yes or no..Glock or Colt 1911- which has the better service life???
- Thread starter speros
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Terrific, another pointless bump of a train wreck thread.
It wasn't that far down in the first place.
So you are saying the bump was even more pointless? Awesome, great work.
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Glock.
zombie day...anything i can get my hands on
Canada today... anything i like best...1911 pretty & heavy... glock ugly & light
once they properly chrome polymer and add the ability to swap to cocobolo grips and make the grip rake a little different and add a magwell and make the mag tunnel more of a rectangle and change the trigger to operate in a 1/8" travel at 4lbs...
once they have done all this...I'm buying a glock!
its plastic for goodness sakes.... why DONT they make a glock that looks different?.. there are polymer 1911's too ya know
Canada today... anything i like best...1911 pretty & heavy... glock ugly & light
once they properly chrome polymer and add the ability to swap to cocobolo grips and make the grip rake a little different and add a magwell and make the mag tunnel more of a rectangle and change the trigger to operate in a 1/8" travel at 4lbs...
once they have done all this...I'm buying a glock!
its plastic for goodness sakes.... why DONT they make a glock that looks different?.. there are polymer 1911's too ya know
Greenhorse six
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I don't think Glock can keep up with the orders they get now...there is no shortage of demand for Glocks that look like Glocks. I don't think they would stand to benefit much from building pistols that exist solely to please people who just think current Glocks are too ugly to own.
Glock has built themselves a reputation for being a workhorse pistol that always performs. I believe their target market is people who want a gun meeting that description, not people who want a gun that looks like a 67 mustang or whatever.
Glock has built themselves a reputation for being a workhorse pistol that always performs. I believe their target market is people who want a gun meeting that description, not people who want a gun that looks like a 67 mustang or whatever.
Why do so many of you ##### about the frame being plastic?
Who gives a flying phuck what it's made of if it does the job it is supposed to do? I wouldn't care if it was made of compressed cheese if it did what it promised and Glocks do - every single time.
We use plastics for millions of things. You have plastics in your car, in your food preparation, in your appliances, in the planes we fly in and everywhere on the planet. The material doesn't matter and it shows ignorance when you make it a point of debate.
Yes, plastics can melt and steel can rust - you have proven that you understand a concept that a child can appreciate and that is that different materials have different properties. Now put on your big boy pants and get on with it. No one gives a sh!t.
Greenhorse six
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Go slow, your logic is a bit complex for some to follow. Ugly polymer guns don't look as cool as a polished all steel gun in the safe. Everything has to match when you show off your safe queens.
TDC
Steel can melt too...
This is incorrect.
I have very small hands, probably lower 5% of adult males.
A 1911 fitted with slim grips and a flat mainspring housing fits me better than any other pistol on the market.
I still need an over sized mag release if I don't want to shift my grip to drop a mag but it's doable.
It is so slim because of its' single stack magazine.
Also the single action trigger pull on a 1911 is also shorter than that of any other pistol and with a short trigger shoe it can be adapted to fit even the smallest hands.
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My very first pistol was a Colt Gold Cup 1911.
I loved it.
I worked away from home for years, came back and sold the Colt and bought a Glock 17 (9mm).
To be honest, The only real difference between the two is the recoil.
The Colt had a much better trigger, being a Gold Cup, but both go *BANG* everytime I pull the trigger. I never had jamming issues with my Colt. My Glock eats everything I feed it.
In the end, the Glock was cheaper to feed. I think that was the tipping point for me.
Both guns are winners, you can't go wrong.
I loved it.
I worked away from home for years, came back and sold the Colt and bought a Glock 17 (9mm).
To be honest, The only real difference between the two is the recoil.
The Colt had a much better trigger, being a Gold Cup, but both go *BANG* everytime I pull the trigger. I never had jamming issues with my Colt. My Glock eats everything I feed it.
In the end, the Glock was cheaper to feed. I think that was the tipping point for me.
Both guns are winners, you can't go wrong.
Greenhorse six
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I thought this thread was about platforums ,not calibers, as both the 1911 and Glock can be had in most the same calibers as the other ,which kind of voids the whole Cheeper to shoot ,stopping power thing.
So why are people automatically thinking .45ACP when talking about the 1911?
So why are people automatically thinking .45ACP when talking about the 1911?
mudgunner49
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Because the 1911 is designed around the .45ACP and has always worked best in that caliber, just as the Glock was designed aaround the 9x19 and always works better in that flavour...
Greenhorse six
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
i wasnt #####in about it being made from plastic.... I wAS #####ing that its made from plastic and could be ANY shape... but they picked an UGLY shape/design.
Glock is not having a hard time keeping up with demand.
they are having a hard time deciding whether or not to re-invest their profits further in more equipment.... or executive benefits.
when companies are too busy from demand.. there will always be the expand my business or expand my wallet day.
its easier to expand the wallet...and why growth is fewer and rarer today than before.
for glock to make a different looking frame & slide will only require a $150-$250k mold.
(for mass production) and a $3-5 million molding machine (for MASS production)
otherwise they can just add that new mold into the circulation for large and small frames.
GLOCK's look is now its brand.. and the glockers have bought into it (like 1911 guys).
there are a lot of utilitarian things that follow the "function over form" mantra.
glock v.s. 1911 is not about better any more.. its about taste
Glock is not having a hard time keeping up with demand.
they are having a hard time deciding whether or not to re-invest their profits further in more equipment.... or executive benefits.
when companies are too busy from demand.. there will always be the expand my business or expand my wallet day.
its easier to expand the wallet...and why growth is fewer and rarer today than before.
for glock to make a different looking frame & slide will only require a $150-$250k mold.
(for mass production) and a $3-5 million molding machine (for MASS production)
otherwise they can just add that new mold into the circulation for large and small frames.
GLOCK's look is now its brand.. and the glockers have bought into it (like 1911 guys).
there are a lot of utilitarian things that follow the "function over form" mantra.
glock v.s. 1911 is not about better any more.. its about taste
