Would you buy a gun chambered in .45 GAP?

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GunLuvr01

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I started this thread because I'm starting to see guns chambered in .45 GAP show up on the shelves of gun stores in my area. I know a few state police agencies use it, unless they dumped it recently for a more common caliber. I also heard a few smaller police departments use it as well. Is .45 GAP finally starting to catch on or is it still dying out?
 
It might be ok if you are going to reload your own ammo for it.
Otherwise, as Airforce sez, why make trouble for yourself.
Guns that are hard to get ammo or parts for just add to the hassles of life.
 
Ammo availability was one of my big concerns since I don't reload. I shot a G37 in the past and it was a nice shooting pistol. It's a shame .45 GAP is so rare.
 
Rumor has it that the Glock 45gap was a way to have a 45acp like gun using their standard frames.
Shortened .45 auto calibers have been around for quite awhile.
Some countries that issued .45acp to police and military didn't allow the same ammo for civilians.
Maybe that's where Glock got the idea.
 
No.

#1 I don't like the guns it comes in.
#2 I already have .45acp and have had for over 45 years. So, for me, there's NO point.
#3 see #1

Its a niche round, it hasn't "taken the LEO community by storm", like the .40S&W. And I seriously doubt it will.

And, because of this, its only going to get more hard to find, and expensive, as times goes on, and what little demand there is, fades away.
 
The Georgia State Patrol, which is obviously very fond of Glock, and in some cases, probably a little too cozy with the, recently went from the .45 GAP back to the 9mm.

I agree that the .45 GAP was an answer to the question that no one asked.

A Trooper pal of mine said "The idiots at A-Troop finally sobered up. And promptly started drinking again."

He's a .40 S&W kinda guy.
 
I have one as my duty sidearm and think it's idiotic. The whole grip size issue in my experience is specific only to glock. If you want the 45 carry the real 45.

I guess if you're a dyed in the wool glock fanboy maybe you would get it but as pointed out its an answer looking for a question.
 
Naw

Why get something thing that's made to perform like the original when you can get the origiinal? Same goes for the .357Sig.
 
Maybe a penny on the dollar. I do not have a desire for it just as I do not for a .40 caliber or a 10mm. :)
 
No.

It's been out for years now and whenever someone talks about .45 Gap, I have to do research to remind me what the point of this cartridge was. Every time I look it up, I come to the same conclusion "Oh, yeah - same thing as 45acp, just a bit smaller". Then I completely forget about it. Why? Because no one makes a really small gun chambered for 45 GAP and I like 9mm, 10mm and 40S&W better anyway.
 
No!!

The Georgia State Patrol dumped theirs after a brief experiment and went to G-17's. There were only a handful of LE agencies who tried them and I suspect they will be doing the same if they have not already. I expect to see a lot of LE trade ins show up.
 
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