Glock owners: Negatives?

[phixion]

What are your perceived negatives of Glock pistols? Based on what I have read, my only concern MAY be grip angle. I have yet to hold one myself so I reserve that judgment.

I only have one gun (Springfield XD9 SC) which I love but I want a Glock. Why, I don't know really but I do. After completing the "three gun" (Pistol, Shotgun, Rifle), I may take the plunge and get either a G17 or G19 (haven't decided). Not for carry per se but if I were to one ONE Glock, which should it be?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[longtalltechsan]

If you aren't going to carry it then I would get a 17. I have a 23 and love it. It has been 100% reliable. The only thing I can think of that I don't like is that the sites are plastic.

[jeepinbanditrider]

G17 is the original. I've CCed it many times before but it's more of a duty or comp gun. If you are only going to be doing range/three gun I would say get the 17 for the slightly increased sight radius and higher capacity.

[phixion]

No, I won't be competing in "three gun" or whatever it is. Was just providing useless information about my situation. That I wanted to get a rifle and shotgun, completing the "three gun" before I went and bought another pistol.

[XD_from_LBC]

If your gonna have one Glock make it a Glock 19. Hell if your gonna have one gun, make it a Glock 19.

[1lowlife]

Glocks are great guns, a G19 would be a good choice.
As stated, my biggest problem is the grip angle.
The back strap of the grip dug into the palm of my hand.
I carried a G26 for 10 years, never a problem.
The stock sights stink, but that is easily fixed.
Just replace them with the sight of your choice.
I was happy with my Glock, until I held an XD.
I then realized how uncomfortable the Glock grip was.
And how great the XD grip is......
Sold the Glock 26 and bought my XD9sc, never looked back..

[fritzmeister]

Negatives. Are we talking owners or guns here?

I got a good friend who is a Glock owner. (I don't hold it against him.......much). The negatives that I found with glocks were:

1: the grip angle.
2: the grip size. Much thicker than the XD. I have smaller hands and the larger grip size was not for me.

Other than that, I can't say much bad about them. I just like to stir to the pot, as it were.

[Lazarus]

I don't care for the grip angle of the larger models but the G26 is very nice. I got metal sights on it and its a good gun. Easy to take down and they are very reliable.

[Verk]

I own a couple of G17s. The first one I bought as soon as they hit the market in 1986. I have put countless thousands of rounds through it in the 22 years I have had it and it has never failed to feed, extract, or go bang when I pull the trigger.

It has eaten everything to include reloads with no malfunctions of any kind. When it comes to a handgun you might need to save your life, you can’t ask anymore than that.

My primary carry gun is a G17 and don’t find any issues with concealment. I own lots of handguns but I have a special place for the Glock, it simply works every time.

[Brickboy240]

I owned a 2nd gen. Glock 17 for about 8 years. It never malfunctioned...ever. Why I sold it...I still don't know. Made up for it a few years later and bought a 2nd gen Glock 22 which I have had since 1995. Again...totally reliable and accurate. My only mods so far, have been a Ghost 3.5 pound trigger and night sights. I plan on getting a grip-mod done to get rid of the "hump" on the backstrap. This runs about 100 bucks around here.

Really, the only negative I can think of on the Glock is the hump on the backstrap. If you buy a used Glock at a decent price, the extra 100 bucks to mod the grip is not all that big of a deal. I paid 330 for my G22 and adding another 100 for a grip mod brings it to the price of many of its competitors.

I own and shoot many different kinds of pistols, but one stays in my truck and on the nightstand - the Glock 22. Why? Well, it has never failed...hard to argue with that. Besides, the G22 is the same size as the G17, but packs 40SW stopping power minus 2 rounds. 15rds of 40SW ought to get me through anything.

Reliability is the main thing I like about Glocks...they'll work if you take halfway care of them. Their mags are also very hardy - I left a few of my G17 mags loaded for almost a year and they still held up. I have left my G22 mags loaded for months on end and again...no problems.

Another plus for the G22/17 platform is that holster choices are great and used mags are cheap and everywhere. I recently bought 4 factory G22 15 rounders for 10 bucks apiece.

The 19 and 23 Glocks? They're supposedly good guns but I prefer the fullsize pistols. They're not hard at all to conceal. I used to hide my G17 in a DeSantis Speed Scabbard all the time.

If you like them...go for it. People love to poo poo the Glock, but if you want trouble free reliability...they're hard to beat.

- Brickboy240