Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

18 rounds in 5 seconds: How Glock became ‘America’s gun’
Las Vegas Sun ^ | 18 jan 2012 | J. Patrick Coolican

Posted on 01/18/2012 11:02:18 AM PST by rellimpank

We’re at Desert Hills Shooting Club near Boulder City, and Paul Barrett steps up with a Glock 17. He fires the 9 mm semi-automatic pistol 18 times in about five seconds and hits the target every time.

In that five seconds, he demonstrates why the Glock is beloved by gun enthusiasts and police officers alike. It’s fast, reliable and offers a lot of stopping power, with three times the number of rounds as the old police favorite, the Smith & Wesson .38 revolver.

Barrett, in town this week for the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT), the big firearms convention, has just published “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun,” an entertaining and informative history — even if you’re not a gun enthusiast — of the firearm company that redefined the American handgun market beginning in the 1980s.

(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: banglist; glock; rkba; rkbashotshow
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-118 last
To: smokingfrog

That’s for the 20/21 models. I have the 29 model. I bookmarked the site in case one of my next purchases is a 20 or 21. Thanks for the link. BTW, I do plan on getting the 40 cal drop in barrel this spring sometime.


101 posted on 01/18/2012 9:52:06 PM PST by Ron H. (We are witnessing the beginning of the end!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 99 | View Replies]

To: smokingfrog

Wow! Thanks!


102 posted on 01/18/2012 10:17:24 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 99 | View Replies]

To: yarddog

The p2000 is the successor of the hk usp. The v5 is the double action only version used by the us border patrol.


103 posted on 01/19/2012 4:26:59 AM PST by buzzer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill; Mr Rogers; All
--slow day--thought my calumny about the P-35 might stir it up and Walmart surely should--

--I usually carry a Taurus 445 (.44 Special) or a Glock 36 but my quiet lifestyle has kept me out of gunfights for half a century--

104 posted on 01/19/2012 8:11:08 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 90 | View Replies]

To: papertyger; All
--that's one that leaves me shaking my head-

-a rimless, slightly weak .22 Hornet with a pointy bullet--and lots of them--spray and pray, indeed--

105 posted on 01/19/2012 8:17:45 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: rellimpank
A BTT. I will, under some pressure dictated by the FR search engine, admit that I am a superannuated git in Depends with feelings of inadequacy who shoots a .45 Kimber AND carries a 9mm Kahr. I loves my S&W model 19 too.

I don't hang around people with .308s, though. They're all commies.

106 posted on 01/19/2012 10:34:19 AM PST by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 104 | View Replies]

To: rellimpank

Well it ain’t a CZ-52, but it doesn’t weigh five pounds, either.


107 posted on 01/19/2012 3:22:09 PM PST by papertyger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies]

To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
108 posted on 01/20/2012 7:21:57 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingextremist1776
I’ll take my 1911 over a glock any day of the week...

That's a good point and one I would have agreed with for a good many decades.... until I ran an impressive experiment suggested by a good buddy of mine. This friend, a retired LTC of special forces answered my question of: "If you could take any sidearm from the box and directly into combat, which would you choose? Instead of the 1911 I expected he said an H&K USP45. Directly into combat with no lube or cleaning. I took my 1911; trusted standby that I'd had for ages and carried for all that time and did the next best thing: I fired it until it experienced a jam (FTF or FTE) and it went just a hair over 400 rds. Then I purchased a brand new H&K USP45 and did as he suggested: Right from the box to the range and never a cleaning or a lube until IT failed. I expected it go last as long as my beloved 1911. At TWO THOUSAND ROUNDS with nary a bobble or a burp, I had to clean her out of sheer respect. I kept that gun for a long time, but it was too large for easy ccw in South Florida so I sold it for more than I paid. It was hard to let go, too. Then I compared my Glock and my Sig you know what? They were as good as the USP. I now rank my Glock M30 and Sig P220 with the same high regard and my 1911s have become "safe queens." I would never feel less well armed or incapable of self defense with a 1911 but in a true SHTF situation, I'd feel more comfortable with an H&K, Sig or Glock 45.

