Glock G30 and G36 Comparison

[rexgigu]

I liked my Gen3, pre-accessory-rail G29 well enough. Just a bit too full-volume, in the grip. I bought it pre-owned, with an aftermarket recoil spring set-up, and experienced malfunctions. I bought a bag of factory recoil spring assemblies, and it then ran 100% reliably. At the time, I was using a G22, .40 S&W, as a duty pistol, and liked carrying the G29 during some of my personal time. When I learned that a Short Frame version was to be introduced, I traded-away the G29, planning to buy the Short Frame. I then switched to a SIG P229 duty pistol, in 2004, however, which put the addition of any Glock on the far back burner. (I would rather not mix* Glocks and SIGs.) I switched back to a Glock duty pistol, in 2015, but 9mm this time, due to arthritis in my right hand, which refreshed the idea of eventually acquiring one of the big-bore baby Glocks, either Short Frame or Gen4. After I retired from peace officering, in 2018, however, I gradually got away from carrying auto-loaders, much. Then, I found a Short Frame G30s, and found it to be a superb fit, in my left hand, which is becoming my “new strong hand,” as I age. (I naturally write lefty, so, trigger control is not a problem when shooting lefty.) The lower-case “s” denotes the narrower-profile slide.

Because I always seem to acquire things in pairs, well, I soon added a Gen4 G30. First impressions of both are favorable. Even though I liked having these “baby” .45 Glocks, I kept carrying my favorite DA revolvers, until just recently, when arthritis in the second knuckle of each of my trigger fingers has now caught up with me. So, I attended a shooting class with my 9mm full-sized Glocks, to make sure my Glocking skills were still relatively intact, and that a long day of pulling Glock triggers would be tolerable. The next step is to run a meaningful sample of defensive ammo through my G30s and G30 Gen4, to vet them for being potentially upgraded to carry status.

*My first handgun was a 1911, at age 21. Since then, over time, learned that I can use a 1911 and a SIG, or a 1911 and a Glock, but that trying to use both Glock and SIG is not a good idea.

[bradshaw]

rexgigu.... good information.
Curious, to see you can mix 1911 with Glock, and 1911 with SIG, but not Glock snd SIG. I know a couple of cops who alternately carry a Glock or a SIG. While I can't live long enough to put more mileage on self-loaders than I have sixguns, I’m comfortable with an eclectic array of sidearms. What doesn’t work is two guns having similar feel, yet different controls. The cops I know who effortlessly switch from one to another do a lot of shooting. Likewise, these individuals adapt to different trigger pulls, and they happen to be marksmen.

As for trigger pull, DRY FIRE covers a lot of bases, helping to familiarize----from BREATHING to training MUSCLE MEMORY to refining SQUEEZE, all of which develop RHYTHM. And here is where the rub of the post-modern pistol comes in. In case Star Wars styling isn’t enough, too many of the latest handguns are plagued by gritty triggers. No amount of sawtooth styling makes up for a gritty trigger. I get along with the Glock 5.5 lbs trigger, and earlier SIG/Sauer model DA/SA triggers, but find no reason to accept the gravel box on some of these “newer and better” pistols.
David Bradshaw

[rexgigu]

Sept 8, 2024 17:45:53 GMT -5 bradshaw said:

rexgigu.... good information.
Curious, to see you can mix 1911 with Glock, and 1911 with SIG, but not Glock snd SIG. I know a couple of cops who alternately carry a Glock or a SIG. While I can't live long enough to put more mileage on self-loaders than I have sixguns, I’m comfortable with an eclectic array of sidearms. What doesn’t work is two guns having similar feel, yet different controls. The cops I know who effortlessly switch from one to another do a lot of shooting. Likewise, these individuals adapt to different trigger pulls, and they happen to be marksmen.

As for trigger pull. DRY FIRE covers a lot of bases, helping to familiarize----from BREATHING to training MUSCLE MEMORY to refining SQUEEZE, all of which develop RHYTHM. And here is where the rub of the post-modern pistol comes in. In case Star Was styling isn’t enough, too many of the latest handguns are plagued by gritty triggers. No aount of sawtooth styling makes up for a gritty trigger. I get along with the Glock 5.5 lbs trigger, and earlier SIG/Sauer model DA/SA triggers, but find no reason to accept the gravel box on some of these “newer and better” pistols.
David Bradshaw

Thanks. My problem mixing Glock and SIG was a bit different, in that I chose the SIG DAK, rather than traditional DA/SA, when I transitioned to the P229 in 2004, from having used the G22. I discovered my personal problem using both Glock and SIG during a high-volume, high-intensity shooting class, when I shot the morning part with a G22, with a concealment holster, and then shot the afternoon part with my P229 DAK, while wearing my duty rig. (I had not yet acquired a concealment holster for the P229, having been toting Ruger revolvers during personal time.) After failing to reset the SIG DAK trigger a couple of times, it did not happen again, for the rest of the afternoon, because I slowed WAY down, and paid closer attention, but, I decided it was time to sell-off that one remaining Glock 22, and go all-in with SIG as my one auto-loader system.

When I did decide to use two autoloader systems, again, it was by bringing a 1911 back on-line, for personal time carry, in late 2011, when I reached age fifty, and was “gifted” with arthritis starting to vex my right thumb, hand, and wrist, when I fired .40 through my P229. An all-steel, 5” 1911, with its low bore axis, firing the slower-accelerating .45 ACP, is nicely “orthopedic.” I had to keep carrying .40 while on duty, in uniform, in a narrow range of duty pistols, for several more years, but could carry quite a range of handguns during personal time. I was VERY grateful to learn that I could go back and forth between SIG DAK and 1911, in the same range session, with no problems.

When I transitioned to a 9mm Glock 17 duty pistol, in 2015, I was gratified to then learn that I could use both the Glock system and the 1911 system, without problems, thankfully.

You are absolutely correct about dry fire.