Posted on 02/16/2007 3:54:10 PM PST by John Jorsett
Nobody appears to be interested in whether it is Iran or Iraq.
You would think, on a political site, that would be the main point of interest. But apparently, they'd rather discuss the quality of these pistols.
Glock pistols are a good idea done cheaply. There are a number of manufacturers who use Glock's groundbreaking achievement (plastic frame) to make fine pistols. Sig's line of pistols, and S&W's new M&P come to mind right off the bat as VASTLY superior firearms at the same basic price point. My two cents, and I'm sure that the GlockCulters will be here shortly to refute my objective observations.
Heavily marketed and promoted to law enforcement agencies everywhere bean counters wanted "low-bid". But, go ahead and love 'em if you want.
If it's Iran then it may have to deal with lucrative oil contract.
Austria's OMV, which is currently
negotiating the terms of a development contract for its Mehr field in Iran.
The Glock 22 is one of the finest handguns ever made. The kick takes a bit to get used to but otherwise it is a near perfect handgun.
You noticed that, too?
BTW, my Glock is a 23. ;)
If it turned out that Dell was selling Iran laptops, within 10 posts the discussion would turn into a Mac/PC debate. People argue about what they know and care about. In my engineering career, every time we presented a system to the client, they'd almost always spend 90% of the discussion time on the user interface. It was actually kind of handy if we knew we had some problems we needed to work out in the system. We could always distract them by saying we couldn't make up our minds whether to use red or blue symbols to represent this or that. That'd be all they'd focus on from that point forward. Dirty engineering secrets revealed!
Is the Iranian theory "Religion, except Islam, is the opiate of the masses?"
I think a lot of the Glock conversation is because selling 30,000 pistols to a country of 70,000,000 people doesn't seem like a big deal.
More important and unique, hard to find armament yes, but everyday pistols, no.
A combat weapon must, first and foremost, be reliable under even the most unfavorable circumstances. IMO, number one in this regard is the old 1911. Not accurate by target standards, but combat isn't target competition.
Second on the list would be Glock.
I have extensively examined the reports of accidental discharges re Glocks. Everything I read is that they (the accidents) are operator error.
Viz., inadvertently having one's finger on the trigger while holstering, etc.
From what Ive been told by someone in country, about every Iraqi cop or military officer is carrying either a glock or a Walther P-99.
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