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Anyone with any experience on a 20 or especially a 20SF care to give your opinions on it ? Thanks

I got the 20SF. Not much to say, It just plain works. You might want to update the sights.

The one I had ate everything I fed it without a hiccup. I didnt like the huge grip and I have big hands. I sold the 20 recently and bought a 1911 in 10mm.

Yep. I agree.

The 21 and the 20 are a bit big feeling in the hand, though, for most mortal men.

I am 6’4 and wear giant or 2xl gloves, so the 20/21 fit me like, well a glove 😂

I’ve also been considering going the 1911 route also . The Rock Island 10mm seem to get decent feedback but I’ve never actually had my hands in one of them .

My first 10mm was a G20. First mag I fired experienced a case rupture, cracked the grip, ruined the magazine. I blamed it on lack of case support in the pistol???

I now have 4 other 10mm's - two EAA Witness models and two 1911's (An RIA and a Kimber), so I did not blame the problem on the cartridge.

Mike Holmes

My 20c is okay, far from 100% reliability.

Wonderful gun that I loved to hate....

Bought a longslide 40 first and it really worked well so I found both a 20 and 29 shortly thereafter...both beat my hands so that after five rounds I would start flinching to the point of not wanting to shoot.... Still have the 40, sold the 29 on GunBroker and one of my best friends bought the 20 and carries it all the time...

For other 10mms that came and didn't "went":
PARA-USA Elite Longside Hunter...wonderful gun now being made and marketed by Remington as their 10mm Hunter...can be found in the $900 range.

RIA...not sure of the name but is their Combat Commander, steel frame, with bull barrel. Bobbled the first round and has never missed a beat since. Just as accurate as guns costing 2-3 times as much.

Kimber Stainless Target II...if I had one 10mm this would probably be it...only modification was a flat bottom firing pin stop which should be standard on any 1911/10mm...it is on the Hunter. Kimber also has a longslide but without the firing pin safety. Can be had for under $900.

Ruger GP-100 4" Match Champion...bought it the week after it was announced...wonderful shooter...

Knowing what I know now, if this was just going to be a target/hunting gun, I would have gone with the Dan Wesson Bruin...A LOT of gun for the money....

Bob

My Gen 2 Glock 20 fits me better than any handgun I own. It’s accurate and has functioned flawlessly. As mentioned above unless you have good sized hands they are large framed. My hands are big but several of my friends have tried my 20 and didn’t like it because of the frame size.

It controls recoil of full loads very well, but in handgun of this size you might consider long slide/barrel version referred to as G40. It can be controlled w/o using "death grip". The mild recoiling Korean FMJs produce wonderful balls of fire at indoor range, very impressive and attention worthy.

G20 sf fits me better than the plain gen 3 20. Mine has been reliable and is the most accurate Glock I’ve ever fired.

All Gen 4 large frame Glocks are sf.

My gen4 G20 has been modified with a lighter striker spring, a heavier trigger spring, a lighter disconnecter spring, a zev connector of some kind I dug out of my parts box. It has adjustable sights on it from meprolight. I load my own ammunition with 180 XTP’s or 200 grain hard cast using AA#9 as much as I can. It’s not a hair splittingly accurate gun, it’s a good, dependable, very handy, much more than the 9mm, not too heavy, minute of grapefruit at 15 yards, almost indestructible, ugly, too fat for my hands, infinitely useful in a Kanai chest holster woods carrying pistol. I used to overthink stuff, and would spend more money than I needed. Ask yourself if you can use the accuracy that a 1911 pattern gun offers, ask yourself if you like to clean guns or just shoot them and rely on them. Also Glocks suck but they also do what they do.

I've owned two. Never had a problem with either one. They are very large. The first I owned was years ago and it didn't seem to recoil badly at all. Then a few years back I got another and the recoil seemed much more pronounced. Maybe it's just me getting older though.

I really liked the early G20 I had. Fun to shoot. Let it go and just never replaced it. But I would if I had one come nearby.

I started with a RIA and it shot well enough. When the barrel.connector broke after 20 rounds of Underwood, I had it fixed and traded it for a Glock 20, gen 4. The gen 4 and later guns fit me much better than any previous versions. I own 3 Glocks now and shoot them all decent. I shoot the G20 best of all. Compared to my revolvers, and Contenders, the 10mm is a wuss. I had a Encore pistol in 350 Rem mag for a year or two. That was a handful even with a break.

I've had one for years. Like mine a lot. I can't recall a single malfunction with it, even when firing 40 S&W cartridges in it. A few years ago I bought the smaller G29 to make carrying it a little easier. I give up about 50 fps, but shoot the smaller gun just as well and can always use the longer 15 round mags in it.

I feel that way about my Glock 30, which is the compact version of the Glock 21 (.45 ACP). I could take or leave the 21, but the 30 is a keeper, and carries pretty good. I shoot it well, too. And, like you say, you can use the 13 round (Glock 21) mags in it.

You still have that one, EE?