What makes glocks so popular????

FraserJ20 said:
When I point my index finger at an object as if I was trying to touch it, I can open my hand, put the GLOCK in and the sights line up near perfect (try it, it is actually pretty cool). Try the same thing with a 1911 and tell me where the sights line up.

So tell me smart guy, which one points more naturally?
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That makes the Glock a great pistol....for you. That is a great way to tell if a pistol fits you, and for you the 1911 doesn't work. This (like shoe fit) doesn't mean it will do the same for the next guy.
 
Soli said:
.....the weird wrist angle necessary to line up the sights properly just pissed me off to no end.
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The grip angle on a Glock allows you to use a total contact thumbs-forward grip giving more control/accuracy and lowering the bore axis as much as possible. Do you use the thumbs-forward hold?
 
Glocks are simple and realiable. I have a G21 and favour it over my M&P9. Which im selling/trading to get a G17. The grip angle might be the one and only thing negative. I've yet to have a single stoppage with the Glock. 1911's suck period for they have too many features/failures.(gave mine away years ago) The simplicity of the Glock is what makes the difference. Point and shoot. Why else is Smith and Wesson trying to copy the design with the sigma?...and got sued in court...to come out with the M&P years later.
 
Glocks are the Pontiac Sunfires of the gun world. Made of plastic, ugly, cheap, and they are everywhere. When something is so cheap, people buy it. When people buy something, they tend to become it's fanboy.




I wasn't going to say anything, but with all the 1911 and Sig bashing, I figured some of you need to be put in your place. I wonder how many of these Glock fanboys have ever even fired something else?

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Who is sig bashing? There will be no sig bashing other than the allowed "it feels like a 2x4".... Sorry to hear that. Too bad sigs have been to hell and back.:rockOn: Where's norc been? To my house and back to the shop, where it came from.

There will never be a fix all for this glock argument. Some people don't like em period.. Just like i don't like norc's, and some people love em. Doesn't mean i'm wrong or he's wrong. Just means i spend my money wisely, and he likes to waste his money.

Heyy oh.!:stirthepot2:

Oh yeah glocks.. I'd like a G17 :D
 
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Austen said:
Well I'll confess I have never read anywhere, that Glock designed their pistol to have an required unnatural wrist push to line up the sights. I guess that is pure genius!! Because it worked, they have 70% of the American LE market and that’s a lot of coin just there!! And just think of the extra training costs alone required to re-teach the cops how to shoot all over again??? Gaston is a GENIUS!!!
But alas...it turns out I have a weird wrist, I tried as hard as I could, and my damn wrist kept lining up the same damn way for each of my pistols! Dammit! Why do I have to be so different????
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Guys, AFAIK the grip angle was designed so that the pistol aims slightly higher and to hit a target at 25 yards I think. It was a comprise. Different bullet weights and powder charges produce different trajectories and it was designed for the 9mm. There was no ulterior motive to capture any market and I don't drink the Glock kool-aid.
 
Glock rules because it is reliable, reasonably priced, comes in all popular calibers and will flat out-shoot most other pistols in the right hands.

I own three handguns, all Glocks (17, 22, 37) and wouldn't trade them for any other pistol on the market.

I dare someone else to fire a Glock next to a 1911 shooter and then toss it in a mudpuddle at the range to cool it off as you reload. Pick it up and keep shooting. I've done it and couldn't imagine any other pistol working in conditions like that. That's why I trust my life to one and am sold on the design. The fact they contain few parts, shoot great and are just plain easy to train anyone one are also pluses.
 
I believe the first post was about a G20 or G29 aka 10 mm. First Glocks are simple, reliable, shoot well and are inexpensive compared to other firearms such as H&k, 1911 clones, Sig etc. Not even comparable to above mentioned especially in a 10 mm chambering. In the 10 mm variant they are by far the best all around fire arm out there. For a wilderness carry type auto loader they have excellent features such as light rail, simplicity of use, capable of handeling fairly heavy hand loads, comfortable to carry (compared to a revolver).
 
They're inexpensive, simple to work on, parts are cheap and easy to find and they go bang every single time you pull the trigger.
 
It's probably everything said already:

-reliable
-come in all sizes
-easy to handle
-a ton of accessoires
-cheap mags

Got myself a Glock19 last month, absolutely love it.
 
I own a used G22 .40.

What can I say that hasn't already been said a zillion times?

This is the most realiable handgun I own. Period.

I ALWAYS carry a gun on my land. BUT, If I strap on a gun thinking I may actually NEED to use it (on the property for predator protection), I put a Glock into my Don Hume Special Agent holster. I know I can bet my life on it doing what it was made to do.
 
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