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The Curse of Glock or
Why I Have Moved on, but Cannot Fully Sever that Relationship
by D.A. Doser
I started shooting around 1985 at 21 yrs old and was shooting casually through the mid 1990s. I owned a S&W 66-2 .357 revolver and a 3rd gen 5904. As my kids were born, I gave those firearms to my father to keep. Read all about Glocks when they were introduced but never owned or actually shot one during that time.
In October 2010 my father died and I brought those firearms back to Arizona. In January 2016, I bought that Ruger SP 101 3" .357 I had wanted since it was introduced in 1989. I then took a CCW class with the S&W 5904 that a fraternity brother had set up. Shortly after that I was at the range with him and another guy. I Shot his Glock 42 and the other guy's Glock 17. That was the 1st time in my life I had shot a Glock. My first shots through both those guns were a whole lot better than I was shooting the 5904.
The following Saturday morning, I went to the range as soon as they opened, rented and shot both a Glock 19 and a Glock 26. Again, shot both a lot better than the 5904. Left the range, stopped at Carl's Jr (Hardees for those east of the Mississippi River) for an order of biscuits & gravy and then headed straight to my local go-to gun shop and walked out with a new Glock 19 Gen 4.
That started my Glock stage. I soon added a Glock 43 and started carrying it. Soon more Glock 19s were added and another 43. Because "2 is one and 1 is none" - whatever that means. I had to have both the 19 and the 43 in gray...and I had to add the Gen 5 19 when it was released....just to try it out, of course.
So there I was, happy in my blissful Glock/iron sights bubble. In January 2018 Sig released the P365. Damn - Glock 43 sized firearm with twice the capacity??? I mean, I've been married to the same woman for 35 years but that is a loyal vowed relationship - not so with firearms, I soon learned. I waited 6 months for the bugs to be worked out of the P365, then added one in July 2018.
That broke my monogamous relationship with Glock firearms. Soon a Walther PPS M2 was added, then the P365XL, then the Walther PDP and added my 1st dot, then added........and so it went.
As I moved to dots, I bought a whole new slide assembly for a Glock 19 in order to add a dot. Soon after, I moved on from my relationship with Glock. I liquidated every Glock in the safe except one lonely 19 - The sniper grey w/ the Legion Precision Sleeper slide and Holosun 507C ACSS. As the Glocks moved on to new relationships, the concubine of handguns in the safe grew. I now have Walther PDPs(F, Pro Compacts, FS) like I used to have Glocks. Hammer fired were added - P226, P229, Staccato. Others were flirted with, but then moved on as well - P320s and an FN 509.
Since I got out of my Glock bubble, I found every striker fired I added to the safe had a better trigger than that OEM Glock one. Also the non-Glock OEM ergonomics were better, and/or there were modular options of better ergos without going aftermarket. While I did shoot glocks well, that grip always felt like a 2 x 4 in my medium sized hands.
My criticism with Glock is that they never kept up with the improvements made by later-to-the-game striker fired manufacturers. As much as an innovator that Glock was, they could have made and offered a better OEM trigger. The first thing most folks I know who shoot Glocks do, is change to a better non-Glock trigger. Also Glock was slow to the game to offer optic ready OEM models - way behind other manufacturers who were making all new models optic ready giving the buyer that option without having to mill or buy an aftermarket slide. An OEM Glock will definitely do the job - its a great tool. However, is it really "Glock Perfection" when one can change almost any part of the firearm for better performance? Shouldn't it be "Glock - Innovation to 1986, Complacency After?"
So here I sit today in Spring 2025, having swapped out an OEM trigger in my only lonely Glock 19, for an Overwatch Precision TAC drop-in trigger w/ minus connector, as well as a coated safety plunger. Why? Why did I just drop another $170 into a gun I no longer shoot? Why not just get rid of it? (I have better and much more preferred options in the safe.)
Well, because Glocks are still everywhere. If the supply chain suddenly stopped - Glock parts, magazines, holsters, etc are still everywhere and relatively cheap compared to other brands. Glocks are still simple, with few parts, and easy to work on. Additionally, they have decades of documented reliability and can run reliably for a long, long time with little to no cleaning. I still think the Glock 19 is the best SHTF handgun out there for all the reasons above. That is why I upgraded the trigger for a gun I rarely shoot. Maybe this trigger will make me shoot her more. I don;t think anyone would think a Glock is sexy - but I've put as much lipstick on this pig as I can (aesthetically). But, clearly I cannot sever the relationship I have with my last lonely Glock 19.
If by rare chance we ever get to a SHTF situation - at my age and insulin dependent medical condition I do not plan on lasting too long, nor do I want to. My 30 yr old son will have a great reliable, upgraded Glock that could keep running long after he would.
The Overwatch Precision drop in trigger with minus connector and a coated safety plug is a huge trigger improvement. And the Glock grip still sucks.
