Glock vs XD

MisterWilson · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:25 pm

I would say that about 80% of every gun owner & enthusiast I know has a Glock 19.

Even if it's not the best pistol for you, it's worth having one on that basis alone.

superdrag67 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:30 pm

So we should buy glocks because everyone else is doing it??

MisterWilson · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:37 pm

superdrag67 wrote:

So we should buy glocks because everyone else is doing it??

No jack, there's just value in having a weapons platform that almost everyone you know is on board with.

Sheesh...

superdrag67 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:44 pm

Just curious. I just didn't read it that way.

Sheesh... [smilie=icon_mrgreen.gif]

MisterWilson · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:06 pm

Sorry, I thought you were giving me attitude.

If you have *any* concerns about us ever getting into a situation in which extra parts, ammo, & magazines might be in short supply (as my paranoid self is), having everyone around you with the same gun carries a lot of weight.

That, and the Glock 19 is one of the more perfect pistols available today, it doesn't do any one thing well, but it does enough things quite adequately:

Accepts almost all Glock parts
Accepts G17 magazines
Perhaps the most common caliber in the world
Replacement parts available all over the world
Great capacity
Small enough to conceal, big enough for a duty pistol
TONS of aftermarket parts & accessories
Very easy to use/teach

And the best qualification yet, perhaps the most simple and reliable pistol in the world.

Even if you don't particularly like it or shoot well with it, it's worth having one of them in the safe.

360 · **Joined:** Wed May 07, 2008 3:10 pm **Posts:** 1329

superdrag67 wrote:

So we should buy glocks because everyone else is doing it??

No, you should buy a Glock because it's the most reliable handgun in the world.

FALAZ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:45 pm

No, you should buy a Glock because it's the most reliable handgun in the world.[/quote]

Says who??? [smilie=icon_rolleyes.gif]

superdrag67 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:51 pm

360 wrote:

superdrag67 wrote:

So we should buy glocks because everyone else is doing it??

No, you should buy a Glock because it's the most reliable handgun in the world.

I agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vceh44UK-8I
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=415117

FALAZ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:15 pm

Careful there superdrag67! If you kick a Glock nest too hard they swarm like Obama supporters [smilie=anim_gaga.gif]

jhayesvw · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:42 pm

do a google search for 1911 kaboom.
you'll find multiple pages of them.
does that make 1911s junk?

do a google search for xd kaboom.
you'll find them too.
they must be junk too.

just about every handgun has kabooms.
perhaps all of them. they are mechanical and can only take so much.

Mkayx · **Joined:** Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:12 pm **Posts:** 609

i have owned 2 glocks in the past a g22 and a g27 i got rid of both i have owned 2 xds in the past a xd40 and a xd45 got rid of them as well all were good guns you could bet your life on but just not my cup of tea.if you like them you can not go wrong they will not let you down.

superdrag67 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:20 pm

jhayesvw wrote:

do a google search for xd kaboom.
you'll find them too.
they must be junk too.

glock23 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:56 am

superdrag67 wrote:

jhayesvw wrote:

do a google search for xd kaboom.
you'll find them too.
they must be junk too.

ha. but seriously: http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/general-hs ... s-you.html

disasters have happened and will happen with any gun has been or ever will be made in any quantity. It is well established that improperly loaded ammo is most often the cause. Glock being the most popular handgun in the US, you will see more failures in that brand than others. That does not mean they are more prone to them or that they happen at a higher rate than other brands, it just means more Glocks have been sold.

Glocks are highly reliable and have very close to the right balance of weight, firepower, size, reliability, and value for the market. It is just a commodity and the brand has done very well.

Back to the point, Glocks are highly reliable and do not fail often. They are not everyone's flavor, but many bash them for irrational reasons that are not founded in good thinking.

gutie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:06 am

Besides, glock is one of the only manufactures that still makes 10mm. That is my reason for choosing glock. But thatâ€™s another argument

jhayesvw · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:13 am

superdrag67 wrote:

jhayesvw wrote:

do a google search for xd kaboom.
you'll find them too.
they must be junk too.

FAIL.
if you read my post i said to search XD kaboom.
there are MANY webistes that match XD kaboom and its in various calibers.
im not going to waste my time by posting a screen shot, but do the search and you'll see for yourself.

ArizonaShooting.com

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