What is the deal with Glocks?

[stantond]

The Glock is the first 'new' handgun design in many years with some good ideas and benefits.  The quality of Glock's is very good as well.  Most automatics other than Glocks are Browning designs or 'knock offs' of Browning designs.  That is a real tribute to John Browning's genius, but not too innovative.  

The combination of modern materials (plastics) which absorb some of the recoil energy combined with the spring loaded firing ping and pin blocking safety make for a highly effective and safe handgun.  I have had no problems keeping a magazine of rounds inside a 3" diameter circle at 50 feet.  A specialized load would probably enhance a Glock's accuracy if that's your goal.  I would not consider Glock's exceptionally accurate but they are exceptionally reliable, safe, and easy to maintain.  

For accuracy enhancements to the Ruger MKII, check out Brownell's parts and Volquartsen accessories.  The Ruger .22 pistol is another very successful design which was not a direct Browning knock off.  


Regards,

Malta

[Yeager]

I find the Glock19 almost a perfect fit for my hands.  I do use a rubber boot slip-on over the handgrip with finger grooves.  This makes the Glock19 an exceptional fit for my hands.  I also find the accuracy of my Glock19 to be exceptional to any other standard Semi auto I have ever fired.

My only gripe with the Glock is the fact that the weight difference between being fully loaded and empty is noticable and the last few rounds tend to bite the shooting hand with detonation shock due to the lack of mass after the last 15 rounds have left the gun.

Other than that, shes a sweet pistol.

I do agree that the 9mm is a weak round overall compared to the heavier faster loads available.  To me this is a trade off that I am willing to make so long as I can generally place a minimum of 3 rounds into the torso or at least one into the skill cavity of whoever deserves it.  I feel the 9mm rounds I use (Black Talon 147 grain) will generally stop even an obnoxious person/animal intent on killing me or my dogs.

[ASTAC]

Originally posted by Martlet
Deleted.

5- Flamebaiting, trolling, or posting to incite or annoy is not allowed.

How do you get deleted for flamebaiting in a thread like this? Wish I coulda seen what you wrote

[Flit]

My Glock M30 works for me.
 It hits what I point it at, and has'nt had a failure yet.
 It's really great as I am left handed ,it's a pain to have to reach for the safety on a hand gun that has one.

[lazs2]

the police instructors I talk to all say the same thing about glocks...  "they are good enough for these guys (meaning the rookies they train)"

What they mean is that they work well and are accurate enough and bumble proof enough.   Most of the instructors all have guns that they take a little more pride in tho.

oh flit.. have you seen the new add on safety for glocks?  it is right hand only now.   They are thinking of requireing it in some forces because of accidents and gun grabs by bad guys... somebody did a study after the court shooting lately that said that revolvers and no safety semi autos can be shot in 1.,7 secs by the bad guy but safety autos take like 17 sec.      My thought is that the no safety is the best part of the glock and the idea is to not let em have your gun in the first place but..

lazs

[Martlet]

Originally posted by ASTAC
How do you get deleted for flamebaiting in a thread like this? Wish I coulda seen what you wrote

Me too.  My guess is an over-eager mod, or I didn't express myself well.  The conversation has progressed so far past it, it's irrelevant now.