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Glocks are ugly?????

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#1 ·
All i ever hear is how ugly Glocks are...its a brick...how pretty does your hammer need to be...I'm not saying 1911s aren't beautiful but personally i love the look of Glocks. Maybe because I'm a minimalist i like things that are simple and to the point. But when i see a glock at least to me its like the definition of what a handgun should be. If they're so ugly why does everyone have them...our is it just me...
 
#139 ·
Not all 1911's are High Maint. I just traded a Rock Island 1911 that I have had for about 10 years. True she had some work done to her, that I wanted. I used her to shoot Bowling Pins, and have never had a problem with her. Thousands of rounds down range, and she still runs like The Eveready Bunny. I traded her for a like new gen 2 G-23 that I am going to use to make me a gen 2 G-19.
 
#140 ·
If you can get a Filipino 1911 running initially (and most of them are decent with that regard), they tend to keep running as well as most other pistols and probably better than most 1911s. They typically are loser fitting with less attention to fit and finish, but that seems to work in their favor.

Of course, if you can get most 1911 running well in the beginning, the same is often true. However, as much as I love the 1911 and have owned quite a number of them over the years, most have required some tinkering out of the box to run 100%... or at the very least, chucking the mags and replacing them with Wilsons.
 
#141 ·
Whenever I go to the hardware store for a hammer, I alway buy the prettiest one. Even if it a complicated, unreliable POS.



And I sleep with it under my pillow cause it's so goll dang pretty.
 
#148 ·
I don't buy fighting guns for beauty. I buy fighting guns for reliability and function. If it gets the job done and I get to go home to my family, then it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

I used to think Glocks were amorphous bricks and I never understood who would like something like that, until I carried one and since that first day in the academy until now, I have never carried anything but a Glock for my duty sidearm. If the department didn't issue one, I brought my own.

Of course, I have a Beretta 92FSS and custom 1911 as safe queens but for serious social work, I carry my Glock. It can get banged up all day in my duty holster and keep on ticking. I don't care if it gets scratched up or dinged up. It's my partner, and partners stick together, even if one partner doesn't look as good as when I picked her up from the store 8 years ago.
 
#149 ·
If I'm buying for looks, it's going to be a 1911, hands down. My first Glock, I bought for function. They have a tendency to multiply. I just find it an interesting platform that works. Most of my Glocks will never be carried, but I still enjoy shooting the others.
Agreed, bought a Springfield 1911 .45 Range officer in stainless just for it's beauty, bought a G20 and a G29 because they were glocks and wanted a quality reliable polymer 10mm. did not want a steel framed 10mm
 
#159 ·
I see all is well, seems like we can still find time to argue a point, often pointless as it may be to some.

I have never considered the Glock to be ugly or labeled handsome. My prejudice to a four letter word "Tool" also relates to another four letter word WORK, which usually for me meant an unplanned cost.
Firearms are possessions of defense and the practice is not work but PLAY, one four letter word that brings a smile.

I have found the Glock a diversion in day to day responsibilities that require practice, which to me relates to PLAY, an appealing diversion to Life.

For those that have a different concept, be it as it is to you.
 
#160 ·
I see all is well, seems like we can still find time to argue a point, often pointless as it may be to some.

I have never considered the Glock to be ugly or labeled handsome. My prejudice to a four letter word "Tool" also relates to another four letter word WORK, which usually for me meant an unplanned cost.
Firearms are possessions of defense and the practice is not work but PLAY, one four letter word that brings a smile.

I have found the Glock a diversion in day to day responsibilities that require practice, which to me relates to PLAY, an appealing diversion to Life.

For those that have a different concept, be it as it is to you.
Well said...
 
#161 ·
Perspective of a tool man: If one needs a work of art to protect himself or his family then don't get a Glock or Hi Point. A fool and his money are soon parted. What is the work of art actually protecting; a weak ego? If one is in show business then do what you need to retain your professional image. There are no barbeque guns in my safe.
 
#162 ·
Interesting. Does that make you some sort of tough guy? :upeyes:

Its not about a weak ego. Its about enjoying the finer things in life. Some people like fine cars and fine guns, among other things. There sure as hell isn't anything foolish about it. You only live once. If you have the means to enjoy it to the fullest, that's the way to go, in my opinion.

If that's not your thing, so be it. That stuff isn't for everyone. In fact, I like the exclusivity of it.

By the way, there's s lot more to guns than just defending yourself...
 
#167 ·
I'm not a big james yeager fan but I like his analogy about how 1911s are strippers and glocks are fat girls. "1911s are cool to show off to friends but are high maintenance and expensive. Fat girls (glocks) do things others don't (be there when you need them most etc..." Not verbatim but to the point
That's why you need some real world experience instead of just watching clowns on YouTube.

You're young yet, so you have plenty of time.
 
#171 ·
By real world experience you mean..? Im young but have been around firearms the majority of my life, granted mostly hunting shotguns and rifles. Have I handled/shot guns that cost more than glocks? Sure(own a couple), but $4000? No. I'd say most people have not.

I've seen maybe a handful of his videos. Don't care for them either. I prefer hickok.
 
#170 · (Edited)
Is that the shotgun you are referring to? It is lovely in its simplicty. No longer sold here.
At the risk of being played a fool, I assume you don't know what a Valtro 1998A1 (1911) is because you aren't into 1911's. Truth be told, there are a lot of people who are into 1911's that don't know what they are as well.

Here is a little write up about the gun and John Jardine. On the West Coast John is kind of a legendary figure in LE and competition shooter ranks when it comes to 1911 platforms.

http://www.valtrousa.com/handguns.html

The reason I brought up the "never fired" thing was I don't have the self restraint that a collector like bac1023 exhibits. Many of the truly rare and collectable things in this world exist because somebody had a lot of self restraint for a really long time.
 
#178 ·
I have to have surgery on my eyes. Cataracts. hard for me to see. I have to stare.
The eye drops are the most pain in the whole operation. Before and after the surgery. But a piece of cake. Just don’t fall asleep during the operation.
 
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#187 ·
Glock pistols are beautiful. A modern art nouveau look. Should have a display of a Glock 17 in the national modern art museum.
 
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