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Glocks are very utilitarian. They're reliable, they all work exactly the same way, and they can take a lot of abuse and neglect but still fire. There's no external safety switch to turn before it's ready to fire, so no chance that in the high stress situation where you actually need that gun to work, you forgot to take the safety off.
Is Glock the be-all, end-all of firearm technology? No.
Is it going to get the job done if the shit as hit the fan? Yes.
Yeah, hat makes sense. But a Glock still feels like a weird blocky thing in my hand, and I couldn't hit a damn thing with the one I borrowed from a friend at the range. Maybe it was just that one, or whatever. You find something that works for you and it just works, noting wrong with that.
I really like the point about that safety - it's why I keep the safety off on my 92fs; I just know that if I HAD TO use it, I'd probably forget and get killed if the safety was on. Pretty sure I'm breaking at least 2 laws in California by having it at the ready like that, though.
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[–] lord_nougat 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I still don't get what people see in laser sights. Or Glocks, for that matter, but to each his own.
I know that I like impractical things, like 1911s and the 92fs, so um glass houses and all that.
[–] heili 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Glocks are very utilitarian. They're reliable, they all work exactly the same way, and they can take a lot of abuse and neglect but still fire. There's no external safety switch to turn before it's ready to fire, so no chance that in the high stress situation where you actually need that gun to work, you forgot to take the safety off.
Is Glock the be-all, end-all of firearm technology? No. Is it going to get the job done if the shit as hit the fan? Yes.
[–] lord_nougat ago
Yeah, hat makes sense. But a Glock still feels like a weird blocky thing in my hand, and I couldn't hit a damn thing with the one I borrowed from a friend at the range. Maybe it was just that one, or whatever. You find something that works for you and it just works, noting wrong with that.
I really like the point about that safety - it's why I keep the safety off on my 92fs; I just know that if I HAD TO use it, I'd probably forget and get killed if the safety was on. Pretty sure I'm breaking at least 2 laws in California by having it at the ready like that, though.
[–] tb20 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Laser sights give confidence to pull the trigger.