Glock Wannabes, Customize and Cool Facts

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 1/25/2017 | J Hines

[nonsporting]

1911...it's like a glock, but for men

I hear ya. Tried the 1911 and it's operating system for several months, but did not have the time or money to develop capabilities I already have with striker-fired weapons and revolvers. I like the 1911's grip angle, but find many other things undesirable:

1. 45 ACP -- heavy recoil, heavy gun, reduced capacity for questionable improvement in terminal performance.
2. 5" barrel -- fine on an implement of war, but for CQB unnecessary.
3. steel frame -- heavy weapon.
4. SAO -- gotta carry it cocked-and-locked if I want "same trigger pull every time"; that exposed hammer compromises concealed carry in many modes.
5. exposed hammer -- complicates concealed carry.
6. limited mag capacity -- 7 or 8.

My S&W MP 40c has the right grip angle and carries 10 in the mag. It weights several ounces less. It carries in a small fanny pack. I can run with it in a number of different CC rigs.

With new 9mm defensive ammo, the S&W MP 9c looks very attractive, with the added benefit of improved mag capacity (+2) and reduced recoil.

[smokingfrog]

Some people like the grip angle on the XD compared to the Glock. The XD also has a grip safety, which you may or may not prefer.

[smokingfrog]

Cool. A Glock derringer.

[TexasGator]

“What do you think are the key items to be aware of with Glocks? “

It is always ‘cocked’

Never carry without it being in a holster designed for the glock.

You have to pull the trigger in order to disassemble it.

[Fightin Whitey]

Yes, the Glock grip doesn’t suit me well.

The grip safety doesn’t bother me a bit.

[Garth Tater]

More skill is required for the operation of the 1911.

Maybe if you are talking about the skill needed to make it go bang 'cuz you do have to flick down the thumb safety before pulling the trigger on the 1911. But if you are talking about the skill needed to hit what you are aiming at then the 1911 is a much easier weapon to use. A single action trigger is a requirement on any hand gun I carry.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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[Cobra64]

They certainly appeal to the WalMart demographic.

[Lion Den Dan]

>If you like your Glock, you can keep your Glock - but I'll take a 1911 any day. <

Amen. I am another troglodyte.

[Fightin Whitey]

I know a lot of good people who shop at WalMart.

I’m glad to shop, and live, among them, in fact.

[TexasGator]

“operate’ was the key word.

[Charles Martel]

You gotta give credit to the HK VP70, which was the first polymer-framed pistol with a striker mechanism. Predated the Glock by 12 years.

I remember seeing one of those at a gun show back in the '80s. I thought it looked remarkably like a plastic toy pistol I had as a kid, particularly in the shape of the trigger and trigger guard. The toy pistol may have been something out of the "Star Trek" merchandise catalog - it launched little colored plastic disks that spun like miniature Frisbees.

[FreedomPoster]

>>More skill is required to carry a glock safely.

Keeping a firearm in a holster that covers the trigger and trigger guard, and keeping your booger hook off the bang switch unless you intend to fire, requires skill?

Tell me more.

[Lurker]

Love my XD pistols.

L

[Garth Tater]

I can’t think of anything different in their operations other than putting on the thumb safety after chambering a round in the 1911 and taking it back off before pulling the trigger. Not exactly two things I would consider to be “skills.” But we all think our kids are the best - same for our guns. And when you come right down to it, the only bad gun is the one that isn’t in your hand when you need.

[GRRRRR]

Thanks, I practice excellent booger picker control!

What about the dropping of the firearm and subsequent discharge? I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve heard?

[GRRRRR]

Thank you! So condition 1 all the time. Got it.

G

[TexasGator]

“Keeping a firearm in a holster that covers the trigger and trigger guard, and keeping your booger hook off the bang switch unless you intend to fire, requires skill?”

Yes.

[TexasGator]

” Not exactly two things I would consider to be “skills.” But we all think our kids are the best - same for our guns. “

I didn’t say which one was ‘best’. But ....

There are many cases where in a panic mode people have not thought to take off the safety.

And there are many cases where people have ‘accidentally
fired their glocks, even having caught the trigger on clothing.