I have finally given up on Glocks! (Page 2 of 5)
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Originally Posted By SideCarGT: No. That would be foolishness. Dead nuts reliable. Parts available everywhere, both stock and tuner parts. Every gun has pros and cons, but it’s hard to beat Glock when your life is on the line. Doesn’t mean I don’t carry others and own others, but not selling the Glocks. FPNI |
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Op would not be the first, nor the last to step away from glocks. Glock has a devout following, like the 1911 platform. Sadly, 1911s have more diversity/options than glock, even with 6 generations. Though some manufacturers are starting to make up for glocks failure to listen to what the gun community is asking for/trending towards. |
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Originally Posted By BlitzPig: I dumped mine years ago. No regrets. Blitz is like me. I live in a Glock-free household ever since I first picked up a Walter P99. |
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Originally Posted By 77Bronc: I had a Glock 23 blow up on me with factory Federal ammo, this was in 2002, I sold every Glock I owned I jumped back into 9mm Glocks around 2008 and never looked back, for the reliability reasons. I own HK, Colt, Sig but nothing runs like a Glock. So you got an over pressure round from Federal and blame the Gun  Just because they are factory rounds doesn't mean they don't get a dud once in a while. |
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EDC Glock 30 and occasionally 21 for over 15 years from gen 3-5. Never an issue, and paired with good holster (Galco King Tuk) no problems carrying. I carry what I train with, so haven't carried anything else, and see no reason to fuck with muscle memory on something so important. |
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1911 junkie, but for hi capacity 9mm, I'm in camp Glock.
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Panem et Circenses
I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83: 1911 junkie, but for hi capacity 9mm, I'm in camp Glock. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/164007/IMG_5120-3772338.jpg Also a 1911 guy. The Glock grip angle just isn't for me. |
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I got away from glocks years ago. May get an rxm at some point, but have no real interest in glocks anymore. After 25-30 years of chasing perfection, found other options that just fit/feel/shoot better for me. I probably put over 25k rounds through one g19 that I liked more than others, but oddly the last glock I let go was a 26. They are not bad guns, but are definitely not perfection. |
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Originally Posted By NN300BLK: Also a 1911 guy. The Glock grip angle just isn't for me. It's not my favorite by any means but I shoot them well. |
Panem et Circenses
I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
| Its really a personal preference. Like what type of icecream is best. I carry a gen5 mos g45. Some days a carry a 365xl. The sig is way thinner and easier to carry.It feels worlds better in my hand. Sig has a better trigger. But for some reason when I shoot them side by side there is hardly any diference. To be honest i think there isnt much diference between glock,365,vp9,sw mp2 czp. In my experience they are all similar and I wouldnt have any problem carrying any of them. |
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Originally Posted By mylifemygun: I have carried a Glock for self defense for over 20 years. I liked them for their reliability. Never liked their trigger or grip. They felt like holding a brick. But after holding a CZ P10F and trying a Canik trigger I have sold most of my Glocks! Anyone else dumping Glocks ??? Yeah, got rid of my Glocks mostly due to the ergonomics. Will admit though, do miss them. As you stated, very reliable. |
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Originally Posted By Ruin: They’re amazing guns, reliability that’s just incredible however I find them boring/vanilla. Staccato figuring out 2011’s and now the 2011 market overall has made me enjoy handguns in all new ways. I used to have all kinds of pistols but today, being a single income family with kids, I have nothing but a pair of Glock 19s. They work, they're cheap, parts and holsters are everywhere, plus GSSF. It makes the most sense to me. |
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Originally Posted By King_Mud: I used to have all kinds of pistols but today, being a single income family with kids, I have nothing but a pair of Glock 19s. They work, they're cheap, parts and holsters are everywhere, plus GSSF. It makes the most sense to me. Originally Posted By King_Mud: Originally Posted By Ruin: They’re amazing guns, reliability that’s just incredible however I find them boring/vanilla. Staccato figuring out 2011’s and now the 2011 market overall has made me enjoy handguns in all new ways. I used to have all kinds of pistols but today, being a single income family with kids, I have nothing but a pair of Glock 19s. They work, they're cheap, parts and holsters are everywhere, plus GSSF. It makes the most sense to me. A basic AR15 and a Glock 19 really do cover most any situation and they do it on a reasonable budget. Glock (to me) is much like an AR, plain. They’re great. They work. They’re priced from downright cheap to goofy expensive. They’re the salt and pepper for the seasoning world. |
