Any Glock Owners Out There?

[Slash27]

I carry a gold plated Desert Eagle .50 AE with a 14 inch barrel in a tactical thigh holster at all times. Even in the shower. You just never know. 

[Yeager]

Out of curiosity, what determines these factors for you?
mir

Traveling through a lower income part of any city. 
Traveling through any part of a larger city.
Traveling long distances late at night over lightly traveled routes
Going into the wilderness, or a close approximation thereof.

Going to the local safeway, going to the local park, out to dinner.....these are the average daily pursuits when I tend to carry are when I tend to keep the breech clear.

To be fully honest, I should have a round in the chamber any time I carry the pistol. 

[Blackwulf]

If you are going to carry a plastic gun, be sure it has the required orange nose cap
My 1911A and I are good friends, it's never let me down.

[TwinEng]

I'm looking to buy my second gun.  I'm fairly certain I'll be getting a Glock but I only have one concern.  I want to to have the option to conceal carry the gun, that means sticking a gun close to my body with one in the chamber.  Anyone have any concerns about sticking the Glock down their pants or would you just recommend a good CC holster and practice on withdraw?

Thanks

You really want to always carry any handgun secured in a good holster.  It is safer for you, and everyone else around you.  

If you want to be sneaky, carry your gun in your crotch.   It will be harder to spot there, as folks tend to not stare at a man's privates.   Good brands to consider are Thunderwear:

http://www.thunderwear.com/holsters.asp

and SmartCarry:

http://www.smartcarry.com/


Women especially prefer to have their gun secured inside their crotch with one of these types of holsters:




Just make sure that you handle your gun safely, as an accidental discharge with a gun carried in this position can be bad news, especially for a man.


If you rreally are dead set on getting a Glock, then by all means save up your money now, and buy one of the new generation Glocks next year, after they are announced at the 2010 Shot Show next January.   This is going to be the first major overhaul of the Glock design, and it will include different size grip inserts, so you can adjust the size of the gun's grip, as a number of other brands of handguns currently allow.

Glock has lost a lot of police sales to Smith & Wesson's new M&P pistol in recent years, because it already has this new feature.

See this link for info:

http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/2009/06/09/glock-adjustable-grip-models-announced/


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[USRanger]

This is all I ever carry, but man is it hard to pull out in a hurry.  Chafes mah crotch area too.

[Yeager]

my old Glock19 is the absolute most perfect fit for me of any pistol I have ever handled.  The only accoutrement I have added is a rubber grip sleeve.

The accuracy of the thing is remarkable.  The trigger pull is near perfect.  9mm round is a splendid blend of high energy/low recoil/lethal stopping power with high capacity availability.  It has never jammed (I would guess 5000+ fact loads), never needed a repair and the maintenance on the thing is near zero.

I have yet to meet a pistol I did not love and admire on some level, but the Glock19 is as near perfect for me as any pistol I have yet to experience.

[gpwurzel]

You definitely dont want a Negligent Discharge with the 309 on there Ranger, that could seriously make your eyes water lol....


Wurzel

[mechanic]

you Americans are all completely crazy

[gpwurzel]

WHO you calling American Mr??? 
 
 


(Sorry, Just had to, you know how it is  )

Wurzel

[mechanic]

well, mostly the Americans... but i think youre mental too wurzle  

who isnt?

[Saurdaukar]

you Americans are all completely crazy

In complete honestly, the gun culture in this country is near totally the result of how the landmass was settled and the state was founded.  A good firearm was an essential tool in just about every situation.  You never knew when a bear, an indian or a Redcoat would show up. 

[mechanic]

I fully understand, I even envy your freedom. However the amount some of you love your guns is almost like one of those early ninties heroine addiction adverts, I'm sort of glad i don't have the freedom to get another expensive addic....er...hobby  

not really, i would love to own a couple of guns stronger than a .177 airgun.


You're all still stark raving madmen.  

"to testicle holster or not to testicle holster, that is the question. weather tis nobler to suffer the pains of self inflicted slings and arrows etc."

[katanaso]

Traveling through a lower income part of any city. 
Traveling through any part of a larger city.
Traveling long distances late at night over lightly traveled routes
Going into the wilderness, or a close approximation thereof.

Going to the local safeway, going to the local park, out to dinner.....these are the average daily pursuits when I tend to carry are when I tend to keep the breech clear.

To be fully honest, I should have a round in the chamber any time I carry the pistol. 

I follow your logic, and at one point, I didn't always have one in the chamber.  What changed my mindset was after a slew of robberies in
local eateries down here in South Florida, armed robberies when people were leaving Wal-Mart, and practicing the draw from the holster.

I'm getting married in January -- I won't be carrying there.  But it will be in my car, should the zombies come.  hehe

But in all seriousness, the only thing that ever worries me about having one in the chamber is if a child could get to it, and that would be my fault for leaving it accessible to curious hands.

mir

[Shuffler]

This is all I ever carry, but man is it hard to pull out in a hurry.  Chafes mah crotch area too.

lol I doubt you'll get far with that m4 mounted on there. 

[usvi]

I don't carry the gun,this other guy does.