Just sold my pair of G19 pistols, so, none of my present handguns are unwanted. I never really warmed-up to the Glock G19. I bought a pair of them, Gen4, to use as duty pistols, in hoping that I could migrate to a plain-clothed investigative assignment, because .40 S&W, mandated for uniformed duty, fired from my high-bore-axis duty SIG, had started really aggravating my right hand, by age 50. Before I could migrate to a plain-clothed investigative slot, the chief OK’ed 9mm duty pistols for uniformed officers, and I started carrying a G17 in my duty rig. I preferred the better stability of the longer-grip G17, when firing, and by age 56, the G19 had become painful to shoot, with actual swelling and discoloration, while the G17 remained “orthopedic.”
I am not a fan of the AR15’s ergonomics, especially the safety/selector lever, which is set to “fire” while the “Dingus is down,” but if I wanted to carry a patrol rifle, on duty, well, AR15 it was. Now retired, I have no need to keep my AR15 rifles, but it seems a shame to divest, so they stay around, as emergency equipment, like a spare tire or fire extinguisher, and about as exciting. Maybe my toddler grandsons will grow up to like them. I even added an additional upper unit, recently, LMT, with a 20” stainless barrel, to experiment with longer-range shooting, which just might make the AR15/M4 system more appealing.
. The only other gun that I owned for a while (about 6 months) that I didn’t like was a S&W 642, I thoroughly enjoyed selling that thing.
