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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 17, 2024 12:02:41 GMT -5
High tech ninja guns abound. SIG, CANIK, Springfield, S&W, CZ, Walther, just to name a few. Our customers shoot them extensively, so I clean these things weekly. Pulling the slides off the frames and peering at their innards boggles my old head. Installing spring kits in the creatures... even more so. Make me appreciate the simplicity of my Glocks. This G34 with a Barsto barrel, Heinie sights, and a Suarez trigger is plenty complicated for me.   |
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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 17, 2024 12:02:58 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 17, 2024 12:03:11 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 17, 2024 12:03:22 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 17, 2024 12:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by bigbore5 on Nov 17, 2024 13:16:21 GMT -5
Shot steel challenge with a Canik for a couple of years. They are interesting as to the parts layout.
Now I shoot the rimfire class with a tx22 by Tandemkross. Very simple design.
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Post by rjm52 on Nov 18, 2024 8:06:35 GMT -5
Only striker fired plastic guns I own are Glocks...19, 23, 35, 40 and 44.
Changed all the sights to TruGlo TFO and that is about it...all the stock triggers are "decent". 23 and 35 have .357 SIG and 9mm barrels...40 has a .357 SIG barrel...
Just used the 19 to do a LEOSA qual...60/60...
They just work...Bob
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Post by parallaxbill on Nov 18, 2024 16:03:07 GMT -5
I only have two Glocks left.
A 2nd Gen G22, SCHP marked that I'll keep for sentimental reasons, and my 1st Gen G17L that is about to go on GB soon.
I've sold my S&W M&P9 and will keep my favorite 9mm plastic striker fired FNS9. For me, it's better than a Glock and the S&W. It's sort of a 17 rd Glock 19 in size, but it feels and shoots better than either.
My Kahr Arms CW9 will stay with me, too.
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Post by rexgigu on Nov 21, 2024 23:02:30 GMT -5
On my own, I would probably never have bought any Glocks, but, due to working for a PD that had rules on which duty pistols I could use, I bought into the Glock system twice, more than a decade apart. The first time was in 2002, when I realized that the then-mandated duty holster was a poor rig for my “grandfathered” 1911 .45 ACP duty pistols. Reluctantly, I transitioned to the Glock 22, one of four duty pistol choices, all of which were .40 S&W. This was during the time of Gen3, not a best fit for my right hand, though decent for my left hand. Two and a half years later, after I learned about the optional slimmer trigger, I transitioned to another authorized duty pistol, the SIG P229, and soon had no Glocks. I returned to Glocks, however, when my then-chief OK’ed 9mm to again be an authorized duty pistol cartridge, because I was aged 56 by then, in 2015, with aging hands that needed something with less-energetic muzzle flip. This being the Gen4 era, Glocks were a good fit in each of my hands, so, I bought a pair of Glock 17 pistols, and a “baby” G26.
I retired in 2018, and eventually gravitated to carrying DA revolvers, mostly K-Frame S&W Model 64 snub-guns and a 3” Ruger GP100, but, by April 2024, arthritis in the second knuckle of each of my trigger fingers nixed being able to train much, in long-stroke DA trigger-pulling. So, back to Glocking, to make sure they still shot where I looked. By then, I had added a Wilson Combat customized Gen5 G17, so, vetted it, for reliability. I like the models with duty-sized grips, as they are nicely “orthopedic,” for old man’s hands. My newest addition is a Gen5 17L, acquired just last month. I had planned to buy a Glock 34, but, reckoned that the 17L might be a rather limited run, so, it was best to get one, while I could do so easily, rather than try to chase one down, later. I am really liking the 17L.
My first handgun, at age 21, was a 1911. I have four 1911 pistol, now, at age 63. Glocks will never replace that first love, but, for practical daily carry, especially living so near the coast, in humid SE Texas, being worn so close to my oft-perspiring body, Glocks do make plenty of sense.
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