Hey there folks,
I've been packing my new M29 10mm 'compact' Glock for about a month now and thought I'd drop a note with some thoughts in case anybody was considering this piece. This is my first Glock and my first gun in 10mm.
It's a great weapon, first off, CCW or otherwise. The power-to-weight-to-size equation is really something. The thing almost hums as it sits there idle. 11 rounds of ProLoad 180gr in the basic package makes for a capable weapon. It's not a mousegun by any measure.
Rather than sit here and spout off all that I love about this gun, I'll give my complaints instead (with the disclaimer that I really love this gun
) as those observations are likely to be more valuable to anyone considering one. Suffice it to say in the praise dept. that's it's a high-quality weapon in a major-league caliber from a respected manufacturer.
Now the complaint dept.
1. It's a bit too wide. The often heard comments about the smaller Glocks feeling 'blocky' when carried ring true for me. It's no big deal, but it's just thicker than I'd like it to be if everything was perfect. Of course, the thickness is a trade-off for other aspects such as the caliber and capacity.
2. It tends to point a bit high for me. This won't bother everybody, but if I just throw the gun up there and lock my wrist, the base of the front sight is perched on top of the rear sight. It would seem the grip angle is less-than-ideal, for me at least. This is, of course, not limited to the M29, all Glocks have the same grip angle (AFAIK). I'm considering having a local pistolsmith (Burns Custom) change the grip angle for me one of these days.
3. I'm not huge on the factory sights. The front sight is too wide and there's not enough light on either side of it as it sits in the rear notch. I prefer more light in the picture. I find more light alongside the front post makes for a more discernable 'flash' sight picture, faster acquisition and better rapid strings for me. This gun will get a set of AO Express sights right away. If post-in-notch is more your style, I would put a set of Heinie slant-pro's on it.
4. While the two-finger grip isn't impossible to deal with, controlling the gun in rapid strings is a hell of a lot easier with the Pearce grip extender [$10/mag] than without. The CCW profile isn't greatly altered, as far as I can tell. So all the mags now sport the extended finger shelf.
5. I wasn't crazy about the 'feel' of the grip, either. It was battering me just a hair in the web of my shooting hand, and I'm not crazy about the 'checkering'. So I put a Hogue HandAll grip sleeve on it [$12] and cut off the excess at the bottom. Much better. The Hogue grip-sleeve is one of my favorite pistol accessories. It was just made for my (largish) hands.
That's pretty much it. It was %100 reliable until this morning, when I had two stoppages in about 50 rounds. One stovepipe and one failure to feed. I just replaced the 4340 ejector and this is the first time it's been out since that replacement...which is a little disappointing.
I'll have to wring it out hard real soon here and see what the deal is. About 400 rounds through it so far and those two failures today were the only problems of any kind...although that's 2 too many
All-in-all I'm very happy with it. It rides in either a SideArmor 15-degree IWB or an Alessi Talon Plus IWB right now. The SideArmor is great, although the Alessi leather gets the nod for concealability (it tucks the gun in just a tiny hair tighter and there's nothing protruding under the belt as with the SideArmor) and comfort (not that the sidearmor isn't very comfortable). But the SideArmor gets points for being a bit faster (kydex, don't you know. Although this Alessi has the best 'break' of any leather holster I've used) and is more secure when sitting and getting in-and-out of the car and such. Not that the Talon is going to fall off or anything, but the SideArmor tends to hold its position/rake better. The Talon comes on and off more easily if getting the thing off of you in a hurry is important, which it's not for me. The SideArmor is more 'Glockish', when the gun is holstered, it's a nice little package, although the Alessi is definitely classier! (and smells better) I'm not sure which holster I like best just yet, they're both very high quality and I'd recommend either without hesitation.
Stay safe,
- gabe
I've been packing my new M29 10mm 'compact' Glock for about a month now and thought I'd drop a note with some thoughts in case anybody was considering this piece. This is my first Glock and my first gun in 10mm.
