Tell me about your Glock(s).....

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I'm looking for something to carry around water, and while looking at the plastic stock on my shotgun, the light bulb went on (it's only a 15 watt:D) and thought "What about a Glock?"
My experience with these guns is limited to my friends compact .45 ACP, which I sorta didn't care for, but there is a gun shop near my home that has handgun rentals, so "trying before buying" is definetly an option. Your thoughts? Any truth to the fact that they can't shoot cast bullets? Anything to look out for, like in police trade ins?
Thanks in advance...........

[popplecop]

Glocks are fine, as I said in the CCW site, I use a nickle plated 1911 in 39 Super. Nothing against Glocks, just that I'm a 1911 man.

[skeet]

I actually have no use for a semiauto without a safety.. I know..I know..it has a safe trigger action..but i also don't have any use for a plastic gun.....not just grocks...heck even a "gag" stainless handgun would be better by far LOL BTW many police depts are turning away from Grocks or so I have read

[Adam Helmer]

Mr. 16 gauge,

I have limited Glock experience, and that is why my Personally Owned Weapon (POW) stays in the vault since I retired. In 1989, the agency went from revolvers to Glocks Model 17 or 19, the agent's choice and I picked the 19. We got a letter of authorization and bought our Glocks directly from Glock at government cost. Hence: we carried POWs.

I was the Firearms Coordinator (Instructor) then and shot my M19 a lot. Twice, between 1989 and 1996, my M19 STOPPED cold! I returned the 19 to Smyrna, GA and the 19 was refit. Both times the stoppages occcured on the range, fortunately. The trigger spring broke. After I retired in 1996, the 19 STOPPED, again, on my club range, and was refit. My M19 was Generation 1. When I got it back in 1996, after refit, it had a different (captured) recoil spring and I do not know what, if any, upgrades occured inside my 19.

I believe Three Strikes and a gun is OUT! I went back to my M1911 built from an AMT stainles frame with a blued slide-it has never STOPPED for me and it gets shot almost daily.

Adam

[Skinny Shooter]

I agree with what everyone has told you.
Had a Glock 23 once.
You may want to shoot a Springfield XD-M if one is available.
Their grip angle appears to be almost identical to a 1911 and it has a grip safety which the Glunck does not have.
I've got the older XD-45. 13 +1 in a 45acp is nice.
The recoil pulse is a bit more of a throw than my 1911 govt though.

Here is an M7 shoulder holster to check out if you end up with a 1911:
http://www.pacificcanvasandleather.com/holsters/us_holsters5.htm

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Leather-M7M9-Shoulder-Holster/707845.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProduc ts%26Ntt%3Dholster%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=holster&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products

[Joe Boleo]

Had one and got rid of it.

I have an extensive handgun collection and not one is a Glock due to my personal preferences. I like to see the hammer on any handgun I carry or shoot. My favorites are a Model 1911A1 or a Smith Model 19 or Model 29. So it depends what you prefer. I do believe a Glock is a fine handgun for those that are very well trained. There have been a lot of accidental discharges with Glocks and I believe it was due to poor training of the shooters. Take care...
Joe

[skeet]

I have read of a lot of accidental discharges...many have been under the stress of the situation. with that trigger and no safety..just a bit of oops..and off she goes. I had one for a short time. Realized the shortcomings for me and disposed of it

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Thanks for the info, guys....I guess I'm back to looking at stainless or nickle plate firearms. Does my chrome plated Raven .25 ACP sissy-pistol count?:D

[popplecop]

My son who is a full time LEO carried a Glock 23 for 19 years. He was issued a new one when the Gen. 3 came out a few years ago, said there was nothing wrong with his initial issue. For me for the most part will stick with the ones I have on the 1911 platform. Do have one exception a Ruger LCP for carry at times.

[buckhunter]

I'm not a big fan of plastic gun. Yes, I know they are reliable and all of that but I just don't care for them. I like to see the hammer and have a safety in a semi auto. However I like a revolver for carry. If it were me I would look at a stainless revolver like a model 60 in 2 or 3" barrel. Light enough to not bother your and small enough to conceal. JMO. Just for the record the 1911-a1 is the best but its just too big after you put your waders, 3 or 4 layers and all the stuff you take duck hunting.

