Glock Postol Issues...

[Traveler]

ROFL

 

[trickg]

This should provide some fun. (It could be that they have a bad specimen they are testing.)

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[redeemed.man]

My own observations and honest opinion after twenty five years of on the job and personal experience with the Glock pistol platform...

Some folks who do not like Glock pistols, or they much prefer other brands, will write or talk about things like frame flex or bad triggers or the issue of pointing them...

• I have fired thousands upon thousands of rounds from Glock pistols and never "felt" any frame flex...
• The only trigger issue I've ever experienced was due to an ultra heavy trigger spring which was required at the time but eventually abandoned by the BPD in favor of a trigger spring with less pull required...
• Following basic sight alignment procedure, I've never been unable to get ANY Glock pistol to point where I wanted to shoot.

Most of the folks who talk about these "Glock issues"... held one once ... or fired a few rounds with a borrowed or rented pistol at a range. But I have not talked to any folks who actually owned and fired enough rounds through one to get past the negative perceived traits which they were told to expect from the start, who report these issues. To the contrary, I have talked to some who were hesitant and then pleasantly surprised at how much they actually liked firing the Glock pistols.

I'm thankful that my first Glock pistol was aquired in 1990, prior to all of the negative reports from folks who just could not get past the idea of firing a polymer framed pistol. That way I got to experience the pistol without any preconceived notions of "what to expect" from it.

When I pick up one of my Glock pistols and point it at a target... I know that I can expect it to be a reliable pistol that is much more accurate than I am. And that none of mine have ever even had so much as a hiccup when I pulled the trigger. The only way I was ever able to practice clearing drills at the Police Range... was to randomly load dummy rounds into the magazine with live rounds prior to firing the pistol.

Other than a friendly prod ... I won't tell someone which pistol is best for them (I like/own/carry several different brands/types including 1911s, Barrettas, Rugers etc...). Folks need to make their own choices based on their best research. Shooters should buy which ever pistol they are most comfortable with. We are not carbon copies of each other. And I don't expect everyone to like the same things. But unless it is a known safety issue with any particular brand or type of firearm... These bad reports about any brand or model should not be used to sway a new buyer. Not in a day where one can go to a public range and rent nearly any make/model pistol and learn what really works for them... without some bad report from good old "Henry I. Held-one-once".

So... If you are, or you know someone who is, looking for a new pistol.

• Try to steer away from these folks who love to tell you about problems and issues which they do not have sufficient working knowledge of, to form any educated opinion about.
• Don't go to the LGS and "hold" a firearm expecting to form an educated opinion. "Feeling" a firearm does not tell you how it will perform.
• Actually go to a range and rent or borrow the makes/models being considered... Fire them and find out which one works the best for you. It may just be the one you did not think you would like.
• Based on your research and what your wallet allows... Buy the best candidate and enjoy your new firearm in safety and good health.

Peace...

6 Glock's and counting brother!

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[redeemed.man]

Glocks are ugly as hell.

All three of mine can't get a date.

But they shoot straight, and consistently.

Now I just need to add the gadget to all of them.

The gadget, ha ha

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[RoadDawg]

Nah, it ain't THAT simple

No?
Kindly go read my OP and tell me what you find in anyway offensive about it...

Are Glock pistols really "feminine"?

Are they "ladies jewelry"?

Were those references positive in nature? Or necessary to add to a non WC thread?

No...

It IS that simple. Trolled.

 

[clandestine]

I like Glocks because replacement parts are available everywhere.

.40 Glock owners are funny fellers.

 

[Mr Bear]

Here is the thread about it.

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=162556

Perhaps the spring is not under the pin. Made that mistake the 1st time I pulled the pin. The slide would lock back after the shot, but had to be manually pulled to the rear to release the slide. Then it would fire.

 

[Mr Bear]

17, 19, 21, 22, 26,27, 34,36, 43, and soon a 42. I gues I never met one I didn't like. Didn't realize how many were in the safe until I did this list. 21, 34, and 42 will be in 21015.

What, no G-35?

 

[protegeV]

No?
Kindly go read my OP and tell me what you find in anyway offensive about it...

Are Glock pistols really "feminine"?

Are they "ladies jewelry"?

Were those references positive in nature? Or necessary to add to a non WC thread?

No...

It IS that simple. Trolled.

Yeah it is. I just wanted to see how long of a response I could get out of you

 

[Mr Bear]

Well there's your problem ... I never insenuated any thing of the kind... In fact you brought up your "feminine side". So if I was saying you were gay(which I don't really GAD about btw.), my comment would have been different. Why do you believe that shooting a Glock is feminine? Or that Glocks are ladies jewelry? But since you missed that and now admit that you miss the opportunity to bully others... I guess I should have expected it. And now you've brought the cop thing into the thread... And all without one single solitary positive contribution to it. Have a good evening.

You came in here trolling with your ax to grind, and your above quoted post proves it. Thank you.

Gentlemen, how about an old fashion shoot-off? I know we all love a little friendly competition.

 

[DaemonAssassin]

Hate the way they look, hate the way they feel, hate the lack of weight.

But moving and shooting at 15 yards and having rounds touch means a Glock 22 is by my bedside.

You and I think alike.

 

[DaemonAssassin]

I like Glocks because replacement parts are available everywhere.

.40 Glock owners are funny fellers.

Are you complaining that we are funny?

 

[Stoveman]

Gentlemen, how about an old fashion shoot-off? I know we all love a little friendly competition.

 

[mopar92]

I like Glocks because replacement parts are available everywhere.

.40 Glock owners are funny fellers.

You should meet this gunsmith I know. He gave me purple Fotay ammo.

 

[clandestine]

Are you complaining that we are funny?

You sush your Miltec port.

 

[DaemonAssassin]

Perhaps the spring is not under the pin. Made that mistake the 1st time I pulled the pin. The slide would lock back after the shot, but had to be manually pulled to the rear to release the slide. Then it would fire.

It got fixed by a member here, with a pin tool and some knowledge. She is back to her usual self and had been for just over 8 months.

 

[DaemonAssassin]

You sush your Miltec port.

 

[RoadDawg]

Yeah it is. I just wanted to see how long of a response I could get out of you

Troll...

 

[fidelity]

Sling holsters? ...

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=180263

 

[trickg]

This will inspire the wrong kind of shooting.