Glock 21 torture test

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I think the Springfield XD beats the Glock.

I'd rather have the G21SF than the XD45. The XD45's grip is a bit too fat and too rectangular for me (which is saying something...because Glock grips are also pretty rectangular, which is why I've never liked them all that much). Come to think of it, even the USP-45 grip is more comfortable than the XD45.

I'm also not a big fan of double-stack .45s in general. In my opinion, 7 rounds is all you need in a .45, maybe one or two extra. A single-stack 1911 or SIG P220 is my ideal .45.

[Excalibur]

Well for a .45, I'd prefer a different gun. I'd take an XDM in 9mm with 19+1 rounds over a Glock. if I want a gun in 45. I'd get a 1911 for the classic look. I'd get a USP in .45 but HKs are expensive. You can get an XD in .45 for a lower price than a USP and get better reliability

[Yournamehere]

Being small handed, I'd only opt for a single stack .45, even if ther is a super tortured indestructble block of death available. I still want a 4506 as a counterpart to my heavy maintenance 1911. That reminds me, MT, did you ever get rid of that 4506 of yours?

[Excalibur]

I think he said only if you live in the same state as him.

I personally don't like the 4506 or any of it's variants. They are kinda fugly to me

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Yournamehere

Being small handed, I'd only opt for a single stack .45, even if ther is a super tortured indestructble block of death available. I still want a 4506 as a counterpart to my heavy maintenance 1911. That reminds me, MT, did you ever get rid of that 4506 of yours?

Nope, I still have it. Or rather, my Dad still has it (though I have access to it). I thought I had a potential buyer for a while, but it didn't work out.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Well for a .45, I'd prefer a different gun. I'd take an XDM in 9mm with 19+1 rounds over a Glock. if I want a gun in 45. I'd get a 1911 for the classic look. I'd get a USP in .45 but HKs are expensive. You can get an XD in .45 for a lower price than a USP and get better reliability

Yeah, but unless you're planning on leaving your gun buried in mud and snow for a month at a time, reliability isn't necessarily the first thing you (as a civvie) should be concerned about. My SIG P226 is extremely accurate and reliable, but that's hardly the reason I bought it. I like SIGs because the shape of the grip and the layout of the controls conforms better to my hand than an XD, or a USP, or a Glock, or just about any other double-stack pistol I've shot. For me, that's the first matter of importance.

[Excalibur]

Well I feel comfortable with the shape of the grip of an XD than I do with a Glock. And that's my opinion. When I held an XD for the first time, I thought it was a perfect gun. That' how I feel

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Well I feel comfortable with the shape of the grip of an XD than I do with a Glock. And that's my opinion. When I held an XD for the first time, I thought it was a perfect gun. That' how I feel

The XD45 or the 9mm/.40 XD? I don't have as much of a problem with the smaller-caliber XDs, just the XD45.

Anyway, as long as it's a gun that you feel comfortable with, that's what matters. But that's a much more important quality than its ability to endure torture tests that aren't going to ever happen naturally.

[ShootingJames]

I am not a fan of the USP line of pistols. I've seen them fail many times in the field including broken firing pins and cracked slides and frames. My friend and I rented one and I fired it 3 times and the mag bottom fell off the gun, and the rounds tumbled onto the table in front of me.

The range renting it gave me coupons for 3 months worth of free shooting though, so maybe I should like the USP!

Glock's are just tough guns. Accurate and dependable. The workhorse.

I prefer a 1911 to any pistol in the world anyway. The 1911 has endured for a reason. It'll always be king of the mountain to me.

[Excalibur]

I've been trying out the XD pistols more and I gotta say they are a better feel to than Glocks. Accuracy and less recoil