Everybody here talks how Glocks are durable and almost indestructible and they really are but there is something what bothers me. I can melt a Glock frame using just a lighter or cut it with a simple pocket knife. So is this a durability or a weak side of this pistol? Also you can melt its frame with a magnifying glass every sunny day.
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If you're in the kind of an environment where your pistol is melting while it's holstered, I think you've got more problems than a pistol can solve.
If you're talking about PRACTICAL indestructability, a Glock will outlast most any other design out there, and you won't need to "baby" it to keep it running.
If you're talking about PRACTICAL indestructability, a Glock will outlast most any other design out there, and you won't need to "baby" it to keep it running.hksigwalther
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In what type of situation would you be in, whether shooting or not, that will expose a Glock to an open flame or knife?
Well..if you are somewhere it is so hot that your Glock starts to melt, I think you will be following very closely behind!
And with the knife..I can also shave an alloy frame into little slivers with my pocket knife. So that really doesn't prove a point about durability.
I believe part of the fact that Glocks are so durable is the fact the polymer frame flexes slightly upon firing and helps cushion the effects of recoil on both the shooter and the weapon. You can also expose them to salt water without worry of rusting, something you definitely would not want to do with an all steel gun. It's no wonder that many folks who work Marine Patrol and Fish and Wildlife carry Glocks.
All frames...steel, polymer and alloy have their advantages and disadvantages, but for a serious all weather, all climate weapon I prefer the Glock.
Ohhh..and little known fact..You can also shave slivers off a M109 series 155mm Howitzer with a pocketknife. Those babies are alloy framed. Just don't ask me how I know this.
Good Shooting
RED
And with the knife..I can also shave an alloy frame into little slivers with my pocket knife. So that really doesn't prove a point about durability.
I believe part of the fact that Glocks are so durable is the fact the polymer frame flexes slightly upon firing and helps cushion the effects of recoil on both the shooter and the weapon. You can also expose them to salt water without worry of rusting, something you definitely would not want to do with an all steel gun. It's no wonder that many folks who work Marine Patrol and Fish and Wildlife carry Glocks.
All frames...steel, polymer and alloy have their advantages and disadvantages, but for a serious all weather, all climate weapon I prefer the Glock.
Ohhh..and little known fact..You can also shave slivers off a M109 series 155mm Howitzer with a pocketknife. Those babies are alloy framed. Just don't ask me how I know this.
Good Shooting
RED
There is one potential problem with Glock's polymer frame. It prob has a relatively short lifespan compared to all steel and wood guns. I have some old rifles that are almost 100 years old and still shoot well. Glock frames, being plastic, will prob become brittle over a LONG period of time. I'm talking about a long time period, like passing your Glock on to your great grandchild.
I think your knife & Bic lighter questions are pretty unrealistic.
However, if you feel those are serious issues. Perhaps you should stay away from "plastic guns"...
of course this means you will have to sell your car since probably 50% or better of the components are plastic...
I think the list goes on forever. I imagine when the combustion engine was dropped into a buggy...someone said "what's with this thing...my ol' Bessy'l run that into the ground"
new is not always seen as better...but I can tell you this much...I love not having to worry if I clean my Glock right away...the same goes for my USP & P99. These new "spaceage" finishes and frames are pretty user friendly. That is one reason people like them so much. Another reason is the simplicity of the newer designs. The Glock is butt ugly but SIMPLE. Simple to clean. Simple to shoot. I rank my Glocks with any other good quality guns...H&K, SIG, CZ, Makarov, etc. I'm not a "Glock Lover"...I'm a gun lover and value all good quality guns,
However, if you feel those are serious issues. Perhaps you should stay away from "plastic guns"...
of course this means you will have to sell your car since probably 50% or better of the components are plastic...
I think the list goes on forever. I imagine when the combustion engine was dropped into a buggy...someone said "what's with this thing...my ol' Bessy'l run that into the ground"
new is not always seen as better...but I can tell you this much...I love not having to worry if I clean my Glock right away...the same goes for my USP & P99. These new "spaceage" finishes and frames are pretty user friendly. That is one reason people like them so much. Another reason is the simplicity of the newer designs. The Glock is butt ugly but SIMPLE. Simple to clean. Simple to shoot. I rank my Glocks with any other good quality guns...H&K, SIG, CZ, Makarov, etc. I'm not a "Glock Lover"...I'm a gun lover and value all good quality guns,
Irfan
S.F. use whatever happens to be in the weapons room that they feel would help them out or they would just like to try out. They have everything, I do mean everything, Glocks included.
Look at a Glock frame like this: The ability to flex and give will make it last a long time. I also don't know of anyone who has worn a Glock out yet, under normal use, which I think excludes zippo burns and cutlery marks.
S.F. use whatever happens to be in the weapons room that they feel would help them out or they would just like to try out. They have everything, I do mean everything, Glocks included.
Look at a Glock frame like this: The ability to flex and give will make it last a long time. I also don't know of anyone who has worn a Glock out yet, under normal use, which I think excludes zippo burns and cutlery marks.
Gottagetme1
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As previously posted,
So you can melt a glock frame with a lighter or cut it with a knife.
Who cares?
You can wreck any gun by simply smashing it with a rock.
What is your point exactly?
Dave
So you can melt a glock frame with a lighter or cut it with a knife.
Who cares?
You can wreck any gun by simply smashing it with a rock.
What is your point exactly?
Dave
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I say we set up a practical exercise where we give a deathrow inmate a plastic bic lighter and one of us plastic framed Glock. We both draw at the same time and see what happens. Can the inmate melt the frame? Can the TFL marksman shoot him first? All these questions and more will be ansered at ..."BATTLE OF THE PLASTICS 2001!" You laugh but I bet I could get Fox to air it . . . .
mlk18
I say we set up a practical exercise where we give a deathrow inmate a plastic bic lighter and one of us plastic framed Glock. We both draw at the same time and see what happens. Can the inmate melt the frame? Can the TFL marksman shoot him first? All these questions and more will be ansered at ..."BATTLE OF THE PLASTICS 2001!" You laugh but I bet I could get Fox to air it . . . .
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I've never hated a gun enough to take a knife or flame to it.Wild Romanian
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Your right about the flexing. The very first thing I noticed many years ago when buying my first Glock was the god AWFUL virbration transmitted to my had while firing it. After firing only one box of mild reloads I had had enough and switched over to my all steel Browning High Power that I then proceded to shoot until I had expended almost 200 rounds in absolute comfort.
Chemicals spilled on the delicate Glock
A buddy of mine was cleaning some automobile parts on his workbench when he accidently spilled some of the cleaner his father had given him on to his Glock that happend to be also sitting on his workbench. RESULT: THE CHEMICAL MELTED THE PORTION OF THE FRAME IT LANDED ON INSTANTLY So much for polymer durabilty. W.R.
I guess all the Glocks I have ever fired had serious defects, as none apparently had the "vibration module" WR alludes to installed. C'est la vie.
How odd that Gun Scrubber, STP Brake Parts Cleaner, or my dishwasher never have had any negative effects on Glock parts in my presence. Also odd that your friend just happened to have his Glock frame handy while playing with mystery solvents that wouldn't harm the bluing or corrode the frame of the steel-framed classics. You know, like sweat does, for example...
How odd that Gun Scrubber, STP Brake Parts Cleaner, or my dishwasher never have had any negative effects on Glock parts in my presence. Also odd that your friend just happened to have his Glock frame handy while playing with mystery solvents that wouldn't harm the bluing or corrode the frame of the steel-framed classics. You know, like sweat does, for example...