Posted: 5/19/2008 10:42:43 AM EDT
| Glocks are great guns I just dont know which one to get! |
The only other thing I would carry daily is a G19.
Picking a pistol should be based on 3 primary decisions and 6 secondary decisions: P1: How well does it fit your hand. You hands should not feel too large or small for the gun. The trigger finger pad should rest exactly in the center of the trigger when it is placed there, without thinking. When you put both hands on the gun like this (LINK) so that with both eyes open, the pistol is on target when both arms are fully extended. You should not have to switch to the weaver stance to get on target. This means that the gun grip width and length fits your hand structure. P2: Ergonomics: The mag release, safety, and slide release should be position so that you can operate all of them with one or both hands on the gun, not off the gun. P3: Sites. The sites of a firearm determine its purpose. ANY gun that is chosen for CCW should have tritium sites and/or a rail for a flashlight and/or laser. If it is not a CCW gun, this is not a primary need. Therefore, the substitute for this is trigger pull. I always recommend a light trigger pull (4 to 5 lbm max). People who have insurance and businesses will instruct you to have a heavier pull. Don't listen to the lawyers. The primary safety feature to prevent a gun from going off unintentionally is your trigger finger. Everything else is false security that can get in the way of a good shoot if you don't practice bi-monthly. Secondary Decisions: Lets assume CCW 1. SIZE: The size of the gun that you carry will depend on nothing more than the form of your body. The skinnier you are, the larger the gun that you can conceal. If you have curvature in your hips, then you will be better able to conceal a smaller gun. IF you have a muffin top, you do not want to CCW on your hip. Behold: The Muffin Top.  2. Caliber: Caliber is mostly unimportant as long as you are using something greater than 380 ACP. In the past 2 centuries, more people have been killed by 9mm, 38-special, 357 Mag, 44 special, than 45ACP, 10mm, 40S&W, or any other he-man cartrige. Pick the one that you like. But don't worry, 3 shots of anything should kill them dead. 3. Gun color: do what you want. But a bright nickel gun will reflect sun into your eyes just as much as into theirs. 4. Gun weight: Pick a gun that you can carry, without your pants falling down. How much a gun weighs will directly impact how long you can carry it comfortably. 5. Precision and Reliability: If the gun can shoot 2" groups at 15 yards, you are probably going to be OK. Your gun does not have to shoot 1/2" groups at 15 or 25 yards, but if it does, great. A gun that malfunctions is a gun that will get you killed. Precision and Reliability are in the same catagory, IMO. 6. Cost: Spend as much as your life is worth. If you live in a trailer, get drunk or stoned every night, and smack around your wife and kids; buy a Jennings 22. It is worth more than you are. Everyone else should spend as much as it takes to trust you purchase 100% to save your life and the lives of those you would give your life for. Hope this helps. |
The 21SF is chambered in .45ACP, not 10mm Auto. As for which direction to go - I'd reccomend either a 17 or 19, whichever fits your hand better. Most folks here prefer the 19, but I personally can't stand the fit of the 19 but find the 17 fits nicely. Find what works for YOU. |
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The 19 is my favorite Glock of all time, plenty of firepower in a package that hides under a untucked T-shirt IWB. The 36 seems to be one of the most troublesome Glocks from what I have read and the 45 GAPs would be the hardest to sell if you decided to get rid of them. The 30SF is a fine weapon that you need to look at for sure! Dammit! After 7 there are still at least 8 or 9 more I want 
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