glock......probably the most successful handgun marketing campaign since Samuel Colt himself...
Glock is not the best handgun design ever
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Lots of personal opinions and excuses, which became "truths" over the years, in the ops thread. As for not being drop safe? P320 anyone? Glocks are drop safe from the factory. The safeties on the Glock? If you cant keep your finger off the trigger then its your issue not the firearms. Grip angle? Please. I've seen the threads in the past on grip angle and "Glock go boom" and quit a few were from the same person spamming lots of different firearm forums. Every manufacture has had their firearms go boom for one reason or another, M$P anyone? S$W revolvers anyone?
In the article the writer said the shooter saw there was an issue with the firearm, yet he continued to fire it. I have no sympathy for the shooter nor does this article hold water on "Glocks go boom". Part of being safe, and this is taught, is to know your firearm and if there is a problem - stop firing! He didn't and kept shooting. Not the firearms problem. Everyone can see that there is an issue with the chamber / feed lip of the barrel and yet he kept firing it. If you ask me it looks to be that firearm was shot a lot or someone used a dermal to polish the feed rap and went over board. I might be wrong just this is what it looks like.
Why don't we hear the excuse (grip angle) from people not wanting 1911s? F&N's? H&K? Seems to be not the in thing to do and is shrugged off when someone does complain bout it. I teach classes and offer my students lots of firearms to try, after they passed their test. In my class I recommend them not buying a Glock or a 1911 for their first firearm until they are use to carrying n have practiced more on their shooting skills n what they learned in class.
Now I hear from them how certain firearms don't fit their hand, to wide, to small, to big, grip angle on this one n that. This is with 1911s, S$W revolvers, Ruger revolvers, Glocks, F&N's ect. etc. I've heard it for pretty much every carry firearm, though not as promidently on the forums such with Glock. As if its the ONLY one with someone personal issue. Seems some people's mission is wanting Glock to be the king on how the grip angle sucks. Or wanting to prove how they know more then you. SO to keep hearing from keyboard "mercenaries" in the tropical jungles of Serbia, who work as a cashier at local Walmart on why Glocks suck, is the reason why these opinions and myths (Glock go boom) keep getting brought up...trolling imo.
If one isn't able to understand the safeties and why they are the way they are or even know what and where they are, then its their issue. There have been firearm manufactures following Glocks design of their safeties, its modularity, and the dismantling of it - to the point of one manufacture being sued over it.
We all have our firearms we like and give and take in the heckling department. Me? I personally like Rugers and Sringfields, that's just me. Though Glock is in my top five and have a few of them. I have never seen a firearm take so much heat as Glock does on these forums. Even Taurus doesn't get this much
. Its a good, reliable, well thought of, snd n average priced firearm for most models. Its just an plain looking firearm with the KISS label of the firearm world and works.
PS: Oh n the "its ugly" is a childish excuse. THOUGH if you want ugly? Get a High Point :smile5:
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In the article the writer said the shooter saw there was an issue with the firearm, yet he continued to fire it. I have no sympathy for the shooter nor does this article hold water on "Glocks go boom". Part of being safe, and this is taught, is to know your firearm and if there is a problem - stop firing! He didn't and kept shooting. Not the firearms problem. Everyone can see that there is an issue with the chamber / feed lip of the barrel and yet he kept firing it. If you ask me it looks to be that firearm was shot a lot or someone used a dermal to polish the feed rap and went over board. I might be wrong just this is what it looks like.
Accuracy? For the most part spot on. Accuracy fail on the part of the firearm itself is not where it should be, this lies on the shooter.
Feeding issues from what I have seen all can relate to worn out springs, different magazines, or people not griping the firearm properly.
Why don't we hear the excuse (grip angle) from people not wanting 1911s? F&N's? H&K? Seems to be not the in thing to do and is shrugged off when someone does complain bout it. I teach classes and offer my students lots of firearms to try, after they passed their test. In my class I recommend them not buying a Glock or a 1911 for their first firearm until they are use to carrying n have practiced more on their shooting skills n what they learned in class.
Now I hear from them how certain firearms don't fit their hand, to wide, to small, to big, grip angle on this one n that. This is with 1911s, S$W revolvers, Ruger revolvers, Glocks, F&N's ect. etc. I've heard it for pretty much every carry firearm, though not as promidently on the forums such with Glock. As if its the ONLY one with someone personal issue. Seems some people's mission is wanting Glock to be the king on how the grip angle sucks. Or wanting to prove how they know more then you. SO to keep hearing from keyboard "mercenaries" in the tropical jungles of Serbia, who work as a cashier at local Walmart on why Glocks suck, is the reason why these opinions and myths (Glock go boom) keep getting brought up...trolling imo.
If one isn't able to understand the safeties and why they are the way they are or even know what and where they are, then its their issue. There have been firearm manufactures following Glocks design of their safeties, its modularity, and the dismantling of it - to the point of one manufacture being sued over it.
We all have our firearms we like and give and take in the heckling department. Me? I personally like Rugers and Sringfields, that's just me. Though Glock is in my top five and have a few of them. I have never seen a firearm take so much heat as Glock does on these forums. Even Taurus doesn't get this much
. Its a good, reliable, well thought of, snd n average priced firearm for most models. Its just an plain looking firearm with the KISS label of the firearm world and works.PS: Oh n the "its ugly" is a childish excuse. THOUGH if you want ugly? Get a High Point :smile5:
Thread will stay open for a little while longer.
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