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CBP picks Glock for new handgun
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I got to admit I love my 1911s. Excellent shooters, beautiful pistols. I just prefer my Glocks over anything else for dependability and personal defense. For fit, feel and comfort, the 1911s again can't be beat. I'm not crazy about my Glock 20 or 21 for comfort and fit but they can't be beat for dependability and firepower. My newest Glock 43 x is my primary carry pistol 90% of the time. I'll carry my G 17 or G 22 if I'm heading into Detroit or big suburban areas.
Dusty Stevens
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I like springfield as a company but less moving parts is my standard. If somebody came out with a glock copy with 1 less mechanical part id go that route
I've been carrying a Glock since the mid 80's every since the Baltimore Police Department issued them. I have several different models and have home built two more. They shoot the first time and every time. Keep them clean and use factory ammo and they don't jam. That's the reliability I want if I am forced to use it.
Only thing I don't like about them is the long trigger travel. With after market triggers you can shorten that and also lighten it a bit.
As a former police officer, I have the LEOSA carry permit which allows me to carry anywhere in the USA. I never leave the house without my Glock.
Only thing I don't like about them is the long trigger travel. With after market triggers you can shorten that and also lighten it a bit.
As a former police officer, I have the LEOSA carry permit which allows me to carry anywhere in the USA. I never leave the house without my Glock.
I wonder where the actual gun in this video is and why the video is cropped short. I just see in view the holster tossed down.
Maybe he threw it down and it bounced out of sight - near the woman, first, if so that didn’t make it go off again, and would have been a stupid decision, if this was an actual accident and not a demonstration.
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Well, that's not what you actually said. You said if the "user" pulls the trigger. Hence my request for clarification.
I've owed glocks, I think they're great. But a striker fired gun has inherent pros and cons that should be matched to a specific application. For example: How do you decock a striker fired gun after use? For actual law enforcement use, it's very VERY useful to not have a cocked and chambered weapon when trying to reholster in the adrenaline-loaded aftermath of an actual shooting. The most dangerous thing most people will do with a Glock or other striker gun is reholster it.
I've come full circle. I started on Glocks, went to a Sig P320, now I'm shooting DA CZs. I find the DA more versatile and useful for my SD usage. I get the safety and "oops" margin of a heavier DA first shot, an option for consistent and light SA (just manually cock), an easy decock.
Not saying I'm right or anyone is wrong. But after hating DA guns for a long time, I'm now a late convert.
I own Glocks and like them fine but the striker fire system demands you pay attention more than the revolver did. Lots of accidents happened with it's introduction. That is true of all striker fired pistols. I read a book about Glock's history and rise to fame here in America a few years back and it was interesting what they did in Selma to entice the LE community to go Glock. No doubt about it The introduction of the Glock turned pistol design on it's head.
Not a Glock, heck not a pistol, my freind had a Win 52 with a Canjar trigger set in ounces. You couldn't tap the stock or it'd fire, you couldn't open the bolt on a loaded chamber cause it would fire. This was an just an unsafe weapon period! In this case you didn't have to pull the trigger, very dangerous! Now I saw something about a Sig elsewhere seems like that had a problem with going off with no trigger pull but I may be wrong, have to look it up, but that would be a design problem.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
I got one from canada- even better
You were close. You had the first part of the statement right: "Let's face it, there's only one reason that 95% of all law enforcement agencies have the Glock pistol in their officers holsters:"
But that reason is cost. Glock practically gives them away for LEO pricing. A department can buy glocks and sell them used as police trade in for nearly the same price. Add to that the durability and low maintenance, and equipping a department with Glock is almost always the lowest cost solution overall.
It happens to be that they are also superbly reliable and dependable. But that's not the main reason departments use them. If there was someone offering a comparable pistol for less, they'd use that. But it's really tough to beat Glock on cost of mfg. Based on my knowledge of machining and molding costs in volume, I'd stand confidently by the assertion that GLOCK has less than $100 in each standard frame gun they sell. (17/19/22/23/31/32).
ETA-- incidentally, the lowball price is ultimately why SIG got the military contract over GLOCK for the M17/18 pistols. They out-glocked GLOCK.
The SIG P320 had a post production issue discovered where it could go off if dropped a certain way. Turns out that it was fine if dropped in all the ways the .mil testing requires. So it passed. But drop it just so, and it goes off.
Turns out the force of impact was actually pulling the trigger because the trigger itself was heavy relative to the pull weight.
You hit the nail on the head. I’ve read that a Glock costs 1/3 the mfg. cost of a P226.
holstil
Silver $$ Contributor
yep, couldn’t find one from Canada when shopping. I just meant to point out this particular one is from nc. Kinda cool that it was made 1/2hr from me.
I think Remington bought them?
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Yes and yes. Remington will destroy them just like they did rohrbaugh and marlin to name a few
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