[Chainmail]

Agree with you:

Glock; plastic frame, stamped parts, welded slide - a nonpermanent, disposable weapon.

Browning P35; All milled steel quality, robust design, absolute reliability, designed to last centuries.

Never settle for cheap stuff when your life depends on it.

[riverrunner]

I have own both for decades brought my first Hi power in the 70’s owned Glock from the time they were first imported.

Shot many thounsands of rounds through each. The browning is a good pistol. But the Glock will out last the browning for many reasons.

[marktwain]

I have read tests of Glock 17s going 200,000 rounds without replacement of major parts. I do not believe it can be done with a P35. I believe the frame will give out long before that. If I am wrong, please tell me of a comparable test with a P35.

The P35 highpower is a wonderful pistol. I would have no problem owning/using one for defensive purposes. But to all practical purposes, a Glock 17 is an updated P35 design using modern materials.

[Starstruck]

Glock; plastic frame, stamped parts, welded slide - a nonpermanent, disposable weapon. Browning P35; All milled steel quality, robust design, absolute reliability, designed to last centuries. Never settle for cheap stuff when your life depends on it.

Gun snob. Get it. Hear it for wine. Hear it for colleges. Hear it for just about anything. My Glock will fire perfectly well when my life depends on it. I will bet my life on it. I was in the service and my weapon was a 1911, and if I had to choose the weapon I have in my hand in a life and death situation I will choose the Glock.