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Bought a G19. Three 15 round mags is more assuring to have in the truck than my SP with a couple of speed strips. SP will be retired to farm duty.

That is all

Good job.

SP??

SP 101? SP 100?

At any rate, join the club. Glocks are hard to beat.

Hard to argue against a G19...

Just wish more people would try the 17 before jumping on the 19 bandwagon. I have both, and never opt for the 19. When the rare circumstance occasionally arises where I feel like the 17 has too high a print chance, I go for the 43 rather than the, only slightly more compact, Model 19. Reason being that I can noticeably shoot the 17 better, its concealment characteristics are just a hair inferior to the 19 (and will therefore never make a difference in the real world), and it carries just as well as the 19 (says I), so why give up improved handling and higher capacity for a handgun that's hardly noticeably more compact?

There was a survey on here a while back. "If you could only own one gun" The G-19 got the most votes so I bought one. It is all that was said about it so I don't see a need for another Glock. I have other hand guns that I like to carry that have less fire power but they're prettier.

Glock 19 is a solid choice for sure.

Bought and started carrying a G19 about a little over a year ago. Grew on me. Have since added a G30S. Now considering a G41.

ShortMagFan: Welcome aboard. That Glock WILL serve you well.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

great gun, my favorite glock

Congrats on your new Glock. I have one too, it's great gun.

It wasn't that long ago that you didn't understand why somebody would even want a Glock. Maybe all these people that you don't understand know what they're talking about.

On this issue, I have grown in my perspective. On others, you have yet to.

Tons of truth in this reply and an added bonus is he can forgo vaccum sealing it when he showers.

Let's see the G19 is likely the best selling handgun by volume for the past 20 years but somehow the g17 is now "better", I've yet to see anyone with a reasonable resume suggest the g17 over the g19 for a ccw piece. For a pure range toy or match gun where concealment isn't an issue then the g17 would likely win, oh but wait it pales for that role compared to what one gets in the g34.

I currently have all 3 and the g17 is shot the least of all despite it being a great pistol, it just doesn't fit any one role better then another. Hell outside of the long slide versions my old g30 shot as well as any of them which is consistent with a great many reviews of the g30.

Them G 19's grow on ya. I shot someone else's on several occasions and every time afterward I kept thinking about getting one for myself and the last time I shot someone else's I finally said "That's it !! "..... I'm getting one. So in Feb. 2012 I got a new gen. 3 G 19... I like it and something about that design and engineering appeals to me. Sort of a no frills, utilitarian, pain jane, basic approach to a handgun but it just works so well and reliably. I've seen G 19's that have thousands of rounds of steel cased Russian 9mm through them and they just keep on working. Some folks don't like Glocks but there's plenty of other good pistols out there to choose from if that's the case. I've also got other pistols but I still like my G 19..... It just plain works.

Agreed; I got a 19 a little over a year ago, got some aftermarket sights and the more I shoot it the more I like it.

Change out the factory "plastic" sights and replace with trijicons or mepros ect. Then shoot the heck out of it.

G19, the smallest pistol that never feels small. At least for me!

Agreed. The only thing a Glock needs is a sight upgrade. Otherwise, they are Glock Perfection.

I think this is a good thing, because sights are a matter of personal preference. So their coming with cheap sight place holders that can temporarily serve as sights till replaced is just fine with me.

That's the plan. Probably a set of crimson trace grips too

Where is the best source for extra magazines? Want oem

Brownells, Midway, etc., etc.. Isn't it great to be looking at the AWB fading out of sight in the rear view mirror?

Forgot to mention that in my previous post....... Had some Trijicons put on the G 19 and now I shoot the heck out of it better than with the factory sights.

Good choice. HDs?

Congrats on the 19.

Modway, Sportsman's Guide, CDNN, GrabaGun, Aim, etc. will shoot out emails occasionally with them on sale for $18-19/ea and free shipping. That's when I've jumped on them.

Got Trijicon HD XR sights put on today. Really looking forward to shooting it with those

Anyone use a Crimson Trace Railmaster? I'm not thrilled about how much bigger the LaserGrips appear to make the grip area of the gun and the Railmaster seems like a good solution

I'm not in a huge rush on the laser but I need to know which laser before I place the order with Simply Rugged

Skip the laser. It only encourages bad habits and dependence. How many operators have them on their handguns? I'd wager very few. It's a gimmic.

The G19 living here was bought for giggles-the S&W 19 being a particular favorite of mine. That was a few years back and rather a lot of 9mm ago. The S&W may have left the safe for the range twice in the last four years.

My fav GLOCK. Have a few 19's in different configurations.

Midway has mags for $16.74 right now. Heard it was today only though. Saw the price on their site with my own eyes.

While I love the g19, I sort of agree with you, I have a few g17s and I really like them. No complaints atall. One of my first guns ever was a first generation g17, I had no idea at the time what I had, I got it at a gunshow and didnt know much about guns, I shot it a bit and carried it while elk hunting, all I had at the time was the g17 and a remington 700 in 270. I never really looked at guns much in those days because I hadnt yet made any money, I figured I had a rifle that always handled elk every year and a nice pistol.

Fast forward a decade, I found out what i had was a semi-rare 1st generation g17. Lot of people have tried to buy it from me over the years but Ive always held on to it. Ive ince added a gen3 rtf2 and lots of other glocks but Ill always keep my 17s.

I like the 17 so much, I own two identical gen 4s. I always believed if you liked something a lot, you need to own two of them, just in case.

I had two 19s, but recently sold one of them. I guess I'll keep the other, just because. So far, I have yet to find a niche for the 19. The 17 gets the daily carry nod, and the 43 is brought to service in the rare case the 17 is too hard to perfectly hide. I have no business keeping even the one 19, and may eventually find myself without it.

Got in on a couple of those. Also bought some Carhartt tshirts that had free shipping and they shipped the entire order for free.

I forgot which Trijicons I wound up getting.... Looked at several and picked one out and the gunsmith/shop owner who sold me the gun put 'em on. Just a 3 luminous dot setup; not real big but not too small either. Sure helps out with aging eyes and much better than the factory sights. Look at different ones and let your eyes decide.

For pure ccw work I vastly prefer the speed and ease of XS big dots, not as pinpoint accurate as a standard 3 dot set up but is worlds faster to get good hits at ccw ranges. For more precision I can abide 3 dot tritium set ups but prefer just a tritium front and pure black rear.

I like front only, too. Either that or a plain tritium rear with an very bright orange front sight like the HDs.