Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns I predict the new Glock 42 to be a FLOP

9mm on the way...2015...the 42 was an Austrian joke on the US
.the 42/380 is very ammo sensitive....

The ones in our rental program run great on anything,

I've put over 300 rounds thru mine and it hasn't had the first ftf or fte. I'm quite happy with it other than a somewhat stiff trigger pull. It's an accurate little pistol.

Our rental has broke it's guide rod and lost its trigger reset at under 5000 rounds...??

That is all well and good, but you could have had any number of full powered 9x19's in the same sized package, or even smaller. Even some very accurate and reliable pistols in the 9x19 caliber and same size/weight range.

I still don't see a real market niche being filled here, and see quite the oposite.

Maybe that's what he wanted. Not everyone is as manly as you. It's meant for people who would otherwise get a P232, PK380, PPK/s or Bersa Thunder. You'd make a lousy gun salesman, since you think that everyone thinks like you. You have to listen to the customer and sell them what fits their needs.

You might be surprised at how many guns I have sold. Some of which I did not personally like. Worked at gun counters more than once, and many, many gun show tables. Oft times the gun show tables were for fully licensed pawn shops that had an over abundance of firearms at one time or another. You are dead wrong again, but this is not surprising.

Having spent my whole proffesional life in sales, sometimes I know we have to help a customer understand some pro's and con's about a product, too.

Heard that too. I'll buy the first 9mm Glock that I can get my hands on if it's the same exact size as the little Model 42.

I've also heard that Glock was holding back on the release of the new little 9mm version, amid fears that it will kill their sales of the Glock 42. Like others here have mentioned, the Glockaholics will buy ANY new handgun Glock releases, regardless.

I've always kinda had a love / hate relationship with my Glocks, but I do own several.
First, they are ugly as sin and I just absolutely hate the look of any Polymer gun!
And they feel like a 2x4 riding in a high riding belt holster.
But I will agree they are one of the most reliable handguns on the market. Period! And I've never had any of my Glocks fail to feed or fire. Mine are also all very accurate handguns.
On the plus side, I'm also able to shoot all my Glocks really well, but they always point high for me.

But I LOVE 1911's and that's what I think of as the Ultimate carry package for Concealed Carry, and they point and shoot for me like an extension of my finger.

That being said, if I could only carry one handgun for defense of 2 legged and 4 legged creatures, for the rest of my life, it would without a doubt be my Glock 20 in 10mm.

Yeah, everyone knows you sold insurance. Probably whole or universal life policies that did nothing for the buyer but made you a tidy commission. I'm sure that you even said that they were an "investment". You probably never mentioned the lower commission term policies, which would have been better for them (but not you). I bet that many were sold to your fellow churchgoers, where you'd remind them that you were a "good Christian" and wouldn't steer them wrong. You're a joke!

Wow, you were way wrong again! I am shocked, I tell ya, just shocked! Actually, very little typical or standard life insurance products. Sold advanced financial products to affluent folks who were doing estate planning and protection plans. And, FWIW, I did not market to family or my church folks. Folks had to contact me such as via a referral etc.

So, you are way wrong, AGAIN! Surprise, surprise..... Better let the big hole you are digging alone for a while. And maybe keep the thread to the topic at hand of the usefulness and market of this particular pistol.

I don't mind at all when a person has a different viewpoint or opinion about something, especially a firearm. The free and open market will decide the fate of this one. I stated my opinion and have elaborated upon that.

To bring childish personal attacks into this thread and try to hijack it was Jr high level or less tactic's and immaturity.

Do you have something to add here that is based upon the facts of what the gun is, does, and where it fits into the market of pistols for sale? Maybe what it does better than something else in its class? If so, we would all welcome that including me. Stupid attempts to turn the conversation into a personal vendetta - and for what good reason I do not know - serves no good purpose in this or any other thread about a firearm or other gun and hunting related topic. Save them for some other venue. The personal attacks are not serving you well, and are a real PITA sideshow to what was being discussed by reasonable, knowledgeable adults with some background and knowledge on the subject at hand.

I finally saw one of these 42's over the weekend. Not much impression good or bad. But as to the 380, I kind of have a fondness for some of the stuff in goes in. As in the cz82 9mmmak, the cz83 380, the walthers, the early savage, some of them arejust neat little pistols.
I was messing with a cz83 the other day, as i remember you can stuff 13rounds in there using a mak magazine, and it really isn't all that big a pistol.
They will find a market for sure.

I always thought it kind of worthy of comment that europeans have used .380's to shoot people for years. I guess the average european is much smaller than the average american. Then you can get on the .32acp bandwagon.

A little over 250 flawless rounds through it so far and some new peepers.....I like it! And the OP is still a [bleep] idiot!

I got one as a Christmas gift this year. So far, I have about 250 rounds through it with no bobbles. I am thinking about replacing the sights with a set of Ashley Express, however. It not being a target pistol and all.

I'm thinking the GAP series guns were flops for Glock. These little pocket guns will prove to be far from that.

It ain't going to flop. Geez, it's a Glock directed at a booming market. If it is as dependable as the 17 and 22, et al, it'll be in backorder for a while. I've not fired one but just from handling one and dry firing it seems to be a class above wife's LCP. Better trigger, better grip, just better ergonomics overall IMHO. Slightly larger but personally I'd take it in a heartbeat over the LCP if function is there. BTW I'm in the minority category of those that would like to see a user-friendly manual safety option for the pistols that will see purse carry. edit: Directed at OP not you, CT.

It's such a "flop" that the major gun shops in this area can't keep them in stock.

I can't wait for these guys to come out with a 25ACP.

Yeah, I'd say the market's being penetrated like a TTSX thru a watermelon.

My wife loves her's. It ticks all the boxes for her, small, light, and its a Glock.

I think you missed seeing the LEO market. My agency only approves Glocks and this is the first and only pistol approved under 9mm since the revolver disappeared decades ago. LEO price is ~$325 walking out the door and our local shop can't satisfy the demand. They got 225 of them in a month or so back that lasted less then a week. I have a pile of buddies still on the waiting list. They ran a test model with well over 500 rounds before approving it and folks only had positive things to say.

I'm holding out, I believe we'll see the single stack nine sooner rather then later.

Yep, the 42 is our most popular Blue Label model.