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November 10, 2013, 08:24 PM | #51 |
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My FIL has several steel pistols of the S&W brand and loves to shoot them. He wasn't much on them "plastic guns" but I finally talked him into getting a G19. I worked it over some like I do all my Glocks and now it is all he wants to shoot.
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November 10, 2013, 09:05 PM | #54 | |
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I will say one thing. This thread motivated me to pick up that used Gen 3 Glock 19 I saw.
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November 10, 2013, 09:07 PM | #55 | |
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I love everything about a Block.....except shooting one. Been that way since 1989 or 1990 when one of my friends got his first G17. [A purchase which made a really nice 5906 surplus to his needs.] Gonna go look up a gen 4 to see if I can finally quit calling it Block. Everything prior has been unpleasant. Almost as bad as the Beretta 92 - too big in the wrong places. Just looking for a change of pace...... |
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November 12, 2013, 12:47 AM | #56 |
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Your experience shooting with the G19 is the same as mine with my G22. I had made up my mind years ago that I would never own one, but finally decided my thinking was wrong after several friends kept telling to get one. I did and have never looked back.
I have close to a 1000 rounds through mine and it has never missed a beat. It is light, simple, reliable and parts are everywhere. I did buy a Lone Wolf 9MM conversion barrel along with some G 17 mags and I now have what amounts to two pistols. Great pistol! |
November 12, 2013, 01:24 AM | #57 |
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I just came upon this thread. Great review, Sparts.
Strange things must be happening in the Cosmos, because I also recently bought a Glock 19, and I completely agree with you (right down to being an old[er], [more] overweight lawyer). I've favored 1911s in my shooting life and have trained with and carried them a bunch. I also, a few years ago, became very enamored of the H&K P7M8. But I had heretofore resisted Gaston's siren call. So one Saturday a few months ago, my group was teaching its monthly basic handgun class. We hold it at an indoor range with a gun shop attached. I'd actually been toying for some time with the idea of picking up a Glock 19, and the shop had one in stock. So while another instructor was doing the lecture on semi-autos, I was buying the Glock 19. And of course since most of the other instructors are also Gunsite alumnae and 1911 adherents, I've been treated to a fair amount of grief. Some further comments:
Spats, use your Glock in the best of health.
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November 12, 2013, 09:46 AM | #58 |
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^ Frank, since you're in the business of trying out things. Check out the NY1 Trigger Spring and the minus connector. Both from Glock's mothership. The whole thing will cost you Under $40 with shipping and all. PM me for any details, I'll be glad to sift through them.
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November 12, 2013, 10:04 AM | #59 |
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I agree with the comment of "One do-everything gun."
My G19 is as shootable as my Beretta 92A1 or the Glock 17 I trained with, but in a good holster conceals just fine. It has twice the capacity of my M&P Shield (Although I have to throw in here that the M&P Shield is itself as shootable as my G19, so there's that). It's light enough to carry every day, but has the capacity and shootability to be my home defense gun as well. I can't afford new guns anymore, and I am down to only three at this point, but my G19 does everything I need it for. |
November 15, 2013, 12:20 AM | #60 |
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I shot a Glock for the first time when I rented one to qualify for my CHL. I shot a near-perfect score with that old tired range horse. They are tools. They are good at their function. They would look stupid with pearl handles.
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November 15, 2013, 06:05 AM | #61 |
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I'd second Constantine's suggestion that you try the NY1&-C.
If you stick with Glock OEM parts it's still technically stock, and it brings the trigger from okay, to fantastic. Better than the PPQ fantastic.
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A Grudging Review of the Glock 19
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My favorite trigger on a carry gun, or any of my guns for that matter. I don't mean to toot my own horn either, but I have a pretty heavy collection of handguns. Try it out! Promise it's worth it McGee. |
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November 15, 2013, 12:00 PM | #63 |
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About decockers - they are suggested to be a cause of some NDs in the human factor analyses of such.
They are a way to try to keep folks from pulling a SA trigger on a SA/DA gun by accident. But it's not clear the increased trigger pull really does does when the gun goes DA. Trigger off the finger is the magic cure. Making the gun more complicated or with inconsistent trigger pull between first and second makes little sense - if in fact the increased trigger pull hasn't cut down the ND rate. Yep, folks say they master the first DA pull. But some folks say that having a heavier first pull leads to an ND when someone rests their finger on a gun that switched to SA and they assume a heavier pull is there. So why bother with such.
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November 15, 2013, 12:06 PM | #64 |
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Never liked Glocks. Didn't fit my hands. Till the gen4 arrived. Now, my G19 may not be my most accurate, prettiest, or most expensive gun. But it has become my "if I could only have one" gun and it's with me at all times.
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^ I wish I had it that easy.
I always have a never ending battle from within between my SIG's vs. my Glock's. The Glock always wins for CCW and shoot-ability. But in my heart I prefer my SIG's but in my mind I prefer my Glock's. It just hurt saying that. ::fetal position:: |
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Sticking with one trigger system helps. As for CCW and size that's why I went from SIG to HK. I love SIGs, but frankly the HKs are lighter and easier for me to conceal. I'm hoping to post a review soon of an FNP9-M. A compact model FN made that didn't see a lot of production but is basically the same height and length of a Glock 19 with the same capacity, except in DA/SA. Seems like it will prove a good option.
One gripe I have with Glock is those stock sights. The Glocks I've shot are capable of good accuracy, but those sights mess me up. I find I have to bury the front sight so it is slightly covered by the rear sight if I want to hit POA, otherwise I shoot high. Of course a sights switch is an easy thing, especially on Glocks.
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November 15, 2013, 09:44 PM | #71 |
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A Grudging Review of the Glock 19
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November 17, 2013, 09:37 PM | #72 |
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Some questions
1 The grip texture on 4th gen feel rough and uncomfortable. How do you make them feel soft? 2 Also it is hard for me to push the slide stop lever upwards. Would installing the upgrade Glock extended slide stop lever make it easier to push it upwards? push down is not an issue. pushing up the slide stop lever is hard for me. 3 would you recommend installing any other upgrades including the recoil assembly - say stainless steel or the tungsten? |
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The G19/G23 "compact" frame Glocks pack a really impressive amount of function into a fairly small and quite light package. I have no idea why I don't own one already. I am sure enough that I'll own one that I grabbed a handful of G19 and G23 mags during the most recent mag panic.
Oddly enough, even though they're not very different at all, the full-size Glocks don't really work for me.
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Glock fanboy here.
I love the fine craftsmanship and metal of Ruger and Smith wheelguns, Sigs, Gen 3 stainless S&W wondernines, 1911s, etc. I'm in a position to be able to carry any handgun I'd want. I want something for day-to-day carry with total expectation of durability, toughness, not worrying about damaging the finish, reliability, accuracy, etc. I like my defensive guns to be all business. I find the Glocks fit the bill in that they are just plain tough, rugged, durable, accurate, affordable, light, great capacity, simple and all business. Welcome to the club! |
November 18, 2013, 03:12 PM | #75 |
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Got me another G19 today and it will not be sold or traded again. Regretted selling it ever since I did.
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