Still hunting one. I have to thin out a couple of my revolvers to pick one up. No one is trading so I'll have be patient. I'm going to set my sights, pun not intended, on the G19 and later pick up a Keltec 2000 Gen2 carbine that also accepts the 19mags. This is my goal for now. Great info coming in, lot of it I did not know. I'll use it all in making my decision on one.
Most ranges that rent guns will have several glocks to rent
Try before you buy
They are ugly. But they are reliable
My father was with the Georgia DNR as a ranger for34 years
He was involved in their testing of semi autos when they were looking a switching over from revolvers
They included full size semi autos from every major manufacturer
In some severe tests
Dragging them behind a pickup truck for several miles
Burying them in mud for several days
Submerging them in seawater for several days
Dropping them from a helicopter
The glock was the only pistol that fired every time after every test
They would pull it out after being buried in a bucket of mud and silt for a week
Remove the mag , Lock the slide back and slosh it around in a bucket of fresh water
ReInsert a loaded mag and pull the trigger
Only the glock passed The buried in saltwater and sand for a week test
The rest were permanently ruined and most of them you could not even rack the slide after being in salt water for a week
A couple of them even discharged when dropped from a helicopter onto a parking lot , but not the glock
they were all loaded with blanks for the tests
My Kahr 9 is very picky about the Ammo
It only works on factory Ammo
My glock eats anything , cheap low quality factory reloads that you buy in the freezer bags at a gun show will jam my Kahr
But the glock loves em
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