MDS-
Good show on the Glocks. I've shot most things there are to shoot and I really like them. Mainly for their durability. Some people have days to clean their guns and don't take them out in the crap conditions we cops do every day(rain, hot, cold, water, humidity, etc.). The last thing I want to do when I get home from a real rainy or bad day is clean my gun which I have to do with other guns. Mags on other guns get rusty fast, not with Glocks. My 92F on my hip right now needs a good cleaning for instance, and I am pretty anal about it! How some other peoples guns function is beyond me after seeing some of the 92 mags that don't get constant attention.
Before you guys start rippin on me for not attending to my life-saving 92 that I must carry with my department... it's just the mag that's got a little rust on it![:)]
Almost no agencies in the nation let cops carry a single action pistol ala the 1911. The training required to use one good in combat is too much for agencies to do. It's a liability concern.
I bring the Glock everywhere- camping, to the mall (against policy), you name it. Like CavVet says... it is DEPENDABLE.
My sister city (St. Paul) was the first agency in the country to go to them. Since then I don't have to tell you THOUSANDS have and there is a reason, or lots of them, for it.
The fact that the mags are also interchangable are slick. I carrry a Glock 23 mag in my mini-Glock 27.
Let me know if you need any help with the transition. Many Glock accessories (holsters, etc.) will be on my site in the near future.
Good Luck-
Ryan
www.bluelinegear.com