A Story About Glocks.

I have watched a few Glock torture tests on Youtube, have shot them for many years and that's why I would trust a Glock with my life. In 10's of thousands of rounds fired, I have never had any of my Glocks malfunction. I do replace parts as suggested, but I'm sure that I could have went thousands of rounds after without a problem.
 
FreedomIsn'tFree said:
I have watched a few Glock torture tests on Youtube, have shot them for many years and that's why I would trust a Glock with my life. In 10's of thousands of rounds fired, I have never had any of my Glocks malfunction. I do replace parts as suggested, but I'm sure that I could have went thousands of rounds after without a problem.
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Amen!
 
I have only fired 2 glocks
first one was a 40 cal a very long time ago (gen 1) glad it was not mine could not hit a target with repeatability
and 45 acp model that one of my friends had (not bad) I hit 3 out of 5 shots on steel at 50 yds (never fired that gun before)

But something can be said about steel framed guns -- if you have a brass fail in the head area all you do is replace the grip panels and put in another mag and you are up and running again
you dont have a cracked frame
 
No doubt they are extremely functional tools. But I just can't get over the ugly factor. Of course aesthetics is a personal thing. I can appreciate the function over form philosophy though. But I'm much more likely to be plinking plates at the range than defending my life with one. And I've been trying to refrain from throwing my pistols in the mud and stomping on them. I guess it's good to know that if the urge strikes, the gun is up to it.
 
Great story, but like the previous post says they look like they are made of Lego's, no doubt that they seem to be a decent performer.
 
It is reassuring Fargone!

Lot's of testimonials about reliability, a story of an officer taking out a shooter from almost 200yds came out of Miami, and unfortunately stories (early on) of untimely discharges from the safe-action trigger, some resulting in injuries and some fatalities.

I own glocks in race trim and duty trim and am a fan of their use for LEO and military. Lot's of guns do things better than Glocks on a feature by feature basis, but none present the total package Glock does in terms of reliablility, ease of use, ergomnomics, value and accuracy.
 
Fargone4sure said:
No doubt they are extremely functional tools. But I just can't get over the ugly factor. Of course aesthetics is a personal thing. I can appreciate the function over form philosophy though. But I'm much more likely to be plinking plates at the range than defending my life with one. And I've been trying to refrain from throwing my pistols in the mud and stomping on them. I guess it's good to know that if the urge strikes, the gun is up to it.
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Looks aren't everything :)
 
Random Letters said:
Great stories, but throwing a Glock with a round in the chamber down range and then all running to jump on top of it sounds like a bad idea.
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Nah, just some fancy marketing way for them to show off the firing-pin plunger safety back then. We all understand why the Glock won't go off because the plunger safety is totally blocking the firing pin from even moving forward at all but back in the 80's it was such an amazing new concept most people don't realize what's going on inside. Anyone who understand how the Glock working internally nowadays will probably say 'yeah that is expected, why so surprised? (unless you have a really faulty safety plunger spring.... muhahahahhahaha)' Should anyone try to do that with a Glock? NO.... Is it a cool marketing scheme... Kinda... at least in the 80's
 
That's why all I own for handguns is a out of the box never to be modified in any way Gen. 4 G17. Never been in a situation where I needed to preserve my life with it and hopefully never will. But if and when it all collapses and shtf the simpler the better. I despise "beautiful" handguns/firearms.
 
silverfoxdj said:
Looks aren't everything :)
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Amen brother, makes me think of my first wife, but I digress.

During my last trip to the range, I took a 1911, a p38, a snub nose 44 mag, and an old Colt Police Positive I've had for 40 years. All went bang without issue. Now that I think of it, of the 7 different 1911's I've owned, I've only ever had one failure to cycle (limp wristing a brand new commander length). My point being that most major platforms essentially work. So for my purposes, looks is a bigger consideration.

Now if my job dictated that my life might depend on the the gun, maybe I'd look at a very small increase in the potential functioning of a gun somewhat differently. And if I had to lug the dog gone thing all day, week in and out, the weight of a glock would become appealing. No doubt if I was using the gun for one of the speed based competitive sports, a Glock might be in my future. But none of those things are in my future, so aesthetics continue to be important to me.
 
I wish the grip wasn't at the angle it's at. I find they point naturally high. I've had five different models of Glock's and prefer the G19 I have but I am considering getting rid of it in favour of the new P2000 I just acquired. I do prefer a pistol with a higher bore axis because I find them easier to manipulate when using C clamp grasp. The slide stop lever is a little too small on the Glocks for my liking. During a phase 2 stoppage locking back the slide in a high stress situation with sweaty hands would prove difficult imo. I know I know a glock will never give you a stoppage lol.
 
patriot1 said:
That's why all I own for handguns is a out of the box never to be modified in any way Gen. 4 G17. But if and when it all collapses and shtf the simpler the better.
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I don't know, on top of having to deal with a catastrophic breakdown of society, loss of life as we know it, pestilence, and predation, having to deal with the aesthetics of a Glock might make me decide to end it all. Sorry, couldn't resist, lol.
 
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