I broke my Glock

[soberups]

Not quite, the Glock was designed from the ground up as a military weapon for the Austrian Army's planned procurement to replace their World War II-era Walther P38 handguns.

Point taken, but I would counter by saying that you are referring to the original Glock 17.

The modular design of the Glock means that the slides and barrels and magazines can easily be shortened (while still being mostly interchangeable) without any impact on the gun's reliability. This lends itself to models such as the 19 and 26 which are specifically designed from the factory for concealed carry. The same cannot be said about the 1911.

 

[Certaindeaf]

A New York reload is the only way to go.

Speaking of New York reloads, I knew a guy, stepped up to the seven yard firing line.. slung MP-5.. click. Drop that and go to duty sidearm.. click. Holster that and go to ankle J-frame.. click! Super angry with himself, he pulled out a pretty big fixed blade and cut that B-27 all to heck... all in a matter of a few seconds.
Poor fella forgot to load all three of his guns.

 

[etrain16]

Speaking of New York reloads, I knew a guy, stepped up to the seven yard firing line.. slung MP-5.. click. Drop that and go to duty sidearm.. click. Holster that and go to ankle J-frame.. click! Super angry with himself, he pulled out a pretty big fixed blade and cut that B-27 all to heck... all in a matter of a few seconds.
Poor fella forgot to load all three of his guns.

Whoops...that's a bummer.

Reminds me of what happened to Jerry Miculek in a competition (though he didn't forget to load) - also goes to show a quality revolver can have a failure too:

 

[Roger65]

I have nine 1911's. Four are original 1911 A1's.
For carry and defense a Glock is better.

But don't feel bad. A Cavemen would still think a flint stone is the best way to make fire!
All I can tell him is ''Evolve''!

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So are you saying Fred Flintstone is a 1911 snob?

 

[P7M13]

Fail. Gravity pulls down, her ejection port is facing up (I noticed she was holding a gun the 4th time I looked at the picture).

Perhaps. My take is ejection doesn't happen because the claw on the extractor doesn't seat properly into the case flange. Gravity probably wouldn't help either. Like some entertainers' jokes, this quip fell out there like Brown #25 from Uranus Industries, as highlighted on The Groove Tube. Brown #25, Uranus Industries

But we all know, only real shooters shoot gangsta style.

 

[Flopsweat]

When I look at people that carry 1911's in 2015, I laugh. Sometimes I laugh straight to their faces. There really isn't any reason to EDC anything other than a Glock 19 or a Glock 26.
...

Yeager? That you?

"Rabble rabble Glock rabble".

 

[Classic]

What??? A Glock failed? Say it isn't so!!!
Everyone knows that Glocks are indestructible

 

[clearconscience]

You plan on fighting the mall ninja prepared to take multiple 308 shots to the back?

 

[mjbskwim]

In all fairness to the 1911, it was designed over 100 years ago as a military weapon of war. It was not designed to be a compact concealed carry gun. To serve as such requires considerable modifications to the original design, whereas a Glock was designed for that purpose from the beginning.

Not Quite, my dear Sir.
The glock was designed for a battle pistol.The only reason Beretta beat them out was Glock wasn't about to build a factory in the US. Otherwise it would have become the new Army pistol.
And Lone wolf extractors will drop all the brass in a nice little pile,so an aftermarket 1 may be the way to go

 

[mjbskwim]

Ummm....yes, you are talking out of your asss, at least on the .45 vs 9 mike mike. The 1911 part not so much.
Science, math, and real world data proves the .45 American superior to .35 Kraut.
Your mileage won't vary.

Speaking of Kruats,the main guy at Harborview (the main triage hospital in WA?) says the same thing about caliber. It doesn't change much until you get to rifle calibers and velocities
Maybe he's not german

 

[mjbskwim]

And as far as capacity,how many here that aren't NYC cops have ever emptied their magazine in a gun fight....IN THE US not the sand box or other country?

 

[Certaindeaf]

An extractor broke and we've turned into surgery.

 

[mjbskwim]

ADD around here

 

[Medic!]

So are you saying Fred Flintstone is a 1911 snob?

Yaba........Daba.........Do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Raidingtime]

When I look at people that carry 1911's in 2015, I laugh. Sometimes I laugh straight to their faces. There really isn't any reason to EDC anything other than a Glock 19 or a Glock 26.

If you've ever been in a real gun fight with pistols, you'll find out that you need more than 7+1. I'm not even going to get into the long debate about how 9mm JHP expansion puts the round just slightly under the .45 ACP in wound channel capability.

The only reason why the .45 ACP continues perpetuate itself as this mythical alpha round is uneducated Veterans who come to gun ranges boasting how great it was in WW2, Vietnam, ETC ETC. Only that in modern times we have modern ammunition and that JHP is prohibited due to international law/treaties. Idiot civilians oh GEE golly my special forces friend/marine recon friend/navy seal/ etc etc friend said the .45 is the man mode round.... and the myth keeps perpetuating itself.

I'm not talking out of my bubblegum. I've treated over 500 GSW's. A quarter of those cases were from hand guns. Hollowpoint wounds have almost the same wound channels. In fact 9mm up to .45acp is almost identifical. SO the real question is why carry a heavy, low capacity, tempermental, archaic design? Coolness and nostalgia. Thats it. My Wilson Combat is a safe queen. My Glock is my EDC.

*raises beer* to science!

 

[mjbskwim]

What did he need a 1911 for with a neighbor boy like Bam Bam?
Sheez was that his kid?
Been a while

 

[Member 5605]

This thread went right along Colion Noir's videos:

 

[Certaindeaf]

I was wondering how you habitually top off that gat.. from the mag or drop one in the pipe?

 

[slimmer13]

Ok since this thread is already off the rails, when you look at the statistics of DGU incidents, you realize that the overwhelming majority of cases, caliber is mostly irrelevant and the average number of shots fired is two, you have to come to the conclusion that belittling someone else's carry choice is mostly DBery.

I like to single out Glock fan boys because they are notorious for this like nothing else goes bang when you pull the switch.

Revolver, striker fired polymer, whatever. If the overwhelming unlikely scenario happens where you need more than 6 shots, you might as well carry a full load out in a .30 caliber battle rifle.

 

[U201494]

If you read his post, he is a doctor who has treated over 500 gunshot wounds.

RRRRRRRRIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHTTTTT and the Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, Santa Clause, and the Tooth Fairy are real too.