Dropped my G21

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Yesterday upon returning home from the range I dropped my beloved G21.The only visible damage I can see is an abrasion on the mag.I could not tell my wife because she does not know I own it.So, would you guys please comfort me and tell me some of your horror storys.Please give me some piece of mind.It was dropped on concrete by the way.OUCH!
 
Happened to a coupld of buddies. One guy dropped a brand new CZ75 on a hard concerete floor. It fell on its main spring housing. The darn Czech pistol cracked the concrete (which was easy to repair). The CZ worked just fine despite the fall. Another buddy dropped a SIG Sauer P226 as he was getting out of a jeep. It landed in such a way that the grips cracked. He was in a situation where new grips were impossible to get. He carried it for months with electrical tape wrapped around the grips. The P226 functioned just dandy despite the mishap.

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So many pistols, so little money.

[This message has been edited by Tecolote (edited June 14, 2000).]
 
One evening I was changing clothes after getting home from an errand. I removed my belt, thinking that my G26 was in an IWB holster clipped to the trouser waistband. Well, the G26 was actually in an OWB holster that was held up by the belt. As I pulled off the belt, the G26 plummeted to the floor like a stone, still in its holster. Oops!

No harm done, but, lordy, I was rattled. I did tell my wife, but what could she say?
 
i've dropped a few handguns, never worried about. my $6000 perazzi fell over in the gun rack, no biggy, but the first scatch i got on my old mossberg 22 bolt action almost made me cry when i was a kid. scratched it going through a fence. i thought i was going to have to get an new stock. i survived, not to abuse guns, but accidents do happen.
 
My experience is very similar to Jimmy's. I came home and went to change into my jeans and BOOM, my precious G27 fell on the bedroom floor. It stayed in the holster, and the floor is carpeted, but WOW! I dropped my pistol! I took the Glock apart and looked for damage, but there wasn't any. Still, I consider it a good lesson. I'm very careful now.

Will

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Mendacity is the system we live in.
 
I've dropped my G21 repeatedly. It's tough. Good thing too. No damage to speak of.

The one thing that really gives me the chills is dropping revolvers. They don't seem to fare so well, and a sprung frame on an M57 is the stuff nightmares are made of.
 
As soon as I received my beloved East German Makarov I set about replacing the horrible stock grips with nice Pearce grips. I had to pull REALLY REALLY hard to get the stock grips off. When it finally happened it surprised me and I wound up throwing my new Mak literally across the kitchen onto a thin rug covering linoleum. When I looked at it afterwards it looked as if the barrel was tilted slightly downwards. ARRGGHH!! I looked at a photo in the Ultimate Makarov Guide and the barrel looked a little tilted there too. Whew. Plus, if anything, it shoots high. Whew again.
 
What are you Glock people worried about. As you repeatedly tell us none Glock folk that one can melt down the gun, pour the moulten mixture into a dixie cup, and when it cools, it would still fire...

Anyway, isn't it true that the first scratch/ dings on anything valuable are always the worst- looks and bragging rights wise. It would be cooler to be able to say you were lost in the woods when a rabid grizzly charged. The only thing between you and a bloody, slow, painful death was your trusty Glock. Your buried one magazine in the charging animal. The mag drops as you slam your spare home. You shot with both eyes open knowing that death is meant to be met wide eyed with pride. The kill shot went through the eye socket and scrambled death's brain. The bear drops suddenly, still, dead. You smell the urine as the bear's muscles relax. You being a conscientious (sp?) person bends over to pick up your brass and empty mag which when released fell on a rock and dinged the base plate.

Unfortunately, you get to say, "I dropped my gun." :p:
 
I dropped my G23 in one of the worst ways imaginable...loaded. Hopefully, others can learn from my stupid mistake. I just parked the car and was getting out. At the time, I had this cheap cross-draw holster for driving. As I stood up, I watched in horror my G23 slip out and tumble towards the pavement. Thank god for the craftmenship that Glock puts into their handguns. No discharge, but a couple of minor scratches.

