Glock replacement

[dinkydow]

Glocks: Keep your pussy finger off the boom switch until you are lining up the shot. Period.

I like Beretta 92's.

I like P SIGs also.

I like 1911 pistols. Can't ever have to many. They are like peanuts.

i like revolvers... the Model 29 S&W (and i will find one that says, "BUY ME,") Also the model 19 Combat Masterpiece and the S&W model 629 and the S&W 586 with the 8" bbl.I

So many toys...so little time to warm them all up...

[4thIDvet]

I personally never wanted a gun that doubled as a grip strengthening exercise device, so I've stayed away from Ruger revolvers.

" Grip strengthening device" Now that is some funny but actually true. 😁

[GimpyPaw]

You don't see too many DA revolvers with 4-5 lb trigger pulls, unless they are thumb cocked to shoot single action. If you are accidentally pulling the trigger on a DA revolver, you tend to feel it compared to a striker-fired auto and can check yourself. Striker fired auto goes bang and you're looking for your toes.

I actually never checked the pull weights, so I just did. My P80 G17 breaks at 6.1 lbs. My S&W 627 pulls the double action at just barely under 7 lbs. Now if you're looking at a Ruger, I think those clock in at 9 to 12 lbs. I personally never wanted a gun that doubled as a grip strengthening exercise device, so I've stayed away from Ruger revolvers.

[Sanders]

Only person I ever knew who accidentally shot himself, it was a Glock. Glocks have all the safety functions of a double action only revolver. Pull the trigger, and it will go bang. People carried revolvers for a long time, and nobody worried about it much.

You don't see too many DA revolvers with 4-5 lb trigger pulls, unless they are thumb cocked to shoot single action. If you are accidentally pulling the trigger on a DA revolver, you tend to feel it compared to a striker-fired auto and can check yourself. Striker fired auto goes bang and you're looking for your toes.

[4thIDvet]

People carried revolvers for a long time, and nobody worried about it much.

Very good point Gimpy. I would like to see how many people did shoot themselves in the foot with a pistol.. 😉

[GimpyPaw]

Only person I ever knew who accidentally shot himself, it was a Glock. Glocks have all the safety functions of a double action only revolver. Pull the trigger, and it will go bang. People carried revolvers for a long time, and nobody worried about it much.

[aviator]

Yeah, no if you are getting 1911 get a series 70 if you can. Remember that old movie with the black cop telling the people in a classroom he was the only person in the room qualified to handle the Glock? Bang…it’s ok just shot my foot off But I’m ok.

[4thIDvet]

Glocks are very safe...until you place your finger on the trigger, they have I believe three safeguards against AD, but once your finger is there all bets are off. I like to have some other external safety device. 1911's all have three external safeties., the safety switch, the hammer and the grip safety...and it's steel and parts are robust, I look at the internals of some of the new striker fired guns and I wonder how long they'll be good for.

Or until you put it in your jacket pocket or holster and get the trigger stuck on something placing it in. Then you get Glock leg as the police call it.
Possible? I guess so Fred but not just your finger anything hitting that trigger swayed me away from the Glocks.
4 safeties on the model 80 1911s. That was the Komifornia commies that wanted that extra one and Browning did not even want the palm safety the military demanded it. My Rock River and the Tisa and some others stayed with the 3 safety model 70 safety system. You can buy a kit Pogo showed us to bypass that 4th safety.

[Sanders]

All that said, Ruger has teamed up with Magpul to create a Glock clone with a 1911 grip angle. Reviews I've seen have been favorable. However; for me, it goes back to a striker-fired pistol vs. hammer fired.

[aviator]

Glocks are very safe...until you place your finger on the trigger, they have I believe three safeguards against AD, but once your finger is there all bets are off. I like to have some other external safety device. 1911's all have three external safeties., the safety switch, the hammer and the grip safety...and it's steel and parts are robust, I look at the internals of some of the new striker fired guns and I wonder how long they'll be good for.

[55chevy]

A 1911A1 would solve your plastic gun issues, no?

[Johnny]

Yup sold my Glock in .45acp as I could not get used to their trigger. Are they good accurate reliable weapons that are ready to go into action when needed? Without question in my .02.
But being old and old school that trigger had me constantly worried. Needless worry but worried either way about even putting it in a holster. So I solved that problem and sold.

I had a terrible time getting used to my Glock 45. For clarification, the Glock 45 is a 9mm pistol. It's essentially a Glock 17 lower with a Glock 19 upper. After some shooting and lots of laser simulator dry firing, I finally figured it out. Now I like it.

As I said before, the only way I'd carry it with a round in the chamber is with a level III holster. There's no other way.

[4thIDvet]

Yup sold my Glock in .45acp as I could not get used to their trigger. Are they good accurate reliable weapons that are ready to go into action when needed? Without question in my .02.
But being old and old school that trigger had me constantly worried. Needless worry but worried either way about even putting it in a holster. So I solved that problem and sold.

[baboon]

I love my Sig 226, enough so that I upgraded it. Factory threaded barrel and an adapter plate for a Trijicon SRO

[Johnny]

I understand your concern about carrying a round in the chamber with a Glock. It's a valid one. I never wanted to mess with Glocks for that very reason. The whole Glock trigger safety seemed wonky and weak to me. I still kinda feel that way. The thing that changed my mind was having a level III duty holster. It locks the Glock in a safe "container" until you're ready to draw and fire.

I'm still more accurate with the Beretta M9, but I'm really growing fond of my Glock 45. The Glock 45 is not at precise and refined as the Beretta M9, but it's simpler, quicker and more intuitive.