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Originally Posted By ShaggyNuckles: I, like many vet's naturally transitioned to Glocks because of our experience with worn out M9's and for a period of time they made sense, despite never really liking shoot them. I dipped my toe into the 2011 world last year and have since dumped my Glocks as in 2026, they are simply not very good pistols compared to everything else on the market, Everything is reliable, everything is way more ergonomic, everything is available with a comp'd or threaded barrel and near match trigger. Theres no objective data in 2026 that shows Glocks to be any more reliable that any of the competitors polymer striker fired pistols that have been award service pistol contracts worldwide. CZ's HK's, Sig's and S&W's have all been selected ahead of Glocks. I picked up a springfield echelon last week and its a very good pistol. This. I don’t know yGlock has a reputation for reliability when they’ve never been as reliable as almost everything else on the market, and they just keep releasing new problems on the same old platform. I worked on Glocks for 20 years and understand how they work. It’s a halfsssed gun. |
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Originally Posted By Ruin: They’re amazing guns, reliability that’s just incredible however I find them boring/vanilla. Staccato figuring out 2011’s and now the 2011 market overall has made me enjoy handguns in all new ways. Shooting a glock in 2026 is sort of like defaulting your choice in vehicles to a 2004 Toyota Carolla. sure, it runs and parts are cheap, but honestly, i am willing to trade a touch of theoretical reliability for something that's just more enjoyable to use. I am not trying to LARP as a iraqi traffic cop or some rapper from Chicago. I am just a dude that's going to go to the range and go shooting. If its a budge issue and all you can afford is an old 300 dollar LE trade in, i get it and glock makes the most sense, but if you are into shooting, and are willing to spend a small premium, there are far better options today. |
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Originally Posted By ShaggyNuckles: Shooting a glock in 2026 is sort of like defaulting your choice in vehicles to a 2004 Toyota Carolla. sure, it runs and parts are cheap, but honestly, i am willing to trade a touch of theoretical reliability for something that's just more enjoyable to use. I am not trying to LARP as a iraqi traffic cop or some rapper from Chicago. I am just a dude that's going to go to the range and go shooting. If its a budge issue and all you can afford is an old 300 dollar LE trade in, i get it and glock makes the most sense, but if you are into shooting, and are willing to spend a small premium, there are far better options today. Most guys choose Glocks for the way they shoot. While everyone complains about the grip angle, there are guys like me who didn’t like it but tested it enough to realize I was wrong about it. Function over form, and I can shoot a Glock faster and more accurately than anything else. With the not super comfortable grip angle. With the mediocre trigger. With the low weight. With all of its faults, it is a stupid flat shooting platform that just so happens to be incredibly reliable and durable. That same ick feeling most people get pointing one at the wall in a gun shop is where their success actually comes from. |
| I have never cared for Glock. I can shoot them just fine, but they just are very mediocre to me. The only one I have is a G43. I have been an Hk carrier for 27 years. With all that said, I'm going to be checking out the Gen 6. It sounds like they may have finally found a version of "Perfection" that I may like. |
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Originally Posted By ShaggyNuckles: Shooting a glock in 2026 is sort of like defaulting your choice in vehicles to a 2004 Toyota Carolla. sure, it runs and parts are cheap, but honestly, i am willing to trade a touch of theoretical reliability for something that's just more enjoyable to use. I am not trying to LARP as a iraqi traffic cop or some rapper from Chicago. I am just a dude that's going to go to the range and go shooting. If its a budge issue and all you can afford is an old 300 dollar LE trade in, i get it and glock makes the most sense, but if you are into shooting, and are willing to spend a small premium, there are far better options today. Originally Posted By ShaggyNuckles: Originally Posted By Ruin: They’re amazing guns, reliability that’s just incredible however I find them boring/vanilla. Staccato figuring out 2011’s and now the 2011 market overall has made me enjoy handguns in all new ways. Shooting a glock in 2026 is sort of like defaulting your choice in vehicles to a 2004 Toyota Carolla. sure, it runs and parts are cheap, but honestly, i am willing to trade a touch of theoretical reliability for something that's just more enjoyable to use. I am not trying to LARP as a iraqi traffic cop or some rapper from Chicago. I am just a dude that's going to go to the range and go shooting. If its a budge issue and all you can afford is an old 300 dollar LE trade in, i get it and glock makes the most sense, but if you are into shooting, and are willing to spend a small premium, there are far better options today. Better is subjective, I figure unless I can shoot a Glock like Ben Stoeger the holdup is me and chasing improvements via gear is a fool's errand. If you have the money and want to spend it just because then buy whatever you want. People value things for all kinds of reasons and that's OK. |
