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Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« on: August 22, 2007, 12:25:03 PM »
I did it.  I just bought a Glock.  A brand new 17, to be exact.  I'm one of the soul-less unwashed masses now.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2007, 12:31:31 PM »
congratulations!

The only handguns I shoot with any regularity are my 1911's and on occasion my GP100. To me they are like tools and they don't get babied.

Glocks are great tools.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2007, 12:32:20 PM »
Lemming.

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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2007, 12:33:10 PM »
Welcome.  Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

Can you feel the force?
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2007, 12:33:35 PM »
A Glock is like the family station wagon.  Everyone probably has one or could use one.  They work fine.  But they aren't sexy or impressive.
Congratulations and enjoy the gun.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2007, 12:34:59 PM »
Meh, I've been feeling the force with my Smith Model 10 for quite some time now.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2007, 12:48:50 PM »
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I did it.  I just bought a Glock.

HEATHEN!! BLASPHEMER!!

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(psst... can I shoot it?)
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2007, 12:53:25 PM »
Quote from: RileyMc on August 22, 2007, 11:33:10 AM
Welcome.  Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

Can you feel the force?

So, it's like having a revolver, but not as flexible or pretty?

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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2007, 12:56:15 PM »
Oh man, let the flaming begin!
Let's see, I'll go next.  1911s suck.  Discuss.  grin
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2007, 12:59:57 PM »
Be nice.  I wasn't flaming, just gently teasing. Smiley

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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2007, 01:02:58 PM »
I'm just kidding, I have a fondness for the 1911 platform.  I just felt Glocky today.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2007, 01:27:29 PM »
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Welcome.  Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

Nope, just kabooms caused by Glock's overly aggressive feed ramps.  Smiley

I must restore balance to the universe by buying another P99.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2007, 01:36:17 PM »
Quote from: RileyMc on August 22, 2007, 11:33:10 AM
Welcome.  Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

Can you feel the force?
A friend of mine was recently sworn in as a state trooper.  Seems the first Glock 17 they tried to issue him wouldn't feed reliably. 

This poor guy has miserably bad luck with issued sidearms.  He did a tour in Iraq as a medic, and the only weapon he was allowed to carry was an issued M9 that wouldn't cycle.

He says nothing makes you feel safe and secure like a single shot 9mm on your hip...   undecided
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2007, 01:36:38 PM »
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Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

I must be lucky, my Springfield Armory TRP just keeps running and running, flawlessly, at least +20k through it now.
It broke a firing pin spring once (prolly excessive dry firing helped it along) and the extractor broke around 7k. High round count guns, even Glocks, will occasionally need springs and a small part replaced.

My RRA Commander sized 1911 has around 4K rounds through it with no failures of any kind.

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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2007, 01:38:25 PM »
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Nope, just kabooms caused by Glock's overly aggressive feed ramps.

Ah, the old 'Glock unsupported chamber' myth rears its ugly head again.  Lookee this.  What do you see?
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2007, 01:39:11 PM »
Quote from: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 22, 2007, 12:36:17 PM
Quote from: RileyMc on August 22, 2007, 11:33:10 AM
Welcome.  Never again will you have to concern yourself with safeties, failure to feed, stovepiping, etc.

Can you feel the force?
A friend of mine was recently sworn in as a state trooper.  Seems the first Glock 17 they tried to issue him wouldn't feed reliably. 

This poor guy has miserably bad luck with issued sidearms.  He did a tour in Iraq as a medic, and the only weapon he was allowed to carry was an issued M9 that wouldn't cycle.

Nothing makes you feel safe and secure like a single shot 9mm on your hip...   undecided

If you need more than 1 shot you're probably some place you don't need to be anyway.
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« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2007, 01:48:20 PM »
How funny is this?

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He did a tour in Iraq as a medic, and the only weapon he was allowed to carry was an issued M9 that wouldn't cycle.

Nothing makes you feel safe and secure like a single shot 9mm on your hip...   undecided

If you need more than 1 shot you're probably some place you don't need to be anyway.

I completely agree.  grin
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2007, 02:02:22 PM »
Saw that one coming.   smiley
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2007, 02:09:54 PM »
Actually, that's true.  Turns out he really was in a place he didn't need to be. 

He spent his entire tour in a tent, waiting for someone in his unit to get hurt.  Nobody ever got hurt.
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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2007, 02:16:30 PM »
Priceless comeback. 
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2007, 02:25:54 PM »
Actually by buying that Glock (or any other quality firearm), you are no longer part of the unwashed masses... grin
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2007, 02:29:15 PM »
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Ah, the old 'Glock unsupported chamber' myth rears its ugly head again.  Lookee this.  What do you see?

I see a photograph that, conveniently, puts the deeper slash under the Glock chamber in relative darkness to hide it.

How about some firsthand KB pics?

I was the person holding the Glock when this happened.  The guy I was shooting with had the same thing happen to him a few days later.

These pics were from a rental chambered in .357 Sig.  My friend's was chambered in .40 S&W.  Both happened in guns using factory jacketed ammo.  Both guns were clean, his because I saw him clean it and my rental because I cleaned it just prior to shooting.

I have neither experienced, nor heard of a first-hand account, of a 9mm KB in a Glock.






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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2007, 02:47:56 PM »
I can go you one better/worse.

I ditched a Sig for my 19.

I blame Oleg. I'd never considered it until I shot his 17. Came home and got mine about 2 weeks later.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2007, 03:13:05 PM »
Good move.  I have one in my unwashed Bug-Out Bag.
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Re: Well, I'm now part of the unwashed masses
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2007, 03:51:57 PM »
Quote from: Barbara on August 22, 2007, 01:47:56 PM
I can go you one better/worse.

I ditched a Sig for my 19.

I blame Oleg. I'd never considered it until I shot his 17. Came home and got mine about 2 weeks later.
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