The Glock has become the go to handgun for many in service and law enforcement. Let's hear some tips for maintenance, sights, carrys, etc...
I agree, hopefully a moderator will shift it? I’ve not actually handled a glock myself. I suppose there were some misconceptions about Glocks that I may need to confirm on my own instead of taking someone else’s word about them.
Nothing more or nothing less than anything else I own.... it’s my 45 EDC ...vs. my single stack PPS EDC....
Biggest advantage to my mind is the double trigger/safety. No thinking about dropping the safety in a gun fight. Just don't put your finger inside the guard till it's time get real.
Glock has been known to be “blocky, cumbersome but my 1911 is a hawg. It’s a paperweight first, and a gun second. So I cannot limit Glock to that. Couple of other cons but pros are still level with those. It’s a ‘pick your battles’ type of gun.
I currently only own a 4th gen. G-19. I'll pick up a G-26 in the next year or so, just because. Glocks are not sexy, or sleek, or whatever. But they work. I've only had ammunition issues with one particular bullet profile, and that was a FTF. That same bullet isn't reliable in anything else I have either. Freedom Munitions-115gr. scalloped HP. My G-19 is stock for liability reasons. I'd love to drop the trigger weight, but after thousands of rounds through it I'm good. It is not my EDC, that one is a Sig P-365. The Glock is car-carry, very easy access if I need it.
BK, long story short my Dad's wife let my sister drive my Dad's car home the night he died. She was sure his Glock was in the nightstand drawer, was going to trade it in for a gun she could handle better than the pistol she has now (7 fingers had to have joints fused and cannot bend). Glock is missing. She tore the house apart a few times, it's nowhere and only possibility is the Dad's car that sister took, then had auctioned off. I've gently urged her to call it in lost / stolen. What are your thoughts? Someone has it and it's not with the owner or the owner's wife.
Never felt the need for EDC here in Maine. Not only rural, but the highest ownership of firearms in southern U.S. Not much of the RR ( road rage) you guys have. Borrowed a pickup awhile ago. I had to look in the glove compartment for the manual and found his handgun...on safety.
I bought the very first Glock 26 I could lay my hands upon. Of course it’s a Gen 1 and I have shot hundreds of rounds through it (if not thousands) with zero problems. Shoots very well with a Crimson Trace laser and a Pierce pinky rest mag extension. I have 100% confidence in this weapon if things ever go south,,,,, It has lived most of it’s life in a DeSantis pocket holster.
My primary carry gun is a gen 2 glock 19 that I've owned since 2003. The only thing I've done to it is night sights. Maintenance? I take it out of the holster and blow it off now and then. It maybe get shot twice a year and maybe gets cleaned once a year. Pull the trigger and it goes bang. I also have a 20sf for woods carry. No modifications to it. I bought a police trade in S&W M&P40 for cheap a couple years ago. It's getting more and more holster time just because I like it. It functions just like a glock. All my carry guns and my work gun are lacking a manual safety. I like keeping things the same.
I have a Glock 19 in my arsenal. It is not fancy. I really like shooting it. It is low maintenance and it is very reliable...kind of reminds me of the Toyota of handguns. In fact if I had to choose one handgun to keep, it would be the Glock.
A good friend is a firearms instructor, former swat member, former gun store owner, and owns a massive collection of guns. He carries a plane jane G19 most of the time. As he put it, "if I ever have to use it, there's a good chance the cops will show up and tell me to drop it. I'm not throwing a custom 1911 on the pavement."
Glocks are great guns, reliable and accurate with a good price point. The new gen 5’s have much improved ergonomics. Wife’s EDC is a G19, mines is a G19x, we have a G20 for whoever is in the moose/bear territory. I have carried both the G17 and G19 for professionally. Been a agency firearms instructor and over the decades I can recall just a few guns that went down. These were high volume guns that were carried by other FI’s armorers that did not do the quarterly inspections on their carry gun. The micrometer during the inspections would have caught the wear on the parts. If you EDC decide on a training/practice regime and maintain your proficiency. Know your laws, you may want to join one the concealed carry organizations that offer legal and insurance. If you have never had professional firearms instruction pick a class that interest you and go for it. There are class’s for all topics firearms. As far as holsters there are so many good duty grade holsters available. Not every holster is perfect for all situations, methods of carry. I have between 3-6 holsters per model. A good all around reasonably priced holster is Serpa from Blackhawk. Make sure your EDC holster has appropriate retention and you regularly practice at the range. Consider getting a shooting timer, it will sound a buzzer, draw and fire, check your time and accuracy. Have a fun safe day at the range.
Thought I'd update, after gentle prodding for months, my Dad's wife made the call and reported his Glock missing. He kept it in his car, and that car was loaned out to family member the night he died in October (of course his wife was not thinking about the gun at that point in time, nor imagined the car would not be returned but instead auctioned off a few months later ), and his gun is no where to be found since then. Good Job Dad's wife!! She does not need to be investigated if it fell into the wrong hands, you know?!? Just a real bummer, huge sentimental value to her, so many great stories and some really funny ones over all these years.
