so im not a glock fan boy.
i prefer M&P when it comes to plastic pistols.
but several years ago a 17C fell into my lap and i could not turn down the price point of it.
i put that pistol through HELL!
never cleaned it, treated it like a x-girlfriend at 3am on a Saturday night.
just plain treated that pistol like i hated it.
and it worked every frig'n time i took it out.
it ate all the thousands of rounds i fed it and i never cleaned it....ever!
finally i had to admit that the damn things are tanks.
and i gruelingly had to admit they where super reliable.
then i thought since they are super reliable i should try to find one that fits my hand better, everyone says the 19 is the way to go, so i got a 19TB.
not gonna lie, liked the size better but the finger groves drive me nuts!
another year went by and i wanted to get into 10mm so i picked up a G40, again, gun never fails, but holy hell is that pistol huge!
so there i was with a small glock.... a normal glock.... and a massive glock.
then the 19X came out.
i picked one up and instantly fell in love with it!
it is by far one of my favorite pistols.
accurate, comfortable and flawless function.
so as far as i go i would recommend the 19X to everyone.
in fact i tell people if they are only going to own one pistol they should probably get a Glock.
now dont get me wrong, there are still a LOT better pistols out there for the price point.
Canik and Walther's (pretty much the same) as mentioned above have probably the best trigger out of the box and are real nice.
i prefer the M&P family because they fit my hand like a glove.
Ruger makes some nice economical pistols.
while i dont like how shodow's feel in my hand i hit bulls with my dads every time i shoot it.
at the end of the day there are 20 - 30 pistols in that price point, if you like the look and feel of the 19X then pick it up, it wont dissapoint.
after you get comfy with it then for #2 get one that fixes the things you dont like about the Glock.
keep moving forward like that.
19X -> Canik -> Shadow kinda jumps.