109 posted on 01/20/2012 11:28:50 AM PST by ExSoldier (FMR Infantry Captain; 25 yrs an NRA Instructor; Master of KLIK-PAO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ExSoldier
Point taken. Now would you feel the same if the caliber was 9mm instead of .45 ACP?
110 posted on 01/20/2012 11:37:05 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies]

To: rightwingextremist1776
Ditto for my H&K P30 and my Beretta M92FS. I just have to take more care with shot placement. "Two to the chest, one to the head. I'd like 'em alive .... but I'll take 'em dead." The plus with the P30 and the M92 is that I have the rounds to allow myself the luxury of that little motto. In fact I have many MEC-GAR mags that fit flush on the M92 holding 17, 18 and 20rds. Another benefit is that I also have a Kel-Tec Sub2000 carbine in 9mm and it accepts the mags for my Beretta M92, so it's basically a two-fer.
111 posted on 01/20/2012 12:09:46 PM PST by ExSoldier (FMR Infantry Captain; 25 yrs an NRA Instructor; Master of KLIK-PAO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 110 | View Replies]

To: Secret Agent Man

Agree...


112 posted on 01/20/2012 12:16:58 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: ExSoldier

When the army tested the 1911 in the original trials which saw it adopted, it went either 5000 or 6000 (I can’t remember offhand) rounds without a failure of any kind.

I don’t think it gets any better than that.


113 posted on 01/20/2012 1:54:45 PM PST by yarddog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies]

To: ExSoldier
I now rank my Glock M30...

See. There's no such thing as a Glock M30! You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, mistreat nuns and orphans, and refuse to cry for Ole Yeller!

The entire 1911 community is collectively doing the "backstab dance" after your heinous betrayal ;o)

BTW, have you tried the XD?

114 posted on 01/20/2012 2:12:27 PM PST by papertyger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies]

To: papertyger
BTW, have you tried the XD?

Yepper. But my big complaint is that the slide requires AHNOLD the Governator to draw the slide to the rear lock position ... easily. I had to finally "technique" it by gripping the gun with the firing hand, then clamping nonfiring hand over slide and PUNCHING the gun forward while freezing the slide in the offhand to achieve the retraction. I just couldn't pull the slide to the rear full length with the offhand only and that's not good. Gettin' old truly sux.

115 posted on 01/20/2012 3:36:07 PM PST by ExSoldier (FMR Infantry Captain; 25 yrs an NRA Instructor; Master of KLIK-PAO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]

To: rightwingextremist1776
I own both...love 'em both. Wouldn't give up either.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

116 posted on 01/20/2012 8:49:28 PM PST by wku man (Who says conservatives don't rock? http://www.bigdawgmusicmafia.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: papertyger
refuse to cry for Ole Yeller!

THAT was cold. Although, much to the horror of my students I tend to giggle insanely at the tragic death scene in the Lion King.... Or so I tell them (reinforces my "mean facade" to keep discipline).

117 posted on 01/21/2012 3:33:07 PM PST by ExSoldier (FMR Infantry Captain; 25 yrs an NRA Instructor; Master of KLIK-PAO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]

To: rightwingextremist1776
We both know which round is the better.

Gimme a break. That would have been true if you were comparing FMJ rounds alone. There the slower moving 230gr 45 has the nod with greater cross sectional density getting the knockdown "nod." But with technology today in bullet configuration the expansion realities are virtually identical. So as ALWAYS it still comes down to shot placement. Which round "wins" when a 45 hits a perp in the arm while that 9mm strikes the upper lip at the base of the nose moving at 1250fps in a straight line? For that matter, which one is better if the 9mm takes that same line but the 45, instead of the arm takes the cranio-ocular route? That's a shot through the eyeball. Who wins that one?

C'mon, 15 rounds is going to be critical when the bad guys are higher in number. So what happens to your little scene if there are seven bad guys and your 45 has 7 or 8 or even 9 rounds? Do you think you're gonna get all of them in one shot stops? A Sig 226 has the potential for an 18 or 20 rd flush fit mag (I have several from Mec-Gar). I always carry at least one spare mag. At some point you're going to run out faster than a high cap 9. When I carry my Glock M30, it's a 10rd mag in the weapon plus a 13rd M21 mag as a backup. BUT I also carry a full box of 50 Winchester Ranger JHPs in my jeep. At least for trips.

118 posted on 01/21/2012 4:08:52 PM PST by ExSoldier (FMR Infantry Captain; 25 yrs an NRA Instructor; Master of KLIK-PAO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-118 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson