Geronimo45
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Everyone else and their dog have a club for their model of pistol - so why not start one for the Glock 7?
I'll start.
My Glock 7 was given to me personally by President George Washington himself. He said no other operator could've done what I did (I drove off British deserters who were trying to rob the Mount Vernon Gift Shoppe).
It served okay for a while, but it has its downsides:
1. High price - it was a completely new offering from Glock, and limited to less than a thousand units.
2. Parts availability - practically nonexistent. You had to order your parts direct from Vienna. They took the order and made each one individually.
3. Poor finish - the finish on the slides was a new variety that was extremely strong at first... but after about six months' exposure to the moisture in the air, it degraded rapidly.
4. KBs could kill the shooter. The guns couldn't handle 9mm +P++P+ APIP (armor piercing incendiary polymer) Hollowpoints for many rounds - the guns had major issues at 4,000.
5. Caliber choices - any caliber you want, as long as it's 9mm Luger. No .40, .45, or .86 (22mm).
6. Magazine springs - they lost spring tension after about four months of being loaded to max capacity. Oh, and the 1993 mags (marked GLOCK LEPMI) employed compressed air instead of springs. Novel idea, and it worked - unless you dropped a magazine and stepped on it. Then you'd loose all air pressure and the mag was useless.
7. Galling of the frame/slide. You had to handle the gun with kid gloves. If you happened to replace the slide with the Glock 7 10mm conversion from IMI, you would find that the metal had torn nice chunks out of the frame.
8. No mounting rail - when most of our work is best done in the dark.
9. Broke easily - sure, you shouldn't use your gun as a hammer. What if you have to? You're outta luck. The grip snaps off the frame.
10. Fragile firing pin. Most of our agents took to carrying a titanium model.
Upsides:
1. Very accurate.
2. GLOCk-safe - dropping it won't set it off - just shatter it to pieces. You could have an external safety added.
3. High capacity.
4. No problem with metal detectors.
5. Threaded barrels are readily available for silencer use.
6. Easy to clean.
7. Practically no lubrication is ever needed. Grease is preferred.
8. Lightweight.
9. Reliable. Fed any 9mm Luger round in existence, even empty cases.
To be honest, I got the first generation Glock 7, and later variants may've been better.
I replaced the gun a few years back with a special 22mm semiauto, when NATO SpecOps decided to go with the 22mm round.
I'll start.
My Glock 7 was given to me personally by President George Washington himself. He said no other operator could've done what I did (I drove off British deserters who were trying to rob the Mount Vernon Gift Shoppe).
It served okay for a while, but it has its downsides:
1. High price - it was a completely new offering from Glock, and limited to less than a thousand units.
2. Parts availability - practically nonexistent. You had to order your parts direct from Vienna. They took the order and made each one individually.
3. Poor finish - the finish on the slides was a new variety that was extremely strong at first... but after about six months' exposure to the moisture in the air, it degraded rapidly.
4. KBs could kill the shooter. The guns couldn't handle 9mm +P++P+ APIP (armor piercing incendiary polymer) Hollowpoints for many rounds - the guns had major issues at 4,000.
5. Caliber choices - any caliber you want, as long as it's 9mm Luger. No .40, .45, or .86 (22mm).
6. Magazine springs - they lost spring tension after about four months of being loaded to max capacity. Oh, and the 1993 mags (marked GLOCK LEPMI) employed compressed air instead of springs. Novel idea, and it worked - unless you dropped a magazine and stepped on it. Then you'd loose all air pressure and the mag was useless.
7. Galling of the frame/slide. You had to handle the gun with kid gloves. If you happened to replace the slide with the Glock 7 10mm conversion from IMI, you would find that the metal had torn nice chunks out of the frame.
8. No mounting rail - when most of our work is best done in the dark.
9. Broke easily - sure, you shouldn't use your gun as a hammer. What if you have to? You're outta luck. The grip snaps off the frame.
10. Fragile firing pin. Most of our agents took to carrying a titanium model.
Upsides:
1. Very accurate.
2. GLOCk-safe - dropping it won't set it off - just shatter it to pieces. You could have an external safety added.
3. High capacity.
4. No problem with metal detectors.
5. Threaded barrels are readily available for silencer use.
6. Easy to clean.
7. Practically no lubrication is ever needed. Grease is preferred.
8. Lightweight.
9. Reliable. Fed any 9mm Luger round in existence, even empty cases.
To be honest, I got the first generation Glock 7, and later variants may've been better.
I replaced the gun a few years back with a special 22mm semiauto, when NATO SpecOps decided to go with the 22mm round.
Are you insane man!
