I basically prefer steel or alloy pistols to plastic any day and after working on a alot of plastic frame guns, over the years I found alot of issues with plastic frames and parts most ppl don't really know about.
Facts on plastic guns.
Most of the plastic trigger parts, become stressed with age and some will actually show stress signs at the joints and pin holes.
Alot of plastic parts used in them, are a one time assembly and in some cases, the part must be destroyed in order to remove the part and replaced with brand new parts.
The small roll pins used in the plastic frames often wear out the holes in the frame, causing the pins to walk.
Some manufactures use alot of cheap wire springs that offen bind or break.
Never had any of these issues with a steel or alloy pistol.
I've always been tempted into buying a small carry glock and have shot a cops glock at a range years ago and it didn't seem bad.
But every time it came to shelling out $500-$600 for one and handling it, I decided to pass on it.
So I guess that if your a cop and need to carry a full size pistol all day, and you replace the gun every 3-5 yrs. then your OK.
But for my situation I'll stick with steel.
Facts on plastic guns.
Most of the plastic trigger parts, become stressed with age and some will actually show stress signs at the joints and pin holes.
Alot of plastic parts used in them, are a one time assembly and in some cases, the part must be destroyed in order to remove the part and replaced with brand new parts.
The small roll pins used in the plastic frames often wear out the holes in the frame, causing the pins to walk.
Some manufactures use alot of cheap wire springs that offen bind or break.
Never had any of these issues with a steel or alloy pistol.
I've always been tempted into buying a small carry glock and have shot a cops glock at a range years ago and it didn't seem bad.
But every time it came to shelling out $500-$600 for one and handling it, I decided to pass on it.
So I guess that if your a cop and need to carry a full size pistol all day, and you replace the gun every 3-5 yrs. then your OK.
But for my situation I'll stick with steel.