Why Are Most Pistols Compared Against Glocks?

[AndyC]

What's a Glock?

 

[ArkansasHunter]

Face it Glocks are excellent hand guns, the design works ! More LEO departments across the country use them and the one's who can afford them like them.
Example: A 1911 is rich in history and many people own one. The skys the limit if you want to customize one.
Theres many manufactures that sell a 1911 style pistols in different price ranges.
Now a Glock is a Glock you can buy one and do nothing to it and youv'e got a very accurate pistol out of the box and for the most part so are some
1911's
I'll probably catch flak for saying this but 1911's are a dated design with the Glock being the most modern design. That's the big differents.
As humans sometimes we follow the flock so to speak in our purchaseing of firearms and other stuff.
I personaly don't care or want a Glock though theres two in the next room that belongs to my son thats an LEO, one is his issues pistol, the other is his personal carry.
To me it's what you like. My next pistol will be a CZ 75...40 S&W Compac.
But there's so many pistols to choose from that are well made and accurate it
makes for a hard decision on which to buy.
I concede that Glock is about as perfect a semi-auto as you can buy.
But it's not the gun I want...A.H

 

[AJD]

Durability, reliability and accuracy are important but...

Its hard to know where people are coming from and what they value in a handgun. Like a firearms durability. People talk about Benelli's and Glocks lasting 300,000+ rounds(shells in the shotguns case)...that doesn't mean anything to me. Its nice I guess but its like telling me that my No. 2 pencil could withstand a nuclear bomb exploding on top of it...."cool" I guess but it will never happen. This shotgun will last 300,000+ shells...Ok if I ever have that much money to spend on shotgun shells then the cost of buying several new shotguns wouldn't matter to me anyway.

I guess it depends on where you place value or what your looking for. Country of origin, aethestic appeal, cost of upgrades, ease of upgrades, historic value, resale value, saftey features, etc. etc. are some of the things that play a role in my purchases as well.

Glocks are by most accounts excellent pistols that are reliable, accurate and durable. On top of that they are cheap to buy compared to alot of other handguns.

 

[PPGMD]

Because they are so common. Nearly everyone that has shot handguns for any length of time has shot a Glock. Not everyone has shot an XD, a CZ or even a 1911, but nearly everyone has shot a Glock. And they are also consistent, there is only one Glock, but there are many 1911s some good, some bad, some loose and durable, while others are accurate but finicky.

When I shoot a new gun I compare it to my Hk USP Tactical, Walther P99c AS, and my CZ 75 SP-01.

 

[EdLaver]

I have to agree with SuperNaut. Movies, television, seeing the majority of police with holstered glocks, rap music lyrics and videos always making references to Glock that lots of people listen to.

I believe thats why the sales are so high because people that know nothing about firearms at least know the Glock name so when they go to buy thats the 1st thing they think of.

Second would probably be Smith and Wesson. Manufacturers like HK, Taurus, Kel-Tec, and others don't have a well known name to the general public so for people who have no gun knowledge, the standard is Glock because of what they have seen and heard.