redhands
04-05-11, 13:38
The first pistol I bought. I spent 3 months looking over glocks, rugers, smiths, hks, sigs and colts. I wanted a .40 S&W so I ended up going with a Model 23 Glock because it seemed to be the best.
Pistols shipped with one NIB hi-cap mag then and I was able to buy a used model 22 mag at the same time.
I bought it from a gun store on layaway. The counter guy told me he had installed the meprolights himself for a customer that never picked it up and so there was no extra charge. I never questioned it and once I finally got to shoot it never really recovered from the trauma. (15 years ago)
It was statistically precise. 180gr Golden sabers went into 3 inch groups at 25 yards from a sandbagged rest. Accuracy was dismal. At the same distance the gun shot 18 inches low. A gunsmith later gauged the trigger weight at 14.5#. Another interesting feature was that index finger pressure on the chamber when the slide was in battery was capable of partially unlocking the breech; about 1/16 inch of movement. At 7 yards I had to hold 6 inches above the desired impact point, completely obscuring what I was aiming at in the process.
Completely reliable, I never had a stoppage, but as my father put it it was "a useless noisemaker." I ended up trading for a sig p229 in the same caliber.
Just to make it clear I have a Glock19 for a carry pistol although it did take a long time to see past my first impressions on polymer receivers.
Pistols shipped with one NIB hi-cap mag then and I was able to buy a used model 22 mag at the same time.
I bought it from a gun store on layaway. The counter guy told me he had installed the meprolights himself for a customer that never picked it up and so there was no extra charge. I never questioned it and once I finally got to shoot it never really recovered from the trauma. (15 years ago)
It was statistically precise. 180gr Golden sabers went into 3 inch groups at 25 yards from a sandbagged rest. Accuracy was dismal. At the same distance the gun shot 18 inches low. A gunsmith later gauged the trigger weight at 14.5#. Another interesting feature was that index finger pressure on the chamber when the slide was in battery was capable of partially unlocking the breech; about 1/16 inch of movement. At 7 yards I had to hold 6 inches above the desired impact point, completely obscuring what I was aiming at in the process.
Completely reliable, I never had a stoppage, but as my father put it it was "a useless noisemaker." I ended up trading for a sig p229 in the same caliber.
Just to make it clear I have a Glock19 for a carry pistol although it did take a long time to see past my first impressions on polymer receivers.