Crossed to the Dark (Glock) side again

[phil413tx]

Crossed to the Dark (Glock) side again

At home, I can have all of the bullets in the grip... instead of half on my left hip. I just can't hide the danged Blocks in my shorts very well!

Wynn

I have to agree with that. I love my Kahrs on my hip.

[AJBert]

I have never liked Glocks, they just do not "fit" my hand. Had a fella a couple of years ago that told me that if one loves 1911's they will hate Glocks. The opposite would be true, too.

It has a lot of the "Lego" feel of them to me but it also has to do with being an extension of my hand. There is zero natural feel for me. This has nothing to do with the quality of the firearm, just the feel.

And as I have advised many folks, if it doesn't feel right in your hands, keep looking for something that does. For those that love Glocks, more power to them. I've tried and the "best" I've found is the 23. However, a mangled Cresent wrench feels much better.

And I hate Cresent wrenches, or as I tend to call them Cresecnt hammers, as that is all they are good for.

[Alfonse]

Congrats on the glock. I dunno. I must like to swim upstream. I don't own a glock and it is probably for the same reason i don't own an AR. Both are ugly, but it must be more than that. I couldn't be that shallow, could I?

[wyntrout]

I had never fired one and had always put them down, but last month I decided to buy two... the G23C for me and the G19 for Wifey... both Gen 3's. I just put the Trijicon HD NS Orange-outline FS on the 23 and we need to see what Wifey needs with her poor eyesight. The Yellow FS are better for night, but I think the Orange are better for day... just not as bright at night. The yellow looks like a giant Tritium dot when "charged" in the dark. The orange is darker and kind of disappointing for night in that respect. The dots are still Tritium and good, though.

Oh, yeah, Obummer and the new anti-gun push made me do that!

Wynn

[chrish]

I have never liked Glocks, they just do not "fit" my hand. Had a fella a couple of years ago that told me that if one loves 1911's they will hate Glocks. The opposite would be true, too.

It has a lot of the "Lego" feel of them to me but it also has to do with being an extension of my hand. There is zero natural feel for me. This has nothing to do with the quality of the firearm, just the feel.

And as I have advised many folks, if it doesn't feel right in your hands, keep looking for something that does. For those that love Glocks, more power to them. I've tried and the "best" I've found is the 23. However, a mangled Cresent wrench feels much better.

And I hate Cresent wrenches, or as I tend to call them Cresecnt hammers, as that is all they are good for.

I think we must be related. I dislike Glocks for the same reason, it rhymes w/ blocks and feels like one in my hand. Nothing against them, they just feel wrong. I've been thinking about a Glock 19, mostly because, well, just because! If everybody else has one, I guess I should to0. But every single time I lay hands on one, I back down. I'll end up w/ another P250 or a CZ at some point instead, most likely.

But the Crescent wrench comment made me laugh. I just had to replace my kitchen faucet recently. It's a corner sink, so the damn thing is jammed up there where I had to snake myself under the cabinent and into the corner under the whole mess. Had a basin wrench and a Crescent wrench and fought it for 2-3 hours trying to get the SOB off. I finally got so freakin' mad that I used the Crescent HAMMER to beat the ever loving sh*t out of the faucet from the top. My wife thought I had gone nuts. Probably couldn't have passed a Diane Feinstein background check THAT day for sure. But, the Crescent wrench made an EXCELLENT hammer. Finally got it all off, beating the crap out of it, only to discover my 2-3 hours had been wasted, rusted up into a solid piece of metal...no WAY it was coming off w/ wrenches.

So maybe I do need a Glock...

[RRP]

I have never liked Glocks, they just do not "fit" my hand.

I think we must be related. I dislike Glocks for the same reason, it rhymes w/ blocks and feels like one in my hand.

For years, I felt the same way. Glocks did not fit me. Then last year, I tried a Gen4. That was a deal changer for me. The smaller backstrap and larger mag release is the combination I needed.

The G23 has become my favorite shooting pistol. And, during the cold winter months, I can easily conceal it in a hybrid IWB holster.

[Popeye]

I don't really dislike Glocks, I know there good pistols. I just do not share the love for them that others seem to. Like I mentioned I don't love it but can't seem to bring myself to actively try to sell it either.

[Barth]

For years, I felt the same way. Glocks did not fit me. Then last year, I tried a Gen4. That was a deal changer for me. The smaller backstrap and larger mag release is the combination I needed.

The G23 has become my favorite shooting pistol. And, during the cold winter months, I can easily conceal it in a hybrid IWB holster.

My gen 3 G27 feels like a brick to hold.
But I shoot it extremely well.
Particularly after tuning the trigger and adding a near match grade barrel.
For the price Glocks are hard to beat.

[chrish]

For the price Glocks are hard to beat.

yea, the price before the last 4 months. :-)

[wyntrout]

It took me years of fiddling with the same loosening faucet in the kitchen and buying different tools, but I finally got the thing I had needed for years... a set of those claw foot wrenches... perfect for working in cramped areas way up under the sink and surrounded by pipes and hoses and drains, etc. I got a cheap set at the China Tool Store! And danged if these aren't made in India!
Another Harbor Freight goodie.

These work well with all of my ratchets and extensions that I already had.

Wynn

[chrish]

wyn, I've got something similar called a basin buddy. I've only run across 1 sink setup that the 'universal' basin buddy didn't fit. but the position of this friggin sink made even getting a socket up in there impossible, then the rust. ugh.

This is COOL, we have turned a discussion on Glocks into a DIY sink repair discussion. How slick is THAT!?

[downtownv]

They are loved by their owners BUT they are so Damn UGLY. I've dated a few girls like that, so I guess I understand it.

[MW surveyor]

Talk about a massive thread shift............................................. .

Oh look, shiny.

[wyntrout]

Yeah... the General Discussion sub-forum is just too narrow!

Wynn

[Tinman507]