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Sadly, I have held a poly80 17 and 19 and had an issue with the beaver-tail not being big enough, Love the idea though. I do have one of their older gen 1.5 frames still waiting to be drilled out.Yes.
I built a P80 (G19 clone).
It is one of my favorite pistols.
Steel City magwell funnel that nests your hand into that grip.
Tight and accurate....couldn't ask for any more out of it.
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You know Andy. The 1911 may be a better weapon for shooting at enemy soldiers with?
I mean if you are limited to FMJ ammo? And you need to punch a hole through a canteen, belt, webbing , or other equiptment before you even touch the guy?
If that's the early polymer rear rail number, I'd trade it off.Sadly, I have held a poly80 17 and 19 and had an issue with the beaver-tail not being big enough, Love the idea though. I do have one of their older gen 1.5 frames still waiting to be drilled out.
Chevs & Fords...
As long as it fits me and consistently goes bang.
I don't know.
Glocks fit me fine. And it's the brand I always carry.
But I seam to remember a lot of exploding, burning things in the Military.
Plastic doesn't tolerate heat as well as metal. And it probably doesn't deal with shrapnel as well?
I have heard people were not fans of the polymer rear rail, but all my XD-m's have a polymer rear rail and have never show signs or heard of issues with them before. What have been the issues with the polymer80 rear rails?If that's the early polymer rear rail number, I'd trade it off.
The later all steel rail design is much better.
So how then would the plastic (composite) stock and handguards of an M16 or M60 machine gun deal with heat, explosions and shrapnel?
How about the wooden stocks of M1 Garands and M14's? How about the rubber tires of military vehicles and warplanes? How about the flesh
and clothing of a soldier?
Glock slide is still metal.
It wasn't a feasible design for the average do-it-yourselfer to get good rail to slide fitment.I have heard people were not fans of the polymer rear rail, but all my XD-m's have a polymer rear rail and have never show signs or heard of issues with them before. What have been the issues with the polymer80 rear rails?
Tommy Lee Jones in U.S. Marshals.
How dare a Glock get copied! What fool would own a copy?Yes.
I built a P80 (G19 clone).
It is one of my favorite pistols.
Steel City magwell funnel that nests your hand into that grip.
Tight and accurate....couldn't ask for any more out of it.
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Yep, the striker-fired trigger is a different animal, but they are not all quite the same.The plastic fantastic?
Glocks are good, but I could just never get used to the striker trigger on them.
I have a SIG X-Five (P320/M17 family) that pulls at 2lbs with a tuned take-up and tuned over-travel that just might change your mind on striker triggers.
P320 has an advantage though. The P320 striker spring is 95+% charged when in battery and the sear system is a good design.
I know a few Leo's and the ones that have glocks got them because the get a discount on them.
The ones that were into guns had 1911's or p226.
Next time you're at the Fun Store grab an X-Five Legion and see if that feels like a striker-fired pistol.I am quite satisfied with my P2XX SIGs with DA/SA - much better trigger, and the metal frame feels better with regards to balance and recoil - but that may just be a personal ergo thing. I have a 2022 in 9 and 40 and although it is DA/SA, the balance and recoil just doesn't feel right. My only complaint is that SIG is slowly dropping P2XX handguns from their catalogs and concentrating on the striker fired plastic framed guns instead.
You know what they say... 9mm MIGHT (okay, PROBABLY will) expand, but .45 will NEVER shrink..45ACP FMJ Ammo will penetrate and make a big hole for sure....
9mm FMJ does as well....just not as well as .45ACP FMJ , at least from my experiences or remembering.
Andy