elgodfather said:
ExTank
I can see how fan boy mafia can become annoying- may it be Glock or any other
Just to be clear, I actually have nothing against Glocks; they just haven't "grabbed" me the few times I've fired range rentals. Not bad guns, just not..."inspiring." I do acknowledge their quality and rugged build, and their tested, proven reliability.
I also have no problem with people who have owned and/or fired multiple makes/models of firearms and have an experiential base upon which they make their Glock recommendations.
But I have been offered way too much unsolictied "range advice" or gun-store counter advice by twenty-somethings who have only owned/fired one gun: their Glock.
They list all the virtues of Glock, and it sounds as if they have painstakingly memorized the Glock sales brochure.
They even go so far as to denigrate "junk guns" like Sig, Walther, S&W, etc. Basically, name
any other brand of firearm, and to them, it's junk.
And they also look offended
when I say, "Thanks, but no thanks."
I do admire Glocks from a strictly business perspective; Glock has a media and customer support organization that I think is unrivalled in the firearms industry. I think their marketing strategy is also top-notch. They have earned their reputation in every aspect.
I typically tout Walthers here on THR. My P99AS feels like it was custom made for my hand. It is the best I've come to a naturally pointing and shooting handgun in my 40 years of handgun shooting. The H&K P30 feels very similar the few times I've handled one, and I have very little doubt that it shoots just as well.
I'm just not paying $900+ for one.
Not when I haven't paid more than $600 for any of my Walthers.