I didn’t have a QotD I was happy with until I read Robb’s sidearm epiphany.
After my range trip last night, I’m not only positive I don’t want to trade it, but I’ve actually realized the more I shoot the 1911, the less I like my Glock.
That is a common problem for Glock owners. I loved my G30 until I bought a HiPower, which caused me to shoot my 1911’s more. It didn’t take long for me to trade the 30 in on another JMB designed sidearm.
Glock owners, sequester yourselves! Whatever you do, avoid the temptation to put your hands on a steel or alloy framed pistol designed by God’s own armorer! Do not let thyself be corrupted!
Speaking of the HiPower, it is complete and refinished and is only waiting for me to pay off the smith who made it perfect again (it’s very likely older than 95% of RNS readers, let’s see a Glock do that). I’ll be debuting it at GBR IV in September.
Patriotic feelings for JMB (PBUH) aside, the savvy gunfighter fights with what will carry him through the battle to victory.
I’ve owned Glocks in Model 17, 19, 22 & 23, still have two, a 22 and a 19. They are reliable weapons which have never failed me in any target or service situation.
They are as close to perfectly reliable as a good revolver is, but with three times the capacity. They strip and clean easily.
They are not pretty, but neither is war.
There is an m1903 on a shelf somewhere, calling to you, Rivrdog …
It’s lonely.
Shhh! Don’t listen Riverdog!
*Psst*! Where Kristopher?
I hope the Glock-guy at the Rendezvous (if he shows) isn’t too bummed-out.
I love 1911s. But I can’t really work on them myself. I can bust out the box-o-parts for the Glocks and keep them running for several generations with nary a worry.
Yes, they lack that elegance, but they work. To each his own.
I keep hearing about how you can’t work on a 1911 yourself, and I don’t understand it. What is it that supposedly makes them so damn hard to work on?
Firehand – I am a gorilla. 🙂 I can handle basics, but when it comes to parts fitting, forget it. I should work on that, but I acknowledge my limitations at this point in my life.
Who was your smith? I have a vintage ’73 Hi Power that needs sights and a trigger job.
Perhaps Blogger Blasto-rama regulars will remember what happened when I showed up with a new 1911A1 a few years ago. It was built up by an expert armorer on an Essex frame.
I fired about 25 rounds and it stopped going into battery. Phil and I tore it down and re-lubed everything, but the failure to battery persisted.
I wound up having to file down the galled ArmorCote or whatever the slide and receiver parts were Parkerized with. It was very laborious.
It wouldn’t have happened with a Glock. It probably wouldn’t have happened with a non-Parkerized 1911.
It was not the first time I have had to deal with galled parkerizing, and it probably won’t be the last. The parkerizing on a Glock doesn’t contact any other Parkerized surfaces.
You have a bug or a bot or something in the top of this post.
If you try tabbing through, you run into a lot of bad links to gaming sites.
As for Glock owners converting away, it hasn’t happened yet. I like the 1911’s, but they are SO easy to break (a rusty safety plunger turns it into a hammer), I just don’t see moving away from rust free handguns.
Not to say Glocks are perfect, I have an interesting failure right now with my 30 SF as a matter of fact.
But I’ve shot FEG’s & Hi Powers, Beretta’s (sold it) Sig’s (eh), many 1911’s (still have my wife’s cause I figure I need to own at least one), the occasional H&K (talk about over rated), and XD’s (sold it), and the Glock’s just do me right.
I wouldn’t mind a Hi Power of my own, and a wheel gun or two would be fun, but for carry and for fun I’ll stick with my Glocks.
Thanks for the head’s up. Should be fixed now. I’ve got to try and figure out how they keep doing that!
As for the trash talk, I’m just trying to keep the 1911 vs. Glock flamewar alive. No bad feelings. But seriously, do try a HiPower.
had sort of the same epiphany my own self awhile back. bought myself my very first gun, a glock, after *exhaustive* research. the glock had it all: simplicity, reliability, accuracy, durability….the works. and it worked exactly as advertised: perfectly. i was a happy glock customer, and told all who would listen.
then i got my second gun, a ruger p90 in .45. liked it right away, then loved it – seemed to be made just for my (largish) hand. and with each passing day, the glock seemed to become less and less perfect. just didn’t *feel* right anymore. within 6 months, i’d fallen out of glock love, and ended up trading it for a beretta. doing so also enabled me to teach the mrs to shoot, because the non-safety glock just made her nervous. yeah yeah, i know, the smart shooter doesn’t *need* a manual safety if he’s using his head and staying in the moment, but since we’re not all perfect, mistakes happen. i believe they happen easier with glocks. kindly note the gun plaxico burress ingeniously shot himself in the leg with was …a glock. the studly idiot DEA agent who shot himself in the foot in the famous youtube vid (“i’m the only one in this room qualified to handle this weapon!”)(BANG!) was also glocked up. just sayin’.
The wife and I sure do like our Beretta 92s. Just sayin’.