12-18-2006, 01:11 PM
Glocks arent the most accurate in a vise... thats their draw back... and the mags are single stacked because... well they can only really sell 10 rounders... or could only sell 10 rounders for a long time thanks to slick willy. my 15 rounders are double stacks and they fit in the same hole 
even my 33 rounder is double stacked and goes right in.
They are easy to maintain... it breaks down into 4 parts... cleaning is EASY... when you have to clean them... I never cleaned my gun in college because i lived on campus and the gun stayed at the police station... SO... i might have fired a years worth of rounds through it and cleaned it every summer. still worked beautifully.
It fits my hand VERY well... suprising but its more comfortable to me than the Sigs are. But thats all personal prefrance.
Its also a true single/single... where most semi auto hand guns are double/single in their "action." Its a pull and fire weapon... the first shot doesnt differ from any of the others... unlike the USP line from H&K and the Sigs...etc.
There were ALOT of "mods" that could be done to make the glock much more user friendly. I bought the gun for about $460 new... and put another $2500 in it... because at the time i was competeing in speed shooting competitions with it... I was the only 9mm in the unlimited class... the only one that didnt have a "scope" or lazer... it still fired faster with ZERO jams.
now lets talk about jams. Glocks arent ment for 1st time gun owners. They dont have a real safety... the triggers arent double action... AND your first 500 rounds are going to be annoying. Glocks have break in periods... they work great one shot at a time out of the box... but you cant double tap etc without some wear on the gun... its just of those things. From talking to my uncle (Glocksmith/Gunsmith) its more common in the compact models than the full size and the sub compact... and we arent sure why.
These guns are over engineered. They take the COLD (we would go out Rt. 33 and fire when it was lower than 30.... sometimes colder)... I cant over heat it... and i have enough mags to put 500 rounds through at a time! All the mags are over sprung from glock... so the +2 extensions work fine... they can also sit with rounds in them for a LONG time and not get spring fatigue.
Mine currently runs a 3 pound trigger, recoil rod, titanium internals, stock barrel, extended mag release, butt plug, grip, tighter recoil spring, etc.... still as good as gold... it feels really well balanced when its fully loaded and when its empty (expect with the 33 round mag).
ps- if this is just a "fun gun" i'd go with 9mm because the rounds are cheaper... plus if you fire a mag of the 1911 and then switch to the 9mm you are going to get crazy accurate with the 9mm
even my 33 rounder is double stacked and goes right in. They are easy to maintain... it breaks down into 4 parts... cleaning is EASY... when you have to clean them... I never cleaned my gun in college because i lived on campus and the gun stayed at the police station... SO... i might have fired a years worth of rounds through it and cleaned it every summer. still worked beautifully.
It fits my hand VERY well... suprising but its more comfortable to me than the Sigs are. But thats all personal prefrance.
Its also a true single/single... where most semi auto hand guns are double/single in their "action." Its a pull and fire weapon... the first shot doesnt differ from any of the others... unlike the USP line from H&K and the Sigs...etc.
There were ALOT of "mods" that could be done to make the glock much more user friendly. I bought the gun for about $460 new... and put another $2500 in it... because at the time i was competeing in speed shooting competitions with it... I was the only 9mm in the unlimited class... the only one that didnt have a "scope" or lazer... it still fired faster with ZERO jams.
now lets talk about jams. Glocks arent ment for 1st time gun owners. They dont have a real safety... the triggers arent double action... AND your first 500 rounds are going to be annoying. Glocks have break in periods... they work great one shot at a time out of the box... but you cant double tap etc without some wear on the gun... its just of those things. From talking to my uncle (Glocksmith/Gunsmith) its more common in the compact models than the full size and the sub compact... and we arent sure why.
These guns are over engineered. They take the COLD (we would go out Rt. 33 and fire when it was lower than 30.... sometimes colder)... I cant over heat it... and i have enough mags to put 500 rounds through at a time! All the mags are over sprung from glock... so the +2 extensions work fine... they can also sit with rounds in them for a LONG time and not get spring fatigue.
Mine currently runs a 3 pound trigger, recoil rod, titanium internals, stock barrel, extended mag release, butt plug, grip, tighter recoil spring, etc.... still as good as gold... it feels really well balanced when its fully loaded and when its empty (expect with the 33 round mag).
ps- if this is just a "fun gun" i'd go with 9mm because the rounds are cheaper... plus if you fire a mag of the 1911 and then switch to the 9mm you are going to get crazy accurate with the 9mm
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