| Retired LE, 1st had a G27 for plainclothes and liked it and later a G22 that I didnt like. Then was issued a G19 at a different agency and loved the form factor but couldnt shoot as well with it as my other guns. Have an Echelon 4.5 and Canik MC9 as my primary carry guns now. Both of those kick the crap out of Glock triggers. Hell, my XD9 had a better stock trigger than any of my Glocks. Also carried SigPro, 1911s, BHP, Beretta 96 at work. |
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Originally Posted By RogueSpear2023: So you got an over pressure round from Federal and blame the Gun Just because they are factory rounds doesn't mean they don't get a dud once in a while. Originally Posted By RogueSpear2023: Originally Posted By 77Bronc: I had a Glock 23 blow up on me with factory Federal ammo, this was in 2002, I sold every Glock I owned I jumped back into 9mm Glocks around 2008 and never looked back, for the reliability reasons. I own HK, Colt, Sig but nothing runs like a Glock. So you got an over pressure round from Federal and blame the Gun Just because they are factory rounds doesn't mean they don't get a dud once in a while. The original Glocks in 40 had a very unsupported chamber and could absolutely blow up on a good round it the recoil spring needed changing. |
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I like variety. Sometimes carry a P365xl, sometimes a Hellcat. Occasionally rotate a SW shield and lcp max in there too. Have glocks, and like them, but dont ever carry them because I have to completely adjust my aim. |
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| That's the beauty of the times we live in. We get a plethora of choices. Personally I think it's a bad move but whatever floats your boat. IF I was to ever bail on Glocks it sure as hell wouldn't be the uglier, more expensive, less reliable Shadow systems or the generic RXM. The next logical steps would be M&P 2.0 |
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Cool story bro. Would you like a cookie? At this point, the entire community could give up on glocks, and I'm not changing mine at all. Your other polymere pistol doesn't do anything the glock doesn't. Just because you can't hold a glock, doesn't mean that the cz will outperform it. 2011's are the only thing that give a legitimate argument for change. |
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Originally Posted By NN300BLK: The Glock grip angle just isn't for me. I love the reliability of Glocks and how you can completely detail strip them with a pointy stick. Parts are cheap and readily available. I just don't like the grip ergos. That said, I still own a couple classics and enjoy shooting them.  |
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Originally Posted By TheQuadfather: This. I don’t know yGlock has a reputation for reliability when they’ve never been as reliable as almost everything else on the market, and they just keep releasing new problems on the same old platform. I worked on Glocks for 20 years and understand how they work. It’s a halfsssed gun. Originally Posted By TheQuadfather: Originally Posted By ShaggyNuckles: I, like many vet's naturally transitioned to Glocks because of our experience with worn out M9's and for a period of time they made sense, despite never really liking shoot them. I dipped my toe into the 2011 world last year and have since dumped my Glocks as in 2026, they are simply not very good pistols compared to everything else on the market, Everything is reliable, everything is way more ergonomic, everything is available with a comp'd or threaded barrel and near match trigger. Theres no objective data in 2026 that shows Glocks to be any more reliable that any of the competitors polymer striker fired pistols that have been award service pistol contracts worldwide. CZ's HK's, Sig's and S&W's have all been selected ahead of Glocks. I picked up a springfield echelon last week and its a very good pistol. This. I don’t know yGlock has a reputation for reliability when they’ve never been as reliable as almost everything else on the market, and they just keep releasing new problems on the same old platform. I worked on Glocks for 20 years and understand how they work. It’s a halfsssed gun. I understand that they are not universally loved, but in my experience that has not been the case. I've never had any reliability problems with any of my factory Glocks. None of my Glocks move into the "my precious" state, but they do what I want in a boringly regular manner. I guess YMMV. |
