Bigchillin83
Well-Known Member
Are you referring to completely altered race glocks, with nothing stock other than frame that has been cut and stippled???? Or are you talking about basic stock glocks from factory running the way the factory designed them to be...with any gain in a race gun you have to give somthing up!!! Speed for relibilty, felt recoil for reliability, completely loading down a round for ease of follow ups for reliability... Just saying... And yes I am a glock fanboy lol I did cut my teeth on a 1911 and glock, and to me the 1911 was the bees knees in its hay day... But now is a range fun gun... To me the glock is a range fun gun but like a Eastwing hammer... It just works in a shtf situation...
Few things. I'm not a Glock fan either although I owned one years ago. They have a reputation for just running, and to sone degree, rightfully so. However, they malfunction as well. When I used to shoot IDPA, I saw far more issues with Glocks than with 1911s. And the number of shooters using either platform appeared to be pretty equal. In my personal eperience, which is probably opposite everyone else on here, I had more issues with the 1 Glock I used to own than I've had with my Sig and the 4 1911s I own, combined.
A lot of people, through a wide assortment of topics, throw out some line about taxpayers and the military. I assure you, I pay taxes as well. So do the rest of the military members. People make it sound as if we don't, not true. But I do agree with the notion taxpayer money can always be spent in a wiser manner.
When I joined, we still used the M9. I still like that platform and intend to get one one day. I never had any issues firing one. A lot of people with smaller hands, particularly females, did though. We switched from the M9 to the Sig 229 DAK in .40 a couple years after I got in and I've never had issues with it either.
To be honest, I've no idea why we will eventually go from the 229 to the 320. I think it is a waste of resources. Some have cited broken this or that. But that's going to happen over time and enough rounds.
To ANY platform. My argument is that it's cheaper to replace parts than buy a whole new firearm.