[Gil Martin]

My preferred carry piece is a Smith & Wesson Model 60 stainless .38 Special with a 2 inch barrel. It carries well and is reliable. I got my girlfriend a Model 36 which is the same revolver in blued configuration. All the best...
Gil

[skeet]

Gil..you keep mentioning this gal friend of yours.. Now I've never seen a pic of you..or I didn't look..but how bout one of the gal friend?? LOL Actually..just wanted to say..the 36 is a nice gun..perfect for close quarters for women. My wife also carries one most of the time..She carries more than i do..we live at the end of nowhere so i like she has a gun when she comes home...alone

[Rapier]

My wife, 6 ft tall, is a former PI from that lovely little village of Memphis. She carries a Smith Mdl 60 and knows how to use it.

After I built the Glock 19 Gen 4 for the Spl Ops troop, I was so impressed, I sold the 23 Gen 4, I bought, unfired. I kept my Sig P-226 as my only 9mm gun.
Ed

[skeet]

I have a 9mm..and ol Smith 639 8 shooter. It is real stainless..and heavy. Not like the 39. so I never carry it..and I think the 9mm is a pretty anemic round..in FMJs. I know they have other good ammo.. but the 45 Wilson with HPs works as well as I think I will ever need..or any of the other 45 autos I have.. They all handle hollowpoints just fine...An Auto Ordnance and a Chas Daly all shoot so well I'm gonna sell most of the others..the Safe Queens

[popplecop]

Have 2 prefered and building another. First is a Para Ord PDA in yes 9mm with the proper ammo, 2nd is an old Colt LW Commander in 45 acp again with proper ammo. Picked up NIB Springfield 1911 GI with a 4" barrel. Number of problems for me so rebuilding it. Fired about 30 rounds through it then had to band aid the web of my right hand. My 72 year old eyes can not see GI sights worth a darn, appropiate parts have been ordered.

[kt]

we have 5 in the family, a 26, 27, 2 23's, and a 36. all are pretty accurate and very reliable and cover all generations except the latest. the 36 is not reliable at all how ever and i wouldnt mind seeing my pop get rid of the dang thing. their issues are well documented around the internet. supposedly they have recently updated that gun. the one we own stove pipes, fails to feed and on occasion does not lock back after the last shot sometimes. i still carry a 26 every day
kt

[popplecop]

My son carried is first 23 for 20 years before the state repaced it with a 3rd gen. That was several years ago, he said there was nothing wrong with it when they replaced it. Seems like they re good pistols. Me, I'm still a 1911 fan for semi autos.

["yote"]

G26 with Nite Sites, stainless guide rod and polished feed-ramp & throat.

[skeet]

Thankfully I do not have a Grock. Pretty ugly and a worrisome gun in my opinion..

["yote"]

I have over 1500 through my 26 without a single stoppage or F to F. It is the single most reliable pistol that I have ever owned. Jmho. People either love em or hate em.

[Larryjk]

skeet, Have not owned a 9mm for some time. I had decided I should get a 9mm but it would have to be either in a Browning Hi-Power or the Smith 639. I shot an original 39 one day and it was a real shooter. But they are like finding chicken teeth.

[skeet]

Larry..I am also not much of a 9mm fan And have no use for the Grocks. It's not that I don't feel they are reliable..Any gun can be reliable if we work at it..and when we like something we know how to make 'em run..like I do with the venerable 1100/1187s. I just don't feel that they are user friendly. Too much adrenaline and that safe trigger goes bang...course any gun is only as safe as it's owner. And since I am a 1911 guy..They also run like a sewing machine..for the most part. I happen to have 13 now.it was 12 before today..at the gun show. I shoot 'em all fairly often and can say I haven't had a FtoF or any problem with any of them in well over 2000 rounds..that is with 12 different guns. Then again..I have a S&W 19 that has fired over 4500 rounds with nary a problem..can't hardly beat a revolver..LOL. The 13th is in the stable now..got a Kimber in trade at the show.

[GoodOlBoy]

zero glocks in the family. half a dozen 1911s though. I come from a military family (Vietnam an Korea vintages) and so 1911s are very popular since everybody in the family knows how to tear one down and put it back together fast that a cat can lick his.... well anyway you get the picture. For the most part I feel like Skeet does about the glocks. I don't care for them, but to each their own. As for me the only plastic I want near my guns is the storage case.

GoodOlBoy

[skeet]

Hey GOB..how'r you doing?? Any better??