I know the thread is titled, "Why everyone loves Glocks so much", but the same reasons that I love Glocks are the same reasons why some folks hate them
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The reasons people hate Glocks (Nomex flame suit on)
1. People hate it when a gun that costs $500 brand new is more reliable than their $3000 custom built 1911, and runs out of the box on any kind of ammo without having to have anything tuned or adjusted.
2. People hate it when a Glock is tortured tested by every means possible, including dropping from a helicopter and being thrown up against a cinder block wall repeatedly with a spring loaded skeet thrower, and it still runs.
3. Gunsmiths hate the Glock because they won't make any money off of it, because the average person can do most if not all of the trigger and sight work at his kitchen table with a minimum of tools and labor.
4. People hate the Glock because they can never practice live fire malfunction drills like they do on a regular basis with the 1911.
5. Range officers hate the Glock because it gives them no job security, because when a department is equipped with the Glock they get to leave early because everybody qualified with no malfunctions. They also hate the Glock because you can give the average rookie a Glock and about five minutes of instruction and they will shoot a passing score.
I will always own at least one Glock, one AK and one Remington 870, because they are all virtually 100% reliable. A gun you trust your life to has to run, period.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr