Being the old fogy of the OmegaForums firearms thread, I cannot say that I am much enamored of Glocks. I actually bought one some years ago just so I could better learn why I don't care for them ... and I did.
There are automatics that I admire, but these tend to be the out-of-fashion all-steel designs that many consider to be too outmoded and heavy for modern carry use. Me? I love totin' 'em. Can't really love plastic components or DAO triggers of any sort which are the two hangups I have with Glock and similar handgun models. It's sort of like quartz watches. I can justify their eminently practical nature. I just can't be interested in owning and using them.
I was having a fun plinking session with some 9mms out at our old place on the lake a while back and the Glock 17 actually choked. I gleefully got out the camera and recorded the
"perfection" of its failure to extract. To be fair this is the
only functional failure it's ever exhibited and this with cheap-o Winchester White Box ammunition. It's certainly not the only automatic to have ever misbehaved here. A certain Colt Series 70 Gold Cup has been known to choke and hark on substandard ammunition that gave it indigestion.
I have an Austrian friend who is a shooter and who gave me a souvenir Glock sign while we were on a visit to his home in Altmunster. The sign has an honored place on the wall in the gun room.
I'm grateful for Glock though, for its fan base furthers the cause of responsible firearms ownership of a generation of shooters in America. Glocks are great ... for someone else.
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