Rubber_Duck
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I've never been a fan of Glocks. Early on in my gun hobby I jumped on the anti-Glock bandwagon, subscribing to and perpetuating such beliefs as "it has the ergonomics of a 2x4" and "they are as stylish as hot, blocky garbage." I did have experience shooting various examples of them and just didn't like them. The grip angle sucks. The trigger is bleh. Where is the safety? And all the Glock fanbois on various boards raving about it being the be-all, end-all of handguns for the zombie apocalypse, just when I was starting to become interested in Glocks, the Gaston kool-aid drinkers would turn me off to them.
Well, I picked up a Gen 3 Glock 21 with dead night sights and a broken ejector for super cheap. I've installed a new ejector/trigger housing, Meprolight Tru Dot night sights, and mounted a Streamlight TLR-1.
My 9mm needs are completely satisfied with my SIG Sauer P226 and P228, and I have a Colt Rail Gun and Colt LW Commander so I thought my .45 ACP needs were satisfied as well. But I realize now that the Glock 21 fills a need I didn't realize I had. A low-maintenance double-stack .45.
The grip angle still sucks. But the more I hold it the more it grows on me and I don't think the grip angle will be a problem once I train myself to angle the pistol lower a little bit to compensate. Otherwise, I can't find any other faults with the design.
I replaced the ejector/trigger housing easily, and have come to appreciate the simplicity of the Glock design. I've also noticed that I have a tendency to slightly overlube my guns, because I have been shooting AR-15s, SIG Sauer P226/8, and 1911s for years and they like to be run wet. Well, The Glock doesn't have long frame rails to put all the lube like a P226 or a 1911, only four small metal tabs in the frame for the slide to ride on. So I lubricated the barrel very lightly as well as the frame rails in the slide, everything else is pretty much dry. Time will tell how it runs but I don't expect any problems.
I still need to add an extended slide release and install a magazine extension on one of the mags for nightstand duty.
Here is the latest addition to the stable and my formal entrance into the world of Glock ownership:
Well, I picked up a Gen 3 Glock 21 with dead night sights and a broken ejector for super cheap. I've installed a new ejector/trigger housing, Meprolight Tru Dot night sights, and mounted a Streamlight TLR-1.
My 9mm needs are completely satisfied with my SIG Sauer P226 and P228, and I have a Colt Rail Gun and Colt LW Commander so I thought my .45 ACP needs were satisfied as well. But I realize now that the Glock 21 fills a need I didn't realize I had. A low-maintenance double-stack .45.
The grip angle still sucks. But the more I hold it the more it grows on me and I don't think the grip angle will be a problem once I train myself to angle the pistol lower a little bit to compensate. Otherwise, I can't find any other faults with the design.
I replaced the ejector/trigger housing easily, and have come to appreciate the simplicity of the Glock design. I've also noticed that I have a tendency to slightly overlube my guns, because I have been shooting AR-15s, SIG Sauer P226/8, and 1911s for years and they like to be run wet. Well, The Glock doesn't have long frame rails to put all the lube like a P226 or a 1911, only four small metal tabs in the frame for the slide to ride on. So I lubricated the barrel very lightly as well as the frame rails in the slide, everything else is pretty much dry. Time will tell how it runs but I don't expect any problems.
I still need to add an extended slide release and install a magazine extension on one of the mags for nightstand duty.
Here is the latest addition to the stable and my formal entrance into the world of Glock ownership: