Are glocks safe?

[mstlaurent]

How about condition 0? Isn't that, one in the chamber, safety off, fully cocked and ready to rock?

Not in a holster. Condition 1 in the holster. You go to Condition 0 during the draw.

[SoCalEnthusiast]

There is a G30 sitting in my safe. It hasn't gone off in a couple of weeks.

Pretty safe

THe key is that you said, "sitting" how about if you were "handling" on a day-to-day basis, safe?

[Damn True]

THe key is that you said, "sitting" how about if you were "handling" on a day-to-day basis, safe?

I remove it from the safe every evening, clear it, dry fire a few times, reload, chamber a round place it in bedside table every night.

Hasn't gone boom once.

The gun is perfectly safe provided the operator doesn't behave like a jackarse.

[Tarn_Helm]

Thinking of buying a glock but alot of my friends say they're not safe because of the safety mechs, any thoughts?

I wanna buy a .45, g30?

Safety begins between your ears not your fingers.

[Rm7pr]

Yes

[newguy83]

the bottom line is that if you are depending on a feature of a gun to keep you from having a negligent discharge then you werent handling the gun properly in the first place

[Trenchfoot]

what other high quality guns would be up my alley you think?

M&P with thumb safety

[SoCalEnthusiast]

I'm going to try and M&P at the range this weekend!

Thanks for the advice guys, maybe a glock isn't for me....

[SoCalEnthusiast]

Either M&P .40 or a G30 this weekend at the OC gun show. I guess Sunday will let me know!?!?!?

I'm going to check out the glockstore at the fair, has anyone here dealt with them?

[Lead Waster]

Their simplicity makes them safe because safety is dependent on the user and the simpler something is, the easier it is for the operator.

[Turbinator]

Thinking of buying a glock but alot of my friends say they're not safe because of the safety mechs, any thoughts?

I wanna buy a .45, g30?

Sounds like you need new friends...

Turby

[Capybara]

[JTROKS]

Only ones I'm hearing going KABOOM are 22, 23 and 27. Must be something about the 40S&W round. With that said I carry 3rd Gen 23 and 27 due to the 40S&W being a good median between the 9 vs 45 crowd. I just load up with 155 grain and down regular JHP loading. The 40 is hot enough to even consider hotrodding.

[Lead Waster]

Uh, I don't think so. I thought Glock just got a bunch of designers together and the figured out a design that they thought would work well, not mimic another action. Glock triggers aren't even remotely the same s a DA trigger.

[HighLander51]

Actually the most kaboom'd Glock is the G21 because it is the easiest to get over pressure. It's only rated for 21,000 copper units of pressure, versus a 40S&W at 35,000 cups. And the .45acp has a huge case volume, so heavy bullets with fast powders with short OAL can easily be kaboom'd