Ever wonder why there is no "Show Pics of your Glock!!" Threads on boards like this??

[WestcoastWes]

Its because all the pics would all look like black plastic blobs of robot poop. The reason you see "Post picks of your 1911's" or "post pics of your Browning High Power" is because they are woks of art in addition to firearms, tools, hobbys etc. They have history they have depth, they draw you in from afar with their multiple use of medium and materials, their contours and the interplay between wood, (some) plastic, steel and alloy. Glocks just take a bunch of already existing technology and patterns and patent and smush them all together in a big old hunk of square plastic. And I am not just picking on JUST Glocks, its all the other soulless wanna be black murder guns that just look the same to me. There is an infinite variety of 1911's and high powers and the like, each one often tailored to a persons personal taste in color, contrast and functionality. My cousin just retired from 40 years in the Guard and he was presented with a desert tan bone stock Sig that the army just adopted, it came in a plastic clamshell case. If this had been 50 years ago it would have been an engraved or embellished 1911 and would have been something his grand kids could have told stories about and looked at lovingly and fondled as an historical object. Instead it will just end up in a recycle bin.

Anyway, my thoughts this morning. Buy something quality made mostly of steel.

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[solv3nt]

We should get you drunk, and find out how you really feel.

 

[lucusloc]

NGL, I can't get excited about any pistol news from the industry. They are all basically the same thing; browning action, grip mag, upward ejection. . . If you slap enough after-market parts on them (and especially if you get into grip modification) it can be hard to tell them apart. At least long arms have some variety; different locking actions, various methods of feed and ejection, changes to layout, even variety in accessory mounting and sighting options. I feel like I have seen every permutation of what a browning action pistol can be at this point, what else exciting is there?

 

[solv3nt]

At least long arms have some variety;

Dude. I've got short, T-Rex arms.

 

[bionic knees]

no.

 

[lucusloc]

Dude. I've got short, T-Rex arms.

Rifles got you covered there too fam;



Short arms are no problem with long arms

 

[Knobgoblin]

Post pics of your Wilkinson arms pistols .

Feed me your 80's Sci fi goodness.

 

[Nosferatu]

I need to start rummaging through recycle bins to find some @sobo currency.

 

[sobo]

Coincidence? I think not...

 

[sobo]

I need to start rummaging through recycle bins to find some @sobo currency.

 

[HA556]

I never really gave it much thought! I give more attention to....

 

[arakboss]

The Glocks are too busy dropping bodies and have no time for glamor shots.

 

[washagonian]

Oh boy - another one. God I love these threads.

 

[Colt Carbine]

 

[washagonian]

And here is my contribution (as trite as it may be).

I just posted the grip tape pic in another thread. Glocks are beautiful after a "Greg Kinman" grip tape job.



And who can say that the three functioning Glocks below are not "perfection" to behold.

Just sayin'

TWYLALTR

Cheers.

 

[clanhanson]

Because it's like staring at a hammer... or drying paint.

 

[orygun]

We should get you drunk, and find out how you really feel.

Sometimes 9am isn't early...

 

[HA556]

Sometimes 9am isn't early...

Especially if you never stopped from the night before!

Man were those the days!!

 

[Ben B.]

Some variety.

 

[sobo]

Especially if you never stopped from the night before!

Man were those the days!!

We had a saying back in college to rebut those pikers that said they "drank all day" when they really started around 3 in the afternoon or some such BS...

"You can't say you drank all day unless you start first thing in the morning!"