I don't think Glock has nearly as many haters as Taurus. A few deserve the hate but the great majority don't and they cost less than half of the cost of a Glock.I don't think there is another make of handgun that generates the hatred and negativity displayed toward the Glocks. I don't understand the need to tell us about your animosity toward them.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, DON'T BUY ONE!
Dave
The price. I think Glocks are over-priced.
Recently I was looking for a truck gun and my preference is the G23. But I couldn't find anything except police tradeins for less than $500 (The trade-ins were running ~$350). Ended up getting a brand new M&P40 2.0 compact for $299.
No kidding..I just scored a NEW Glock on GunBroker for about 2/3 of 'MSRP'...You should have looked on gun broker.
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If you read my OP (yes, I'm the one who started this thread), I had no intention of making this a "bash Glock" thread. I too own a Glock 17 - have had it for about 25 years. I started this thread in response to a thread that got closed about Glocks - the premise of that thread was along the line that Glocks are perfect and anyone who disagrees is wrong.No, but it's my wife's favorite and it in NO way deserves to be hate bashed.
I think the popularity is a lot like the popularity of IBM in the early days if computers. Like Glock, the IBM computers were reliable but more expensive than much of the competition. It was said that IBMs were recommended because "nobody ever got fired for recommending IBM".Glocks certainly give rise to many opinions and seem to generate their own publicity. And people buy them. And buy them. And buy them some more.
If you're buying a brand new S&W for half the price of a Glock then you're looking at an overpriced Glock or a very cheap S&W. There is a significant cost difference in many cases between them online, but usually not that much. Still, I do wonder if Glock will ever lower its prices. To some extent I guess they don't need to as they keep making sales, but would they make more at a lower price? I also wonder if it isn't possible to lower a price so much as to make someone think the product is cheap rather than inexpensive.I think the popularity is a lot like the popularity of IBM in the early days if computers. Like Glock, the IBM computers were reliable but more expensive than much of the competition. It was said that IBMs were recommended because "nobody ever got fired for recommending IBM".
Several years ago when I first got interested in handguns, I asked a FBI agent friend what I should buy. Without hesitation, he recommended Glock but due to the cost, I bought a remarkably similar S&W for half the price of a Glock.