henktermaat
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- Jan 3, 2009
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"It's marketing, not superior quality"
Thanks for another canned response.
How do you define "quality"? Quality like a fine burlwood dash in a luxury sedan or quality as in a John Deere tractor that plows it's fields day in and day out and never breaks down?
I think Glocks have the right type of "quality".
What parts have you seen break on a Glock?
Every time one of these "discussions" starts, God kills a kitten.
Every time one of these "discussions" starts, God kills a kitten.
Then I wonder if we start talking about kittens if God will start killing glocks.
What do you think the Glock kabooms are all about?
My choices just haven't revolved around GLOCKS, sorry about that.
What do you think the Glock kabooms are all about?
I'm not saying Glocks are not quality handguns. I'm saying they aren't superior quality to everything else.
shooter@(5)4life said:My G-19 has had at least 20,000 rounds fired through it and hasn't kaboomed yet! It just blew up! Are you sure about that guys?
The OP said "Combat" pistol, not LE, and if you don't know the difference I simply cannot assist you. You'll have to conduct more research. Now I will assist you with the following facts:
Nations that use the Glock as an "official" sidearm:
-Austria
-India
-Jordan
-Thailand
-Norway
-Philippines
Nations that use the Beretta as an "official" sidearm:
-Algeria
-Argentina
-Bosnia & Herzogovinia
-Brazil
-Colombia
-France
-Italy
-Malaysia
-Peru
-Poland
-Slovenia
-South Africa
-Spain
-Turkey
-United States
Just on the surface it appears that the Beretta is more popular. I am not denying that the Glock isn't a great, simple pistol (because it is!). I am focusing on combat pistols. In the US Military, there are two major DOD contracts for pistols; Sig and Beretta. I personally have used the Beretta in many places. We have a few M-11's (Sig 228) in our vault for concealed carry, but that is rare. Everyone that I know that owns a Glock loves it, and these are people that are very good with CQB etc.
I am just glad that we live in a nation where we can pick & choose our personal sidearm! Hopefully that will last forever, because the day it stops...
I've never had a split case in any of my handguns regardless of brand. If you are getting split cases you have other issues my friend! Incorrect headspacing, bullet set back, too hot of loads, improperly sized cases etc... etc.. Now shooter to shooter please be carefull buddy! Everyone doesn't want you to get hurt including me! I really mean that too!
Glock .... Still the best
The main reason Glocks have such a corner on the Law Enforcement market are the service contracts they offer to agencies. It's marketing, not superior quality.