Breaking! Almost All Glocks Discontinued!

[FrankenGlock]

Well, yes. That's correct. And my kid is smarter! How did you know?

I do think my triggers are better than OEM Glock. And when I install a billet firing pin and extractor, I think that's more reliable than a Glock OEM MIM version. I have broken a MIM firing pin and that's not something I ever want to do again.

100% to all.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

Well, yes. That's correct. And my kid is smarter! How did you know?

I do think my triggers are better than OEM Glock. And when I install a billet firing pin and extractor, I think that's more reliable than a Glock OEM MIM version. I have broken a MIM firing pin and that's not something I ever want to do again.

I've put Johnny Glock triggers on a few. Mostly because I just felt like it. I'm not a trigger snob at all. Triggers are very subjective.

When I played baseball, including college ball, there was a constant, ongoing debate that raged since I was in little league. It was: Who makes the best glove?

There is no right answer. Rawlings, Wilson, Easton, Franklin, Spalding, Mizuno. When anyone asked me, it was the Wilson A2000. Hands down. A baseball glove is like a gun. A good glove is important. But it makes no one a great baseball player. Was it better than its peers? Not really. I just preferred it.

The same rule applies to golf clubs.

My kid is a very good golfer. 12 handicap. He can beat anybody here.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

Oh yeah! I forgot! My kids are waaaaaay smarter! LOL!


Yeah... it was a bit disturbing when that happened to me.

I've also had a trigger spring break on my factory Glock 19.

Pilot error

 

[meistermash]

I shoot a double action revolver modestly well.
Most usually I don't notice the difference in a pistol trigger.
Well unless it takes both fingers to yank it back.

Back in the day I owned a Browning Dual Mode 9mm pistol.
Try as I might, that was horrible.
That one you could switch from d/sa to d/d action.
Neither was anything but heavy and heavier.
Nice pistol otherwise.

I and some other folks endured a lecture by some smart assed middle aged character in the lgs one day.
It was about why the single action army was a superior combat pistol and why it was better than any puny 9mm.
That was free entertainment.

Was out shooting one day and this other fellow's son had some flavor of 9mm out lighting up the scenery.
I tossed out a soda bottle, and watched him run a whole magazine at it.
So I grabbed the truck revolver, an old m10 Smith royal Hong Kong police marked 38.
I tagged that with most of the cylinder double action fast as I could pull the trigger, speed loaded and chased that bottle out to about 50 yards.
Boys dad said, and that's how that shits done.

Got a friend that just bought himself a problem.
A Block 20 with custom slide, ported 10mm
Who knows what all is wrong with that one.
He's broken two strikers.
I didn't want to know after "custom" was mentioned.
I am sure it was some kind of "Deal".
Guy should know better he into his 60's.

 

[One Ping Only]

Photographers.... they are a sensitive bunch.

Snort. Hehehe Today in the DSLR age, the question is actually more legitimate than ever, though. In the years past with SLR it was all about what 35mm film (and brand), glass, photographer, darkroom.

Today it's glass, sensor (BRAND of camera), photographer skills, post processing. So WHY does the brand matter today? Because each company has their own color cast & other characteristics baked-in to the sensor, not to mention the sensor's other intrinsic attributes that they are using.

ie, Nikon has a different color profile than Canon, and so forth. The both take great pictures, but each have their own signature "look" to them. Over the past 20 years they have refined this more and more. All part of the modern photography game. And DSLR's still kick the crap out of cellphone cameras. always will.

 

[Racer88]

And DSLR's still kick the crap out of cellphone cameras. always will.

Today it's glass, sensor (BRAND of camera), photographer skills, post processing.

Of course it's 95% the photographer's skills. Having skills and knowledge of LIGHTING, composition, exposure, etc... is 99% of the game.

Yeah... I try to explain to folks why the "megapixels" in your phone camera mean squat when the image is coming through that little tiny chip of a "lens." Real cameras have real lenses (aka "glass"). And the size and quality of the glass makes a HUGE difference in the image quality. No amount of "megapixels" can help with a shitty lens.

That said... for the purposes of MOST people, their phone cameras will suffice.

You can have the best audio player, amplifier, etc.... but the sound you hear can be only as good as the speakers.

 

[One Ping Only]

Of course it's 95% the photographer's skills. Having skills and knowledge of LIGHTING, composition, exposure, etc... is 99% of the game.

No argument from me.

Having said that- like a good recipe, all ingredients play a part, and can make a difference if omitted or replaced. One can reason the same analogy for a good kitchen. Of course it's ultimately the chef. Yet other factors are the ingredients that compose the finished product.

"I want glass. Lots of glass." Always. But what's behind it (mirror or not, sensor, firmware, etc) , up to and including who is pressing the shutter...all part of the finished product.

Having said all that, the analogy "a bad mechanic always blames his tools" applies to any craft.

FWIW, my pics I post here always look serviceable-but-not-great because I put moderate effort into them with my iPhone other than trying to capture decent light ( I have no Lightbox, tools, etc) and usually stage the sidearm in a window sill, outside on the deck rail, or a down & dirty pic at my workstation under LED desk light and maybe some ambient natural light from the side window. hehe

Maybe I'll snag a Lightbox setup in the near future.

Oh- my missus just made a stellar Banana Nut Bread with about 45% less brown sugar- the load turned out delicious, but the impact of less brown sugar in the recipe DID in fact make a difference. Not just in sweetness, but the overall flavor that brown sugar brings to the party.

And I DID get my water line winterizing & insulation replacement on a PVC line that the chickens ripped to shreds, done outside between cloudbursts, WOOT!

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Having a "factory" Glock, or some other brand, keeps me from the headline, Fatal shooting using a gun.

 

[k3nny173]

I'll concede that there are some nice Glock clones in the market now, but I stop short of claiming they are better. The question is what defines better. No two people will agree on what that is. One thing is certain. Clones are not more accurate or more reliable than a factory Glock.

So your position is that there isn't any way an aftermarket barrel in a clone could be more accurate than an OEM glock one?

Not even a custom fitted Match Bar Sto? Assume the gunsmith fitted it correctly per Bar Sto instructions.

Fits Glock 17L 9mm - Bar-Sto

barsto.com

That is a bold claim

I agree 'better' is ridiculously subjective, and I hate when someone says 'better' and doesn't define that

My glock clone is better than a real glock
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My glock clone has a better grip angle because it has the 18 degree angle of a 1911 that feels better with my limp wristed shoot style rather than the 22 degree glock grip angle that makes my pussy hurt.

The guy who painstakingly built his own Glock clone - or 10 of them. - is going to defend his work to the death. I get it. In reality, it's like the parent who thinks their kid is smarter or better looking than all the other kids. There's no point in arguing with them.

this is funny to me because the majority of my P80s had problems that needed to be worked out, the regular guys I shoot with at the range would hide behind cover when I said I got a new P80 and this is the first live fire mag [ooks left and right and watched everyone run for cover]