Posted: 1/21/2011 12:59:48 PM EDT
Anyone know the original reason why the Gen 1 and Gen 2 Glocks came in the tupperware containers rather than a gun case? I remember buying my first Glock and thinking "Oh this thing is so sweet and looks high end.." Then they pulled out the POS case and I was like.. 
It was functional, but I wasn't sure if that tupperware was created for the military, law enforcement, Austrian contract, etc.. Anyone know? |
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Which is why I like the new cases. Most of my GLOCKs are stored loaded. Quoted:
i liked the old cases. i think their biggest turn off was that you had to pull the trigger to store the gun in it. too many idiots around to have that as a requirement. That is a pretty poor practice, no matter what kind of case you have. |
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Which is why I like the new cases. Most of my GLOCKs are stored loaded. Quoted:
i liked the old cases. i think their biggest turn off was that you had to pull the trigger to store the gun in it. too many idiots around to have that as a requirement. That is a pretty poor practice, no matter what kind of case you have. Amen. I mean, that's exactly why the designed the old case that way, to make sure that the pistol wouldn't come out of it in firing condition. HTR |
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I have a old case and you do not have to pull the trigger to store it? The cases changed over the years, and the later ones were designed with wings on the center post so that the trigger had to be to the rear to fit on the post. Also, you may have a box where someone may have cut the wings off if you are not the original owner. |
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My GLOCKs are not range guns. They are for duty use, concealed carry, or home defense. Therefore, they always stay loaded. I won't disparage your choice of storing unloaded, even if it does render your GLOCK a useless club. Quoted: Quoted: Which is why I like the new cases. Most of my GLOCKs are stored loaded. Quoted: i liked the old cases. i think their biggest turn off was that you had to pull the trigger to store the gun in it. too many idiots around to have that as a requirement. That is a pretty poor practice, no matter what kind of case you have. |
The only complaint I have with the Tupperware is they are such a bitch to open and seal. One or two fine, but you try doing a 200+ gun inventory and see how your thumbs like it! 
I kinda iwsh they would update that design (easier open/close) and bring it back even if it's just an option or a seperate purchace thing. I'd get a couple. |
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My GLOCKs are not range guns. They are for duty use, concealed carry, or home defense. Therefore, they always stay loaded. I won't disparage your choice of storing unloaded, even if it does render your GLOCK a useless club. Quoted:
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Which is why I like the new cases. Most of my GLOCKs are stored loaded. Quoted:
i liked the old cases. i think their biggest turn off was that you had to pull the trigger to store the gun in it. too many idiots around to have that as a requirement. That is a pretty poor practice, no matter what kind of case you have. You ASSume much. I always have a G20, a shotgun, and an LCP ready to go from the far and near points of my house, or in my vehicle, or on my person as the situation dictates. That leaves a locked safe full of guns that have absolutely no purpose in being loaded. Especially considering that you can't protect the trigger with a holster, in most cases, when you have a gun in its original case. All it takes is one screw up, and any of us can have an "accidental" discharge. We aren't talking about who has more and who uses their guns for what. We are talking about a mindset and safe practices. |
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. yes exactly. "what... did you pull the trigger while it was accidently loaded?" |
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I have always wanted one of the old cases just for collection reasons but have never found one other than on ebay. Ed's Public Safety in Stockbridge, GA has a stack of the tupperware style cases for sale. Can't remember the price, though. My 1990 Gen 2 G17 has the case that required the trigger being pulled in order for the pistol to fit. Didn't the older cases have a place to hold bullets inside next to the gun? |
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. No, I meant what I typed. "Accidental" discharge because there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. |
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I have always wanted one of the old cases just for collection reasons but have never found one other than on ebay. Ed's Public Safety in Stockbridge, GA has a stack of the tupperware style cases for sale. Can't remember the price, though. My 1990 Gen 2 G17 has the case that required the trigger being pulled in order for the pistol to fit. Didn't the older cases have a place to hold bullets inside next to the gun? Generation 1 did for sure. |
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. No, I meant what I typed. "Accidental" discharge because there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. ummm...that makes zero sense. |
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. No, I meant what I typed. "Accidental" discharge because there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. ummm...that makes zero sense. It makes quite a bit of sense. A gun does not go off by accident - a car accident, for example, where somebody T-bones you at an intersection when they have a red light - is an accident. when you have deliberately depressed the trigger of a firearm and it goes off without you being prepared for it, that is negligent, because it is your own damn fault that the round went off. |
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I have always wanted one of the old cases just for collection reasons but have never found one other than on ebay. i just did the opposite. i just bought new cases to replace my tupperware. Do you happen to have your old tupperwear style cases?? Quoted:
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I have always wanted one of the old cases just for collection reasons but have never found one other than on ebay. Ed's Public Safety in Stockbridge, GA has a stack of the tupperware style cases for sale. Can't remember the price, though. My 1990 Gen 2 G17 has the case that required the trigger being pulled in order for the pistol to fit. Didn't the older cases have a place to hold bullets inside next to the gun? Thats a little bit of a drive for me 
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. No, I meant what I typed. "Accidental" discharge because there is no such thing as an accidental discharge. ummm...that makes zero sense. I guess it could fly over certain people's head. |
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Agreed. So if I treat all guns as if they're loaded, then there's no reason to store my GLOCKs unloaded. Duty, backup, concealed carry. No different than your G20, shotgun, and LCP. Quoted:
We are talking about a mindset and safe practices. Except for a few things. If there is a fire in your home, a loaded gun could go off due to excessive heat and injure or kill someone that might be in your home in a legitimate capacity. If you are killed in the line of duty, and someone who is not as familiar with firearms, or your mindset, or your practices, has to come and collect your firearms, can hurt or kill themselves when they handle your firearms. You can pretend and make excuses all you want. Storing loaded firearms is pretty stupid. Apparently, you have a hard time understanding concepts that are outside of your control. |
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You mean "NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE" This is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". Food for thought. I use to say it, and think it and now I have come around to a new way of thinking. Sure there is. I have accidentally fired a weapon before. But it was pointed downrange safely. Quoted:
Storing loaded firearms is pretty stupid. I don't see why. I store mine loaded. My AR is in its soft case, loaded, chambered, safety on. My Glocks are loaded, chambered, in holsters that guard the trigger. |