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Originally Posted By dmk0210: That's where I am. I love the reliability of Glocks and how you can completely detail strip them with a pointy stick. Parts are cheap and readily available. I just don't like the grip ergos. That said, I still own a couple classics and enjoy shooting them. https://i.imgur.com/zy71zV8.jpeg Originally Posted By dmk0210: Originally Posted By NN300BLK: The Glock grip angle just isn't for me. I love the reliability of Glocks and how you can completely detail strip them with a pointy stick. Parts are cheap and readily available. I just don't like the grip ergos. That said, I still own a couple classics and enjoy shooting them. https://i.imgur.com/zy71zV8.jpeg Nice collection!  I don't know why, but I've always really liked long slide models regardless of manufacturer. |
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I was ready to transition to a p320 but then the safety stuff came out and I did some actual review of how the various striker gun safeties work. I like Glock because the striker safety block is in front of the spring cups and even a failure of the striker lug won’t cause a discharge. The drop safety shelf plus the striker block interface with the striker makes Glock the safest choice out there. I have kids and when we’re in church for instance and they’re sitting in the pew behind me while I stand up, the gun basically points at them from my 3:00 holster. Glock has my trust. I do have a P365. It’s an awesome little gun, but if that striker lug snaps off it’s going to discharge. |
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Originally Posted By HighPlains1911: I like Glock because the striker safety block is in front of the spring cups and even a failure of the striker lug won’t cause a discharge. The drop safety shelf plus the striker block interface with the striker makes Glock the safest choice out there. Is this safer than a Beretta APX, S&W M&P, Canik, PDP, CZ P10, HK VP9, etc? |
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Originally Posted By EncoreGolf: Is this safer than a Beretta APX, S&W M&P, Canik, PDP, CZ P10, HK VP9, etc? Pdp has a Glock system with the block forward of the striker. vp9 has the sear and safety block interacting with the same lug on the striker. M&p has the safety block aft of the spring cups. Not sure on the others. The point being that some pistols could have a striker fail due to a metal defect and go off. |
| No. I’m keeping majority of my Glocks. I own many different types . Like them all. I like my M&P’s 2.0. They feel better in the hand. I actually carry my M&P compact. Most of the time. Small pocket , G43. Most of my handguns are reliable. But none have lived up to Glock reliable in my collection. I have never had a stoppage. Ever. Owned them since the 90’s . The only other pistol that I can say that about is my CZ75B. But it don’t have a round counter. Under 1000. My HK had a few , I will not ever buy another SIG. I have an Sig 226 that’s been 100%. The M&P’s that I absolutely love has had a few stoppages. Two out of one pistol. The full size. And 3 out of the compact. This is under 500 rounds out of each pistol. I will say in the last 200 rounds through each pistol I haven’t had any more. Ammo was good. Factory mags. Wasn’t one particular mag. I still like my M&P’s more than my Glocks. But if told I was going out to face the end of the world. I wouldn’t think about it. GLOCK 17 all day long. Let’s get this party started. |
| I told myself when I retired 4 years ago I was never gonna carry another Glock after being forced to carry one for duty for almost 25 years. I still carry a Glock. They aren’t perfect. Broke the locking block on a 21 along with erosion on the breach face. Cracked a slide on a 22 and the breach face on a 19. Glocks customer service has always been “meh” to me. They eventually fixed the problem but it took some back and forth. Recently went all in on a Staccato HD 3.6. It’s been a great gun, no malfunctions and shoots really well. Since it’s gotten hotter I have been dealing with rust on the thumb safeties and optic plate. It’s also heavier than my 19’s. I’ve also come to the realization that I really don’t shoot it any better than my 19’s. I could’ve bought 4 more 19’s for the cost of my Staccato. I have no plans of getting rid of the Staccato but I’ve been carrying my Glocks more lately, especially the 43x with the new 15 round magazines. At this point I’m so heavily invested in the Glock platform I do not see myself getting away from it even though I’ve always been lukewarm toward them. Sorry for the long post. |
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Dead nuts reliable. I hear this often, but it's not what I see at the range. It seems like when I notice someone struggling with multiple stoppages, 8 times out of 10 it's a Glock. I'm not saying that Glocks are unreliable, but I don't think that they are more reliable than any other mainstream pistol. |
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Originally Posted By Bravo_Six: I hear this often, but it's not what I see at the range. It seems like when I notice someone struggling with multiple stoppages, 8 times out of 10 it's a Glock. I'm not saying that Glocks are unreliable, but I don't think that they are more reliable than any other mainstream pistol. Agreed with this. Though almost 100% of the time I see a malfunctioning "glock", I can either clearly see, or strike up a conversation and find that they're heavily modified with questionable parts. |