New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
by Art 
, Littleton, Colorado, Thursday, January 05, 2012, 18:57 (4702 days ago)
Picked the Glock 19 for the size and weight. Plus the 9MM is much less expensive for practice. It fits my hand like a glove and I love the low bore axis compared to my Sig. It has larger back straps but even with my large hands it feels great.
Art
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excellent firearm....used one a good bit, worked flawlessly
eashy to hit with
About half of the personel I see at Gunsite are toting Glock
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Friday, January 06, 2012, 18:59 (4701 days ago) @ cable
pistols these days. A far cry from Col Jeff tossing his G-19 in the trash upon it's unsolicited receipt from Herr Gaston.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
No flame here. Last year a purchased a G17 for competition
by Mark , Thursday, January 05, 2012, 20:24 (4702 days ago) @ Art
(local stuff and IDPA). I didn't like the Gen 4 RTF. My LGS had a Gen 3 and that is what I bought. Glocks fit my hand well. I only tuned it with a Ghost trigger connector and mag release from a large frame Glock. I love it. I shoot Berry's bullets in the stock barrel and I can't complain!
Glock builds a great gun. Enjoy yours,
Mark
New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
So, how do they pronounce Glock thereabouts? 
Actually the G19 one of my favorite pistols to shoot and carry, along with the Browning High Power and the 1911.......
New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
by Art , Littleton, Colorado, Friday, January 06, 2012, 06:51 (4702 days ago) @ Otony
Pronounced "GLUCK"
once you get past the ugly part....
by bj , Thursday, January 05, 2012, 23:10 (4702 days ago) @ Art
Once you get past the ugly part, they are very good. They shoot well and are easy to shoot. They are light and compact and impervious to almost anything that will hurt them.
As long as you have some good blued steel and walnut somewhere to balance it out, you're still good.
New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
by Frank McClelland , LOWELL Michigan, Friday, January 06, 2012, 03:54 (4702 days ago) @ Art
I have two Glock 19`s they work and are very ulgy I trust them . A great backup gun to a 1911. think I might buy a 23 soon. nothing wrong with something that works!
New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Friday, January 06, 2012, 04:03 (4702 days ago) @ Art
I love carrying my 1911's and my High Power but for sweaty summer carry its hard to beat a
Glock 19! The factory grip angle is all wrong for me but a few hours with some epoxy and a
File and I'm good to go...
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I am going to mod a G19 one of these days.......
...using a long slide and barrel from Lone Wolf. It will end up being the equivalent of a G17 with a G19 grip.
And yes, you can cut-down a G17 to accomplish the very same thing, but the resulting grip is actually not exactly the same, which I realize makes for the sport of counting fairies on pin-heads. G19 grips have always felt very good to my hands, especially the first generations w/o finger grooves. Sometimes the littlest things make all the difference in the world.
On the 19 size frames I have to grind off the finger grooves
by Miles Fortis , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Friday, January 06, 2012, 20:31 (4701 days ago) @ Otony
They don't fit and wind up poking me in the meat of my finger.
Now the 'standard' 17/22 size. That fits just fine.
On another note....
.....I just picked up an LC9 as the Glock is sometimes a bit too bulky for personal comfort. I figure THAT will cause more squawking than buying a Glock!
Try handling a Walther PPS
by Miles Fortis , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Saturday, January 07, 2012, 14:17 (4700 days ago) @ Otony
In .40 it does have a lot of recoil, but surprisingly it doesn't feel as bad as one would expect in such a small pistol. And I'm not the only one who has commented on that.
New gun for New Year Hope I don't get flamed
Good choice.
G19 Grip
by Art , Littleton, Colorado, Friday, January 06, 2012, 16:51 (4701 days ago) @ Marc
I have never looked seriosly at a Glock but the weight of a plastic pistol started to interest me. When I first griprd the G19 I was amazed how good it feltand my hands are at least above average in size. The G19 is pretty much the same size as my 229 Sig but it feels so much better. Maybe I need to re-evaluate my love affair with Sigs. First I need to shoot the Glock alot and make an informed decision.
Every hand is different but the G19 and 23 are the best of
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Friday, January 06, 2012, 19:41 (4701 days ago) @ Art
the lot. Still, they approach a 2x4 in feel to me. I much prefer the XD, M&P, SR9, HP, and 1911. One thing that you can say about the Glocks is that they work. If that is the criteria, and it is for most, how can you be wrong getting a Glock?
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Sincerely,
Hobie
I tried the Glock but did not feel as good as the XDM in the
by Cherokee , Medina, Ohio, Saturday, January 07, 2012, 07:24 (4701 days ago) @ Hobie
plastic guns, so I bought the XDM. The 1911 and CZ75 feel better in my hands.
I LIKE EM ALL. Still trying to buy them all too:-)
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Saturday, January 07, 2012, 10:42 (4701 days ago) @ Cherokee
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
The XD grip fit me better than a Glock
by Miles Fortis , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Saturday, January 07, 2012, 14:37 (4700 days ago) @ Cherokee
but when Glocks are what you have in inventory...........