pocket carry that. Then I noticed how I kept using an OWB holster more and more because the little metal thing was so darned heavy. Then I took a handgun class with it, realized how impractical it was as a fighting pistol, and figured that if I was resigned to carrying something on my belt, I might as well get something bigger anyway, started looking for a replacement CCW pistol.

Then I went to a Springfield EMP. Loved that little thing...beautiful trigger, easily concealable, wonderful to shoot....of course, it was a jam-o-matic right out of the box. Couldn't get thru a whole magazine at the first range trip. Sent it back to the factory, had a bunch of work done, came back and was reliable for a time....until it stopped again. I don't give third chances to dedicated CCW pieces, so I traded that in for....

....a Colt series 80 1911. Really loved that, but it didn't quite fit my hand comfortably. A bunch of people were telling me how I needed to take it to a gunsmith and have him do some work on it, but I needed a pistol to use at Gunsite 250 that would be reliable and comfortable to use, the course was coming up fast, and the budget was at an ebb, so I traded that in for....

....two Glocks. A G19 and a G17. That was last Summer, haven't looked back since.

@Hunter991: A G19 is quite easily concealable in a Crossbreed Supertuck IWB holster. The G17 is a little less concealable, obviously, but with a covering garment like a jacket or vest, it's pretty easy. For the record: I am 5'7" ~ 165 lbs.

 

[TanklessPro]

I do not own a Glock. I own more 1911's than anything. The only polymer guns I have are XD's, Kahr, and Walther's. I do believe Glocks are good guns but I have not had any malfunctions from any of my centerfire pistols. The problem I have with Glocks is I can't hit anything with them. I do not consider myself and expert shot by any means but I'm awful with a Glock. I keep telling myself that I can learn to shot one but just have not taken the leap into purchase yet.
Funny thing is that I have a XD in 45 GAP but no Glocks.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I've never owned a Glock, but the few I've had experience with have all been excellent. 100% reliable and I shot them accurately to boot.

Come to think of it, I don't know why I don't own one.

 

[g_one]

+1 for 'I'm a fan of Glocks, but not a Glock Fanboy.'

I think they're hideous, but that didn't stop me from buying one because when it comes to personal protection, how good looking a gun is doesn't matter at all when compared to reliability, functionality, ease of use, and accuracy.

I was having a conversation with a co-worker a few months ago, come to find out she doesn't CC but she lives alone and keeps a .45. (I didn't get around to asking her what make/model it was due to the way the conversation ended), and she practices with it every few months to stay sharp. At the time a G26 was my EDC, and before I even finished my sentence, as soon as the word 'Glock' came out of mouth she got one of those holier-than-thou looks on her face and dropped an 'UGH' combination sigh-and-grunt. She said something to the tune of Glocks being only for posers. I then proceeded to tell her that it was 9mm, which wasn't quite as bad a reaction as Glock but still got a good, dramatic eye-rolling, and some comment that I only vaguely paid attention to about 'why wouldn't you want to make the biggest hole you can??'. I think her attitude pretty much sums up what it is that bugs me about Glock haters.

 

[Vulcan71]

A firearm and caliber is like a tool and you need the correct tool for the job at hand. The Glock is a fine pistol that is reliable and widely adopted. It is one of the most widely adopted pistol line in the world with a large after market support. I purchased my Glock because I need a hunting pistol and found the benefit of having many conversion barrels available so I can hunt various game, personal defense and target shoot in a different caliber without breaking the bank. My hunting cartridges were too powerful for the stock guide rod assembly so I easily found a stainless steal guide rod assembly and various springs for each caliber and PF of each cartridge. With so many aftermarket parts and parts in the market place I can build-up the pistol without breaking the bank. The ironic part is I was not a Glock person but now I like them.

 

[Johannes_Paulsen]

@g_one - completely with you. I went out of my way every time I was buying a gun to try to not buy a Glock, just because they seemed kind of boring and bulky. Then I just realized that if I had a pistol for concealed carry, I wanted it to work, to be reliable, to carry as many rounds as possible, to be easy to maintain, and also be something that I wouldn't mind if it got damaged.

I'm sure I'll get 1911s again, I'm sure at some point I'd like to get a Sig or two, maybe a Walther. But those will be for fun and will sit in the safe most of the time....

 

[g_one]

I'm sure I'll get 1911s again, I'm sure at some point I'd like to get a Sig or two, maybe a Walther. But those will be for fun and will sit in the safe most of the time....

Exactly. A few months ago I bought the last gun on the list of what I think a person needs for practical defense and hunting. My next will be less focused with practicality, and more on "fun" guns that I want because they're bad*ss or because I've just always wanted. A SIG of some kind is at the top of my list. Maybe a Witness Hunter in 10mm

 

[Ex]

I have two 10mm glocks. A G20 and a G29, both new Gen3.

The G20 has a very large, blocky feel to the grip but I can hit POA.

I MUCH prefer the feel of the G29 with pinky extensions from Pierce.

Then there's my Gen2 G22. Aaahhhhhhh.

Then there's my GP100 with trigger work... Aaahhhhh

Then there's my MarkII, etc.

Like has been said, it's what works for you. If it's comfortable, if you
can hit with it... end of story

 

[TanklessPro]

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Started new thread, I did not want to highjack.

 

[gunnutery]

When Glocks first started hitting the LE market, I thought they were hideous. Then one day I noticed the gen 3 with the light rail and it completely changed my mind. No manual safety and fewer parts also sold me.

I think this thread needs more pics. I'll submit my most recent artwork, which features my G22.

 

[herrwalther]

For the amount of money I would have to spend on a Glock to make it perfect for me, I can get a custom 1911 from Nighthawk. No thanks.