I work in a gun store. I hear about Glock perfection all the damn time. Same people who say revolvers never break.
I've seen glocks light strike, failure to feed, failure to eject, blow up, you name it.
Guns are man made, they can and will screw up. I'm just glad some people have the courage to post my glock won't work threads.
I respect your input as well, I've been a glock carrier for years , like I said I've owned Gah I couldn't tell you all the models ,and still own quite a few, Sure anything man made is going to have issues, but I picked a handgun based on it's reputation back when I bought my first one. I was told "Well you can't beat the ole .357 S&W if the gun doesn't fire you just pull the trigger again it will never fail you, but if you have to get a semi auto you can't beat a glock, followed by a sales pitch of how most cops carry glocks " lol, same thing you just said about revolvers. The reason I have brand loyalty to glock is based on my experiences, and Maybe I just got lucky with the ones I've owned or still own. I will say this, a friend of mine owns a gun store and I have had the privilege of owning, and or testing A LOT of handguns, and if the gun didn't handle the way that I like or if it had any issues I just trade the gun in. I will say that IMHO there are few handguns that I have handled that I trust as much as a glock, some that I trust just as much as glock are the m&p 9 by smith and wesson, that one has had a nice amount of rounds though it , without any hiccups. The springfield XDM 40 may replace my glocks one day, but after owning and shooting glocks for years it's hard to get away from "old faithful". I do agree with your post about guns though, the point of me posting was like i said I have had the privilege of getting to test out, and or own A LOT of handguns, I have really been surprised at what guns performed flawlessly , and what guns couldn't go a full magazine without having a FTF or a FTE , lightstrikes (which I will say the first m&p I tried loved to do FWIW). Bottom line though your post is correct, the human error is always going to be there. :thumbup: good post. Going to add this as well my buddy has been to the glock armorer school or class or whatever it is (he's certified to work on the guns)
, Anyway he has always told me to leave the guns alone , meaning leave them stock, that when you start modifying the guns, that is when you may start having problems, Now if the gun is a range queen then he'll do what you want, but for a SD handgun, and I'm sure this goes for all models he can work on , the only thing he will do is lighten the trigger up for you. Even then glock comes with a 5.5 lbs trigger, He will only take it down to 3.5lbs . Whew that was long winded my apologies.
I can't count the rounds I've put through them, but I can tell you how many issues I've had, 1 and it was on reloads, when I went back to regular ammo , the gun performed and continues to perform flawlessly, don't let this incident shy you away from glocks, they are great handguns, you just have one with some issues.
