Compensated Glocks

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Bill Daniel

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I need help from those with experience with compensated Glocks. I originally bought my wife a Model 60 38 Special for CCW. I put on Pachmahr grips and I had the trigger polished and springs lightened but she still does'nt enjoy shooting it that much due to recoil. I was looking into a Glock 19 as I thought the recoil would be less and would give her more fire power. The Glock web site recommended the compensated version for those who are recoil sensitive. Anyone have experience with these? Does it really make a difference? Are there draw backs?
Thanks,
Bill Daniel

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I wouldn't get a compensated Glock 9mm. A semi-automatic is going to have less felt recoil because of it's action type, and absorbant polymer frame. There's really no point to it in my opinion. Anything ABOVE 9mm, I'd get comped for the wife though... and that's only if you want to stick with Glocks.

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Being 'blessed' with large hands, I need some heftier guns to shoot, a G19 is a subcompact for me, so I went with a 20. Shoots a bit stuffer but works. My brother also has one, comped. The flash from the comp almost *blinds* me when I shoot the nasty reloads that are a bit above spec. It's fine if you shoot it at a one-way range, but if you got into a 'two-way' range situation, you'll prefer more recoil to being half blind at night or under dim light conditions.

OTOH, shooting a compensated .454 can be lots of fun! :)
 
Bill, is it the recoil that bothers your wife or is it the flash and noise?

If the physical recoil is the problem, the compensator may solve the problem for you - although the Glock in 9mm is pretty easy to handle.

If your wife is simply flinching at the noise and flash of the gun, the compensator may not help the problem and may in fact make it worse since it will make the gun louder and increase the flash that is visible to the shooter. Just something to consider...
 
A technical point: the "C" model Glocks use porting (holes cut into the top of the barrel), not compensators (devices with expansion chambers attached to the end of the barrel).

So why aren't they called the "P" models? Good question. :)
 
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I have a Glock 19C. I bought the "C" mdel because i got a heck of a deal on it...I wouldn't have spent the extra money for the ported gun otherwise.
It's definitely low recoil, but the extra noise may bother your wife more.
I fired both ported and non-ported models. Frankly, I can't tell the difference in recoil.
 
I bought my daughter a Glock 26 a few months back. Prior to that pistol, she'd only fired my .22 Colt Woodsman. She's not a large woman, but has absolutely no problems with the 9mm recoil. As a matter of fact, she loves her little Glock.

I don't think that your wife would have any problems with the G19 recoil. If she's afraid of the flash and noise, she just needs to shoot enough to get over that fear.
 
Thanks fellows!!

Bill Daniel

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Prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law and their weapons will become harmless.
 
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