The lesson I learned from this frightening experience: if you're going to carry a handgun get a good, proper fitting holster and don't forget your permit.
 
Just remember, if you drop your gun, especially one that doesn't have a manual safety, let it fall. Don't try to catch it. You're more likely to grab the trigger and have an ND than for the gun to have an AD as it hits the floor. There's a member that had this happen to him/her not too long ago.
Eric

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Formerly Puddle Pirate.
Teach a kid to shoot.
It annoys the antis.
 
I droped my two month old Colt Defender onto the Bathroom tile floor. It hit at the worst possible angle. The rear site hit and was pushed almost completely off the gun. I still haven't got the ting back to the dead on accuracy I had before. I keep overajusting to the right and left when I try to ajust them.
 
Let me just say this:
I know the sound of a BRAND NEW SIG P220 clattering across the pavement.

{CRINGING}

Not a good sound.

Also:
The sound of an M-16 clattering to the ground while in formation during BASIC training!
OUCH!
That sound is usually follow very quickly by an even worse sound... the sound of a gaggle of Drill Sergeant's boots as they stomp a mud-hole into your arse for dropping Uncle Sam's M-16 and breaking formation!
 
I once dropped two taurus 92's at the same time. They were in my coat pockets and my coat slid off the top of a car and hit the cement floor hard. When I retrieved them both rear sites had loosened up in the dovetails, one had fallen out. I had to take a small punch and dimple the inside of the dovetail to get them to stay put again. Both guns still work fine to this day though.
 
I too, know the sound of an M-16 clattering on the ground- sounds awfully like push-ups!

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"Vote with a Bullet."
 
Glock and pretty go together about as well as grease and water. But if I have to drop a gun, I want it to be a glock. I've dropped my G21, and it is now more ugly than when I bought it, but by God it didn't go off when I dropped it! So what if it's scratched, it ain't a 1911 after all! :D
 
I have dropped a couple of guns in my day...
I have a Glock 33 that I dropped about two weeks ago, I was taking my coat downstairs and the damn gun fell right out of the inside coat pocket onto a linoleum covered concrete section of floor.

OUCH...

No damage to the gun and no discharge.

And I also know the sound of an M-16 hitting the ground " HALF RIGHT FACE. FRONT LEANING REST POSITION-MOVE. IN CADENCE, EXERCISE..."


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SHOOT,COMMUNICATE AND MOVE OUT !
 
I once had a Colt Officer's ACP hit the concrete in my garage as I was getting out of the car. It landed on THE HAMMER! Iinterestingly, just the day before, I had decided to stop carrying in condition 2, and had gone to cocked and locked carry. It was as if I was watching in slow-motion; the gun slowly revolved as it was falling, and hit the ground muzzle up, right on the hammer spur.
I'm pretty sure that had the hammer been down on a chambered round, there would have been a discharge. As it was, the safety held, there was no damage except for a little scar on the hammer. But it's not an experience I would care to repeat.

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Shoot straight & make big holes, regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center
 
The whole idea behind Glock is to have a gun with a light trigger, no manual safety, and be able to drop it with no reason to fear AD. The striker isn't fully cocked until you pull the trigger. On top of that there is a firing pin block. The bottom line to this thread is that drop safety is a very important issue when deciding on a gun purchase. It sounds nice to emphasize the safety between our ears but even the most safety conscious will, on rare occassions, slip (mentally) and drop a gun.
 
I was at a handgun class at one of the big schools not too long ago. We were all pushing ourselves to get down to a 0.8 second presentation. On one occasion, I lost my grip (never really had it) on my Kimber compact. I threw it about 3 feet out in front of me. Luckily, we were dry at the time, but I could see the hammer the whole time, and it stayed back. I think the guy on my right was more rattled than I was. The gun felt a little "gritty" the rest of the day, but it seems alright now.
 
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