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The 19 (Gen 4) is a good way to go.

If you need a Smith to tune/customize the pistol to suit your individual needs give serious consideration to Mod 1 Firearms in Nicholasville.

Thanks Walker. I'm sure there will be something I'll want to change. I tend to be that way. I've got a Sig 229 M11a1 but I'm thinking for a knock-around, throw around carry gun (as long as it is reliable) a 19 would be a better choice and I could use the left-over $$ to put toward another gun.......(grin).

Lastround,

That is the issue with Glock. For the money you have to spend, they are very hard to beat.

If you take into account magazine capacity, durability and functional reliability, you will look long and hard for something from another manufacturer that will do the same work for the same money.

Still, I don't much enjoy shooting them.

I recently bought a Glock 17.

It is boringly dependable, reasonably accurate, and ugly.

I would bet my life on it.

We picked up a couple for my wife and I last winter.. A 19 for here and a 21 for me.. They are great for firepower, but I am a revolver guy.. However, we purchased them for the truck and camper when on trips.. they are great for that.. Plus they have lots of ammo to cover our tails til we can get to the shotguns and rifles...

I'm still not sold on the Gen. 4 Glocks ,just yet. And 'Ive yet to fire one, but I heard they had some problems right when they were first released. All my Glocks are Gen. 3 guns. They continue to work just fine for me and function flawlessly.

One thing that hasn't been discussed is that the sights on ALL Glocks are plastic and badly need to be replaced. Fortunately almost every configuration is available for Glocks.

Yep. All my Glocks have metal Trijocon tritium night sights.

On my first Glock 19, before we had Concealed Carry here in TX, I grabbed my gun out of my truck toolbox at the gate to our Ranch on a State Farm to Market road to kill a big ass TX Rattlesnake. I bumped the front of my Glock 19 on the side of the toolbox, and my front sight went flying into the weeds. Damn hard to hit a moving rattler without a front sight!!!

The first thing I usually do when buying a new Glock is putting steel sights on them!

That's good to know. Why in the world would they put plastic sights on a steel slide? Not a deal breaker, but dumb (cheap too). Woodswalker, there you go. I'll need that smith for sights if nothing else.

Another question....is there a problem with 9mm brass being unsupported as with the 40 S&W?

Never had a brass problem with mine.

I went TFO on the sites because I got a good deal on them and the pistol resides primarily in my bedroom for things that go bump in the night. Though I recently moved from one of the worse areas of GB to a small village on the lakeshore - nothing goes bump in the night here.

Other than that - the ZEV trigger parts (race connector, spring kit, TiN safety etc - about 60 dollars worth) and shot it. All it's required.

no……well, at least I haven't heard of any…….all of the kabooms that I've heard about were with .40……of course, I could be wrong.

To me it is about economics. I can buy 2 used Glocks for the price of 1 new Sig or Para or Kimber.


2 is one, 1 is none.

Glock 19 is a no-brainer.

Get a police trade-in. Should include tritiums so you don't have to dick with the replacement of factory stuff.

Use left over money to buy a case of ammo. If you do this at the time of purchase, you may be able to work a deal to get both cheaper.

9's can/will kaboom but the 40's are the ones with the more worserer track record.



Travis

I would add...set aside at least $150 for a world class holster...I mean, buy the best holster you can get your hands on. Personally, I'd rather carry a $369 Ruger SR9 in a first rate holster than a $579 Glock in a second rate holster. A first rate holster makes life much more comfortable, which means you're more likely to actually carry, and enjoy carrying...and that's the goal.

All Glocks have the same amount of case support, regardless of cartridge. The difference is the strength of the brass, not the support of the brass.

Glock Gen4 19 is what i'm carry at the moment Crossbreed Super Tuck loaded with Hornady Critical Duty Ammo. HD Trijicon Sights and Fulcrum Trigger Replacement

I love my Gen 4 G19! I polished the internals, Zev spring kit (left striker spring stock), Lone Wolf connector, and Ameriglo Pro I Dot night sights. I've got 600 rounds through it so far with 0 issues. I've been carrying it for the last 2 months in an Alien Gear IWB holster.

I'm bad to carry Mexican style and the Glock is no exception. Into the waistband it goes.

You can't go wrong with a Glock 19.Just go to the store and feel up both the 19 Gen3 and the 19 Gen4.If you're concerned about the polymer sights,order some Glock steel sights that are identical almost to the polymers.These are really great sights.The Glock brand night sights are actually the brightest night sights I've ever seen,cost me $52 per set installed by Glock at the Plant in Smyrna,Ga.I waited 20 minutes in the reception room while the tech put them on a G36 and a G30.He also put new recoil springs and swapped out all my magazines I took in.Everything was for free ,only paid for the new night sights.I like Glock.