New Glock 42 is a .380

[silicosys4]

This was a very smart move by Glock. The "pocket nine" market is already saturated, so why bother. This is uniquely different in the .380 market in that it will be pocketable, easier to shoot well, with a real grip and a trigger that isn't long and 12 lbs. They are going to own the .380 market with the 42, especially with new and women shooters. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be one of their best sellers yet.

I see the opposite. The pocket nine market is full of unreliable guns. No one seems to be able to make a pocket nine work right. I have zero interest in a Glock .380, small or not. There are just too many perfectly good pocket .380's already out there, and glock is really bringing nothing new to the .380 table.
But a glock-reliable single stack pocket nine...I would be all over that.

 

[snooperman]

pocket nines

"The pocket nine market is full of unreliable guns". I do not gree. The Kahr PM 9 I have is very reliable and so are the S&W Shield, Walther PPS, Ruger LC9, Keltec PF9, P11, SD9, Springfield SD9 and others as well. If they were not reliable they would not be selling them, and they have been selling them for years. They may be a little difficult to shoot well at first, but that is a different subject. My 2 cents.

 

[Wildbillz]

I got to see and handle one of the new G42's yesterday at a local shop. I would have been a lot more interested if it were in 9mm. I think they missed the boat on the 380acp pocket pistol. The LCP or Keltec are smaller and true pocket guns, the G42 is to big for my pocket. But the counter guy did say just to wait and see if a 9mm version don't come out soon. If it dose I would be on it like a rat on cheese.

WB

 

[stogiegila]

There are several attractions to this type of gun.

1. Slightly larger breech design on a .380 so it should have significantly reduced recoil. If it recoils similarly to the P238 it will already be an instant winner for many that prefer a gun without a safety

2. Reliability of Glock

3. Lighter trigger pull than many DAO type .380s that are out now

The G42 will provide people with a familiar design in a low recoil model with the same Glock trigger they are used to (although I have read reports that the trigger feels heavier eventhough it is listed at 5.5lbs).

I for one don't like DAO triggers. The Kahr CM9 which is smaller has a long trigger pull but it isn't that bad, but the reset requires a complete release of the trigger vs Glocks design.

I have very small arthritic hands with short fingers. Many guns require me to alter my grip to reach the trigger. I also can no longer shoot .45acp as the recoil really takes its toll. My round of choice is 9mm. But I find the G26 to be just a little too big. The Kahr CM9 has been my next solution, however while I have not had any problems with the Kahr I don't quite have the confidence in it as I do the many Glocks i've had so the thought of a smaller less recoiling G42 is appealing to me.

I also don't know of anyone that would like to be shot with a .380. Placement is more important than caliber.

I think it will sell like hotcakes and I will be on line. Will it replace the G26....no, but the G26 would most likely be reserved as a house gun.

 

[tarosean]

2. Reliability of Glock

3. Lighter trigger pull than many DAO type .380s that are out now

The G42 will provide people with a familiar design in a low recoil model with the same Glock trigger they are used to (although I have read reports that the trigger feels heavier eventhough it is listed at 5.5lbs).

Might want to read this review

http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/glo...pistol-new-gun-review-shot-show-2014-preview/

 

[stogiegila]

Might want to read this review

http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/gloc...-2014-preview/

I have seen that review. The only thing of note was the gun not liking Hornady Critical Defense. Doesn't bother me as I don't care for it either. I did note the trigger weight stated, but it was a pre-production gun so since Glock lists it at 5.5lbs I think they will have that ironed out prior to sale.

I won't purchase one until I handle it first though as a trigger that heavy would then provide no benefit over the Kahr CM9

 

[trigga]

looks good

 

[toivo]

The Kahr PM 9 I have is very reliable and so are the S&W Shield, Walther PPS, Ruger LC9, Keltec PF9, P11, SD9, Springfield SD9 and others as well.

It depends on what you mean by "reliable." I can't speak to any of those other guns, but my PF9 had to go back to Kel-Tec twice, once for bad peening of the slide and once for light strike misfires -- lots of them.

Now it works, but it's a bit picky about ammo. Winchester White Box 115-grain just flat out will not work in that pistol: failure to extract every single time, even on a just-cleaned gun with a new extractor and extractor spring. It shoots the 147-grain hollowpoints OK, but those rounds are a real bear to shoot in that skinny little gun.

I am not a Kel-Tec basher. I have a P32 that has been flawless from the get-go. I love that gun. If you've got a good PF9, more power to you. Find a training ammo that it likes and use the hotter stuff for carry, I guess. I'm just a bit sour on them in general.

 

[Phaedrus/69]

Yeah, I expect the Koo-Aid drinkers will buy it just for the logo on the side. It's really no skin off my nose. I've owned Glocks in the past but the experience didn't do much for me. They don't make much that interests me but if people want their wares more power to 'em. The only things I'd be interested in would be a 19 as a beater/truck gun or maybe the .357 Sig in the 19-sized gun (forget the model #, too lazy to search it).

 

[joe_security]

I see this being a niche gun for the recoil sensitive , much the same as the LC380. If this thing runs good, it may end up being a good HD pistol for old people. The old folks in our family all use various versions of the Chiefs Special.

 

[Bongo Boy]

I haven't seen the gun and have no interest in the caliber, but it was suggested above that it's not 'tiny' in comparison to many other 380s. What I have seen first-hand is new female shooters looking for what they think will be a gun that is 'easy to shoot', and gravitating to the smallest auto pistol they see in the case. In the 2 or 3 cases I've seen, they discover that the tiny guns are even worse than the bigger one they just tried. If this model carries a little more slide weight and has enough substance to actually hold on to, sounds like a winner to me.

So, always good to see more options especially if they're realistic, practical ones that give more people the confidence to shoot and carry a weapon. Glock has the wherewithal to produce two excellent pistols that I want for a relatively small market (10mm), so I'm happy to buy their products.

All I care about is that more people learn to shoot and carry. If this offering does that, a nod of the head to Glock.

 

[TarDevil]

Might want to read this review

http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/glo...pistol-new-gun-review-shot-show-2014-preview/

If I WERE to carry a .380, Critical Defense would be the ammo I would want to load.

But I don't want to carry a .380.

 

[gym]

I see no reason to buy one. Maybe a new shooter of which there will be many this year, would find it an interesting purchase instead of a 5 shot revolver. But for most experienced shooters it's a pass. You can get a cw9 for the price and have a 9mm with no more kick and much more power.