about Glocks

[user 6493]

now before anyone jumps me this is just a video on utube I stumbled across,,,,there is bound to be one similar about the 1911"s,,,,BUY WHAT YOU LIKE ,,,WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS SHOULD NOT MATTER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[user 6493]

I watched about half the first one,,,I don't have time to watch the other on 1911's

so make of these what you will

 

[Brent S]

As far as glocks go just the fact that it dosent have a safety is enough for me to not want it.

 

[DrHenley]

GLS (Glock Leg Syndrome) is real, and directly related to the lack of a safety. The other unsafe feature of a Glock that causes negligent discharges is the need to pull the trigger when disassembling. Glocks give Murphy a field day. So many things that can go wrong.

Yes people should keep their booger hooks off the trigger until ready to fire, but human nature is what it is. Besides, many cases of GLS were caused by the holster catching on the trigger, or clothing catching the trigger when holstering. As far as I'm concerned, a Glock is no different that keeping the safety on "Fire" all the time on a gun that has a safety.

 

[Kevin L]

As far as glocks go just the fact that it dosent have a safety is enough for me to not want it.

I respectfully disagree, Brent.

There are 3 safeties that are passive.

A double-action revolver doesn't usually have a safety.

If one wants an additional safety, see below for a simple, $20.00 solution.

Garrison Grip SAF-T-Blok Right Handed for All GLOCKs After Jan / 1998.More Info Below. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F8G7DKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9pvvEbY3SH35P

Just so you know, I'm not one of those guys who has to be in one camp or another when it comes to guns, and I don't understand why people (not neccesarily you, Brent ) seem to have to be in one camp or another.

I have 2 9mm Glocks. A Glock 19, and a Glock 26 as a backup.

I like Glocks because I have commonality (every police dept. and many civilians) own Glocks, so magazines and parts are--theoretically--easier to acquire post SHTF.

The magazines for my Glock 19 will fit in the Glock 26, so I have a main gun and backup gun that take the same magazines and ammo, which seems like a good thing in an emergency.

Yet I own 4 1911s, 2 Browning Hi-power clones, and so on.

I like my 1911s because of the concealibility, the feel of the trigger, and for other reasons.

I feel like I'm an "eccentric" in the gun world because I like different guns for different applications in different circumstances and situations.

I'm friends with a nurse practitioner in Alaska, and she carries a .454 Casull loaded with 360 grain rounds, as she lives and works in an environment with Alaskan coastal brown bears, which are among the largest carnivores currently living on land. I would never carry such a thing . . . but then I don't have Alaskan brown bears to deal with.

How is using a variety of guns different from having a comprehensive toolbox with many different tools?

I said it before: If the only tool that you have is a hammer, then every problem begins to look like a nail.

 

[user 6493]

my two cents,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you should not have to pay extra for what a gun should come with,,,,,I.E ,,,A SAFETY

If one wants an additional safety, see below for a simple, $20.00 solution.

Garrison Grip SAF-T-Blok Right Handed for All GLOCKs After Jan / 1998.More Info Below. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F8G7DKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9pvvEbY3SH35P

 

[tmttactical]

There are very few firearms I would not own. I may not like a particular brand (Glock being one) but that does not make them a bad firearm. I don't like the feel of some firearms or the price point value but that is all a personal point of view. Some folks disparaged my selection of the Thompson Center Compass (cheap rifle) but it shoots like a dream (after a few very cheap modification). Is it as smooth as a Weatherby, heck no, but it will shoot as well. There are really only a few bad firearms. Selecting a firearm is like picking out a girlfriend or wife, they are not one size fits all.

 

[Maverick]

I trust the Glock, I don't own one because it doesn't fit me right, in other words it doesn't have a natural point of aim for me. I've owned carried many striker fire pistols over the years without a safety and never an issue, if someone want's to carry but concerned about the lack of mechanical safety just don't carry with a round chambered. If there were really an issue with striker fire pistols without a mechanical safety there would massive condemnation from law enforcement and militaries that use them. On one of my striker fire the pistol has a safety but I never engaged it even chambered since owning and carrying.

 

[Brent S]

I actually carry without the safety on, but do carry un chambered. So I could carry a glock and not worry about an accidental discharge. I guess I’m a fan of steel, not composites, so my personal preference is not favorable to them. Kevin had a really good point about the standardized use of them with law enforcement. If shift, having more potential access to parts and replacements is always a good thing. I’d be interested to know what the most common handgun in the states is, and I’m guessing the glock is at least close if not it.

 

[Maverick]

I actually carry without the safety on, but do carry un chambered. So I could carry a glock and not worry about an accidental discharge. I guess I’m a fan of steel, not composites, so my personal preference is not favorable to them. Kevin had a really good point about the standardized use of them with law enforcement. If shift, having more potential access to parts and replacements is always a good thing. I’d be interested to know what the most common handgun in the states is, and I’m guessing the glock is at least close if not it.

Glock
M&P
Sig
Beretta is still used by a lot of agencies

 

[Kevin L]

I respectfully disagree, Brent.

There are 3 safeties that are passive.

A double-action revolver doesn't usually have a safety.

If one wants an additional safety, see below for a simple, $20.00 solution.

Garrison Grip SAF-T-Blok Right Handed for All GLOCKs After Jan / 1998.More Info Below. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F8G7DKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9pvvEbY3SH35P

Just so you know, I'm not one of those guys who has to be in one camp or another when it comes to guns, and I don't understand why people (not neccesarily you, Brent ) seem to have to be in one camp or another.

I have 2 9mm Glocks. A Glock 19, and a Glock 26 as a backup.

I like Glocks because I have commonality (every police dept. and many civilians) own Glocks, so magazines and parts are--theoretically--easier to acquire post SHTF.

The magazines for my Glock 19 will fit in the Glock 26, so I have a main gun and backup gun that take the same magazines and ammo, which seems like a good thing in an emergency.

Yet I own 4 1911s, 2 Browning Hi-power clones, and so on.

I like my 1911s because of the concealibility, the feel of the trigger, and for other reasons.

I feel like I'm an "eccentric" in the gun world because I like different guns for different applications in different circumstances and situations.

I'm friends with a nurse practitioner in Alaska, and she carries a .454 Casull loaded with 360 grain rounds, as she lives and works in an environment with Alaskan coastal brown bears, which are among the largest carnivores currently living on land. I would never carry such a thing . . . but then I don't have Alaskan brown bears to deal with.

How is using a variety of guns different from having a comprehensive toolbox with many different tools?

I said it before: If the only tool that you have is a hammer, then every problem begins to look like a nail.

I forgot to mention about my friend.

If any of you guys wonder if a petite woman can handle that kind of gun . . . then you should go ask her . . . if you have the balls. I'll wait right here on the other side of a building while you go do that, LOL

 

[DrHenley]

If any of you guys wonder if a petite woman can handle that kind of gun . . .

My daughter can handle a Casull...with glee...so no, I don't need to wonder. And I have a video to prove it. Although I wouldn't say she is "petite" exactly.

 

[tmttactical]

After participating in Martial Arts tournaments and watching the Ladies fight, I never underestimate them.