jtduncan--thanks for your comment.
automainea--I did not say that a BG took the slide off my Glock. I hope I never meet that person. If I created a misimpression, sorry. I was responding to a comment that a person's Glock had never malfunctioned in a way that took him out of the game. My model 22 did. Once I couldn't get the gun to go off while I was dry firing after a range session during the time that I was using it as a duty gun. I was pulling the trigger so hard the trigger bar was bending, but it wouldn't go click. I ultimately diagnosed that the contact point where the trigger bar meets the connector was dry (I tend to be a minimalist in terms of lubrication on a carry gun), and a small drop of oil cured it. (P.S. Exhibit A in the case for backups.) For some reason I tend to be one of those people who can get anything to malfunction, like the Sig P220 that jammed on factory .45 hardball, or the same gun that had the front sight walk off the gun while I was shooting it. (Exhibit B) I had a trigger spring break on a Beretta the day after I almost needed it real bad. (Exhibit C) Machinery is just machinery. It's never 100%, not even a Glock. Always have alternatives in mind, even if it's your feet.
automainea--I did not say that a BG took the slide off my Glock. I hope I never meet that person. If I created a misimpression, sorry. I was responding to a comment that a person's Glock had never malfunctioned in a way that took him out of the game. My model 22 did. Once I couldn't get the gun to go off while I was dry firing after a range session during the time that I was using it as a duty gun. I was pulling the trigger so hard the trigger bar was bending, but it wouldn't go click. I ultimately diagnosed that the contact point where the trigger bar meets the connector was dry (I tend to be a minimalist in terms of lubrication on a carry gun), and a small drop of oil cured it. (P.S. Exhibit A in the case for backups.) For some reason I tend to be one of those people who can get anything to malfunction, like the Sig P220 that jammed on factory .45 hardball, or the same gun that had the front sight walk off the gun while I was shooting it. (Exhibit B) I had a trigger spring break on a Beretta the day after I almost needed it real bad. (Exhibit C) Machinery is just machinery. It's never 100%, not even a Glock. Always have alternatives in mind, even if it's your feet.