Bye bye Browning Hello Glock!

[Captain General]

I love the Glock.

I probably put at least 10,000 rounds through mine.

As far as accuracy goes, I shot a 100% on the combat assault course at the Academy with mine and always shot in the 90's on the regular qualification course.

[KRJ]

Originally Posted by Captain General

As far as accuracy goes, I shot a 100% on the combat assault course at the Academy with mine and always shot in the 90's on the regular qualification course.

Exactly. When someone says one pistol is more "accurate" than another they usually mean that they shoot a particular pistol better for a variety of reasons. It's true that a particular pistol may simply be more shootable for them as an individual.

But to see any appreciable difference in inherent accuracy between a custom Ed Brown and a stock Glock most of us would need to shoot groups from a sandbag rest if not actually have the pistols in a vise.

When you get the adreneline dump that stock Glock will have more inherent accuracy than you will be able to take advantage of. It will be a rare shooter who will shoot up to the capability of his weapon in that situation.

[TacCovert4]

Originally Posted by Half Pint John

Just how are they lower maintenance than say a 1911? That was one of the things I liked about my guns was doing the cleaning and oiling. I still know the smell but forget the name. Hops Gun Oil maybe? Ah.... checked it myself Hoppe's. I should by some to to smell it again.

Breakdown for a Glock....All Glocks is thus:

Drop Mag, Empty Chamber, Check for Clear. Check again for Clear.

Pull slide back just a bit (like 5/8ths of an inch), and push down on the takedown buttons.

Holding those down, release the slide, and pull the trigger. Slide comes right off. Take out the captive recoil spring (it's one complete unit), then remove the barrel. Clean these 4 parts (Slide, Barrel, brush any dirt off the spring, and the grip frame). (Yes, you can disassemble the slide, but that's a higher level of maintenance and needs doing very rarely).

Dry everything thoroughly

Put one small drop of oil in each rail on the slide. Let them run down the rails.

Make sure you run your final patch down the barrel with just a little oil.

Wipe the barrel off with some oil, then wipe it again to remove 90% of it.

Reassembly is the reverse of dissassembly, though you simply have to put the slide together and rack it onto the grip frame....no takedown button required.

Glocks run very very dry, which is an advantage in desert conditions since that's that much less grit forming sanding paste inside your gun.

[johns624]

One minor change- In Armorer's Class, they teach you to pull the trigger before pulling the slide slightly to the rear. Then, the slide comes right off after pulling down the takedown lever.

[Captain General]

Originally Posted by johns624

One minor change- In Armorer's Class, they teach you to pull the trigger before pulling the slide slightly to the rear. Then, the slide comes right off after pulling down the takedown lever.

Thats how I was trained.

[G David Bock]

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