It's a great weapon, first off, CCW or otherwise. The power-to-weight-to-size equation is really something. The thing almost hums as it sits there idle. 11 rounds of ProLoad 180gr in the basic package makes for a capable weapon. It's not a mousegun by any measure.
Rather than sit here and spout off all that I love about this gun, I'll give my complaints instead (with the disclaimer that I really love this gun
) as those observations are likely to be more valuable to anyone considering one. Suffice it to say in the praise dept. that's it's a high-quality weapon in a major-league caliber from a respected manufacturer.Now the complaint dept.
1. It's a bit too wide. The often heard comments about the smaller Glocks feeling 'blocky' when carried ring true for me. It's no big deal, but it's just thicker than I'd like it to be if everything was perfect. Of course, the thickness is a trade-off for other aspects such as the caliber and capacity.
2. It tends to point a bit high for me. This won't bother everybody, but if I just throw the gun up there and lock my wrist, the base of the front sight is perched on top of the rear sight. It would seem the grip angle is less-than-ideal, for me at least. This is, of course, not limited to the M29, all Glocks have the same grip angle (AFAIK). I'm considering having a local pistolsmith (Burns Custom) change the grip angle for me one of these days.
3. I'm not huge on the factory sights. The front sight is too wide and there's not enough light on either side of it as it sits in the rear notch. I prefer more light in the picture. I find more light alongside the front post makes for a more discernable 'flash' sight picture, faster acquisition and better rapid strings for me. This gun will get a set of AO Express sights right away. If post-in-notch is more your style, I would put a set of Heinie slant-pro's on it.
4. While the two-finger grip isn't impossible to deal with, controlling the gun in rapid strings is a hell of a lot easier with the Pearce grip extender [$10/mag] than without. The CCW profile isn't greatly altered, as far as I can tell. So all the mags now sport the extended finger shelf.
5. I wasn't crazy about the 'feel' of the grip, either. It was battering me just a hair in the web of my shooting hand, and I'm not crazy about the 'checkering'. So I put a Hogue HandAll grip sleeve on it [$12] and cut off the excess at the bottom. Much better
. The Hogue grip-sleeve is one of my favorite pistol accessories. It was just made for my (largish) hands.That's pretty much it. It was %100 reliable until this morning, when I had two stoppages in about 50 rounds. One stovepipe and one failure to feed. I just replaced the 4340 ejector and this is the first time it's been out since that replacement...which is a little disappointing.
I'll have to wring it out hard real soon here and see what the deal is. About 400 rounds through it so far and those two failures today were the only problems of any kind...although that's 2 too many All-in-all I'm very happy with it. It rides in either a SideArmor 15-degree IWB or an Alessi Talon Plus IWB right now. The SideArmor is great, although the Alessi leather gets the nod for concealability (it tucks the gun in just a tiny hair tighter and there's nothing protruding under the belt as with the SideArmor) and comfort (not that the sidearmor isn't very comfortable). But the SideArmor gets points for being a bit faster (kydex, don't you know. Although this Alessi has the best 'break' of any leather holster I've used) and is more secure when sitting and getting in-and-out of the car and such. Not that the Talon is going to fall off or anything, but the SideArmor tends to hold its position/rake better. The Talon comes on and off more easily if getting the thing off of you in a hurry is important, which it's not for me. The SideArmor is more 'Glockish', when the gun is holstered, it's a nice little package, although the Alessi is definitely classier! (and smells better
) I'm not sure which holster I like best just yet, they're both very high quality and I'd recommend either without hesitation.Stay safe,
- gabe
The grip angle of a Glock is 18 degrees which is very close to the P08 Luger. If you are not used to it, it will indeed shoot high. That will just take a little geting used to. I have a Ruger MK-II which is a P08 in .22LR, and have shot it extensively, so the transition to the Glock was simple. You might consider it.