They saturated the market for years, practically taking over the LEO market. Then they got beat by Sig-Sauer for the military contract.
Now everyone who went Glock is going Sig. Now no matter where ya look new or used you see tons of Glocks. The old gold standard. I won’t own one after a G32 hand grenaded on me due to bad metallurgy.
I actually went the other direction, a little over a decade ago. I went form SIG to Glock, and havent regretted doing so in the least.
I still have a couple of my SIG's, but sold the rest off and started buying Glocks. I still like the SIGs, I just get a good bit more for my money with the Glocks.
About a month ago, I sent off one of the first 17's Id bought about 10 years ago when I switched from SIG off to Glock to see if they would fix it. Its been my weekly practice gun since I got it, and had at least 300 rounds a week through it, from day one.
The left rear rail had broken off while shooting and even broken, the gun was still running. Didnt notice it was broken until I got home that day and was cleaning it. The (low ball) round count was 147,400. In reality, its probably over 150,000, as Ive been going by the 300 a week count, and not the actual count. There were many times I shot more than 300 rounds in a week, but never less.
In all that time, the only other things to go, were a trigger return spring at around 90,000, and another at around 120, 000.
The gun was also 9 years out of warranty and had had the grip stippled a couple of times, which Ive often been told, would void any warranty. Maybe it was a good thing it was "out" of warranty then.
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Got a call from Glock a couple of days after sending it off, and they said they were covering it under warranty, replacing the frame, and completely rebuilding the rest of the gun. Go Glock!!
All it cost me, was the $25 it cost to send it down. Had it back in two weeks too.
Just got back from the range with it right now, and put another 300 rounds through it. New count, about 800 rounds. I think Im gonna quit counting at this point.
I also have a 26 that I bought at the same time, that I also use in practice. It gets 100 rounds or so through it every other week or so. It had a little over 26,000 rounds through it when I quit counting, and thats been a while back.
I carry one or two daily (a 17 and often a 26 with it) and have since I switched. I work and play outdoors, and in all weather. Glocks have been the easiest guns overall to deal with, especially considering what Ive had to go through with other guns over the years with constant rust. Ive carried my Glocks the same way I carried everything else, and have had very little rust issues with them.
The slide stop lever tends to lose its finish from use and holster wear, and is the only spot on my guns that have ever shown rust. And even then, it was light.
My last Colt Commander was a pretty Colt blue when I bought it, and it didnt last its first summer before it was off the to gunsmith to have the pits polished out of the slide and get the gun hard chromed.
The biggest thing Ive found with the Glocks is, they are a very basic/simple, utilitarian, hard use gun, that thrives in environments that many of the others would struggle with, and/or flat out fail in, even with constant care and pampering. They just work, and with no drama.
They arent "Perfection", nothing is. But they are definitely closer than most to it, especially if you want an everyday, any environment gun, that doesnt need to be coddled.
Even though I really dont like the term, once youve lived with one on a daily basis for a while, its pretty hard not to be a fanboy.
