What is the appeal of Glock handguns?
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In my experience and from my observation people love the pure, no frills, functionality and reliability of the Glock. They are like a hammer, rugged and reliable. Glock, being as popular as it is, also has great availability of lights, holsters, magazines, and spare parts.
With that said, provided its reliable and dependable, get what strikes your fancy. There are lots of good options these days.
One thing to watch out for is the price and availability of magazines. got a P365 and replacement magazines were $50 each regardless of size.
With that said, provided its reliable and dependable, get what strikes your fancy. There are lots of good options these days.
One thing to watch out for is the price and availability of magazines. got a P365 and replacement magazines were $50 each regardless of size.
I've always felt that Glocks are fair choices to issue to people who need a gun for their job, but don't know what a good gun is, and don't care one way or the other.
Lots of people tout its reliability, as if it were a feature other guns don't have. Its not. An acceptable level of reliability is a baseline, or if you prefer, a foundation. Its not a feature, it is a minimum requirement, and no individual gun should be counted as 100% flawless, even if it never choked, it still could.
Lots of people tout its reliability, as if it were a feature other guns don't have. Its not. An acceptable level of reliability is a baseline, or if you prefer, a foundation. Its not a feature, it is a minimum requirement, and no individual gun should be counted as 100% flawless, even if it never choked, it still could.
What exactly is a “good gun”?
That’s fair, but I feel like the statement you made previously comes across a lot more objective than it does subjective.
Also, what’s the significance of capitalizing the G and the L? You’ve done it multiple times, so I’m assuming there’s a meaning I am missing.
bedbugbilly
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Some people like apples . . . some like oranges. I have been shooting for 60 + years and have owned man handguns of different makes. Never wanted a Glock . . . . until I tried one. My EDC is a Glock 29 . . . . maybe it's boring to some . . . . but I trust the function and accuracy of it . . . . never had an issue or hiccup with it. Simply put . . . boring or not . . . I'm willing to stake my life on it if the need ever arises . . . regardless of whether it's boring or not. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder . . . and as Louis Sullivan preached . . . "form follows function". Every is different . . . buy what you like . . . just remember that function and reliability "trumps" appeal and pretty every time.
dogtown tom
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Thats a pretty flawed assumption IMO.
If not downright asinine.I'm positive I know "what a good gun is" and I most definitely do care.
I bought my first handgun at age 16, my first 1911 and Hi Power before I was 21. I didn't buy my first Glock until I was in my 50's.
You may need to seek counseling for your fear of Glocksperfectionitis. "Lots of people" tout that reliability because its true.
dogtown tom
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No, its not.
The Glock logo is a stylized upper case letter "G" that incorporates an upper case letter "L" with the letters "OCK" inside the "G".[/QUOTE]https://uspto.report/TM/90800709
ALL the letters are uppercase....... "GLOCK"
Nowhere, on any Glock firearm ever, has the word "GLock" been marked, nor is that spelling used in any Glock literature. In fact, GLOCK is used.
How on earth anyone would think its spelled GLock is befuddling at best.
So, I'm befuddled. Possibly by the fact that all the letters are not the same SIZE and also that apparently when it comes to GLOCK some people can't (or won't) take a joke.
Of course, unlike a certain advertising campaign, I never claimed to be "Perfection".
Not all jokes are as funny as the teller might think; open mic night at a comedy club is a painful reminder of that.
That said, if you had stated, “I do it this way to poke fun of Glock and its fans”, I personally would have responded, “Okay”. When you instead say that people should look at the logo more closely and the logo isn’t the same as what you had been typing, then yes some people will point out the differences. Is that pedantic? Probably, but I can think of other past discussions on this forum that could also be argued to have been pedantic.
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dogtown tom
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Yet THEY ARE. The letter you claim is a capital "L" is...... wait for it.....the exact same size as the "OCK".
They are ALL capital letters. The letter "G" encompassing the others. It's a LOGO. Logos are logos. And that logo isn't spelled "GLock". Your claim was that only the "G" and "L" were caps.....its clear they aren't.
Oh please.
"But, but, but I was joking" is only applicable when actually making a joke. You weren't. You were either blind to the fact that "LOCK" in the logo are all the same size/font or you really think the brand is "GLock". Or you were purposely using "GLock" to be disparaging.
I suppose you think this is "OSiG"?
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