Carl the Floor Walker
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Originally Posted by dogtown tom View Post
Well, your "clarification" is no more accurate than your original post.
Glocks are probably the least ammo sensitive handgun in production.
I'm not sure what your point really is.
Claims like this are IMO just BS.
Well then sparky.....provide evidence that I'm wrong.
Nothing wrong with a Glock, but just never have seen these type of claims to be true.
Huh? If there's nothing wrong.....then the claims are true.
And you really ought to do a few minutes of research looking at what the military already has tested.
Good gun, but there are just so many that are good guns or better.
Again, huh? "Nothing wrong", "Good gun".......yet you still seem to find fault.
And no one has written that there aren't guns just as good.
If there are "so many that are good guns or better"....then list them.
Where does Glock get all propaganda from? They have won so many Gov. bids that people that have been issued one, and they are by the millions I would guess, will say they are the best gun made, yet so many have never once owned any other gun.
I didn't buy into the hype about Glocks until ten years ago. I disliked the twenty five year olds recommending a pistol that was their only data point.
I currently own around forty center fire semiautomatic handguns that are not Glocks. Among them Colt Governments and Commanders, Beretta Cougars, two dozen Hi Powers at last count. Then there's the .380's....Remington 51's, Stars, Browning BDA, Mauser and several FN 1910/55 and 1922's.
So yeah, my handgun exposure is limited.
If Glocks were up to all the claims, then myself and many other gun enthusiast would own one, but don't.
Not necessarily. A Beretta 92 is a fine handgun....but I dislike guns with slide mounted safeties. Thats why I'll never own one. (and yes I know about the DAO versions)
Or own one, but prefer other guns.
Thats fine. I dearly love my Hi Powers....finest handgun ever made. But if my life depends on a handgun I'll choose a Glock 17. It ain't pretty, but is a tool.
If someone gave me $500 and said buy a pistol. It would not be a Glock. But, that does not mean they are not nice guns, but just not a preference.
Don't take this the wrong way.......but no one should really gives two hoots what you prefer. Thats the concept behind personal preference.
But if you named what pistol is your personal preference, others are certainly free to express why we dislike your choice.
I have a customer that has sent his "custom" (brand redacted) 1911 back to the manufacturer at least three times....he poo poos Glock btw. His $2000+ 1911 may be minute of Gnat at 50yds, yet requires constant care, is so picky about ammunition that the manufacturer gives him a list of the ammo he should use.....yeah, thats quality right there. IMHO, its a shiny paperweight.
As far as accuracy, they are a defensive carry gun, and not target gun. They shoot just fine, but again, about on par with most others in the hands of experience shooters.
Well, they shoot just as accurately for inexperienced shooters as well. Bullseye competition? NRA slow fire with your hand in your back pocket?
An accurized 1911 is great for that, but those are games. And you'll spend faaaaar more than $500 working on the 1911 to get it right.
IMO the beauty of a Glock is in its simplicity, reliability, durability and function. I can count the number of Glocks I've had to ship back to Glock for repair on two fingers. Given the number of Glocks I transfer vs other brands its an amazing statistic. 1911's or Taurus? I need a roomful of fingers.