Why I Have Moved on, but Cannot Fully Sever that Relationship
by D.A. Doser
I started shooting around 1985 at 21 yrs old and was shooting casually through the mid 1990s. I owned a S&W 66-2 .357 revolver and a 3rd gen 5904. As my kids were born, I gave those firearms to my father to keep. Read all about Glocks when they were introduced but never owned or actually shot one during that time.
In October 2010 my father died and I brought those firearms back to Arizona. In January 2016, I bought that Ruger SP 101 3" .357 I had wanted since it was introduced in 1989. I then took a CCW class with the S&W 5904 that a fraternity brother had set up. Shortly after that I was at the range with him and another guy. I Shot his Glock 42 and the other guy's Glock 17. That was the 1st time in my life I had shot a Glock. My first shots through both those guns were a whole lot better than I was shooting the 5904.
The following Saturday morning, I went to the range as soon as they opened, rented and shot both a Glock 19 and a Glock 26. Again, shot both a lot better than the 5904. Left the range, stopped at Carl's Jr (Hardees for those east of the Mississippi River) for an order of biscuits & gravy and then headed straight to my local go-to gun shop and walked out with a new Glock 19 Gen 4.
That started my Glock stage. I soon added a Glock 43 and started carrying it. Soon more Glock 19s were added and another 43. Because "2 is one and 1 is none" - whatever that means. I had to have both the 19 and the 43 in gray...and I had to add the Gen 5 19 when it was released....just to try it out, of course.
So there I was, happy in my blissful Glock/iron sights bubble. In January 2018 Sig released the P365. Damn - Glock 43 sized firearm with twice the capacity??? I mean, I've been married to the same woman for 35 years but that is a loyal vowed relationship - not so with firearms, I soon learned. I waited 6 months for the bugs to be worked out of the P365, then added one in July 2018.
That broke my monogamous relationship with Glock firearms. Soon a Walther PPS M2 was added, then the P365XL, then the Walther PDP and added my 1st dot, then added........and so it went.
As I moved to dots, I bought a whole new slide assembly for a Glock 19 in order to add a dot. Soon after, I moved on from my relationship with Glock. I liquidated every Glock in the safe except one lonely 19 - The sniper grey w/ the Legion Precision Sleeper slide and Holosun 507C ACSS. As the Glocks moved on to new relationships, the concubine of handguns in the safe grew. I now have Walther PDPs(F, Pro Compacts, FS) like I used to have Glocks. Hammer fired were added - P226, P229, Staccato. Others were flirted with, but then moved on as well - P320s and an FN 509.
Since I got out of my Glock bubble, I found every striker fired I added to the safe had a better trigger than that OEM Glock one. Also the non-Glock OEM ergonomics were better, and/or there were modular options of better ergos without going aftermarket. While I did shoot glocks well, that grip always felt like a 2 x 4 in my medium sized hands.
My criticism with Glock is that they never kept up with the improvements made by later-to-the-game striker fired manufacturers. As much as an innovator that Glock was, they could have made and offered a better OEM trigger. The first thing most folks I know who shoot Glocks do, is change to a better non-Glock trigger. Also Glock was slow to the game to offer optic ready OEM models - way behind other manufacturers who were making all new models optic ready giving the buyer that option without having to mill or buy an aftermarket slide. An OEM Glock will definitely do the job - its a great tool. However, is it really "Glock Perfection" when one can change almost any part of the firearm for better performance? Shouldn't it be "Glock - Innovation to 1986, Complacency After?"
So here I sit today in Spring 2025, having swapped out an OEM trigger in my only lonely Glock 19, for an Overwatch Precision TAC drop-in trigger w/ minus connector, as well as a coated safety plunger. Why? Why did I just drop another $170 into a gun I no longer shoot? Why not just get rid of it? (I have better and much more preferred options in the safe.)
Well, because Glocks are still everywhere. If the supply chain suddenly stopped - Glock parts, magazines, holsters, etc are still everywhere and relatively cheap compared to other brands. Glocks are still simple, with few parts, and easy to work on. Additionally, they have decades of documented reliability and can run reliably for a long, long time with little to no cleaning. I still think the Glock 19 is the best SHTF handgun out there for all the reasons above. That is why I upgraded the trigger for a gun I rarely shoot. Maybe this trigger will make me shoot her more. I don;t think anyone would think a Glock is sexy - but I've put as much lipstick on this pig as I can (aesthetically). But, clearly I cannot sever the relationship I have with my last lonely Glock 19.
If by rare chance we ever get to a SHTF situation - at my age and insulin dependent medical condition I do not plan on lasting too long, nor do I want to. My 30 yr old son will have a great reliable, upgraded Glock that could keep running long after he would.
The Overwatch Precision drop in trigger with minus connector and a coated safety plug is a huge trigger improvement. And the Glock grip still sucks.
