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Originally Posted by CaniacFan
K, I'm back... Went to a small gun shop over the weekend. They didn't have any FN's so I'm going to another store this weekend..
What I've found so far: Glock .19, my hands are too soft to hold one of these. The grip is very "prickly", "spikey". I found myself regriupping it all the time to try to find a "comfy spot".
2nd fav was S&W MP9 (I think) - good weight to it, I would like to shoot this one in the range. Trigger was different, safety in trigger, but it was bendable to the touch. Kinda hard to describe.
My pick: H&K UPS (then I saw the price tag $800). Comfy grip, ambedexdrous (sp) safety (I'm a lefty) it belongs to one of the clerk, he will let me shoot it at the range, so I think I will. Says it's got 1/2 the recoil of the S&W, but I haven't fired the S&W yet so I don't know what 1/2 would be. They also recommended the P30 ($1000+).
Thoughts/comments welcome here. Thankx.
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The Glock sounds like a new one, with the RFT type checkering. It it real aggressive, and meant to lock the gun into your palm. blake didn't think it was aggressive enough, lol. Look for a used Glock, 3rd gen is what you are after. Will have finger grooves and tac rail, and mild checkering.
The M&P is on my short list. S&W has copied the Glock trigger safety on at least two other models, as has Springfield/H&K on the xD/2000. It's starting to become more common on polymer duty style pistols. The M&P would be a good choice as it'll include a couple different backstraps, so you can customize the grip to fit your hand a bit better.
The H&K is a good gun, although I don't know about lessened recoil, unless he is referring to the weight of the gun keeping it down. While I won't knock an H&K, I won't buy one either. I'd take the M&P over it.
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Originally Posted by blake-b
Wellll... I was reloading some .40 one day and my QC was out to lunch. I double charged a case. It was supposed to have 4.5 grains and ended up with 9 grains... It didn't overflow like .223 does to tell me I did something wrong... So I am at a range... Pop pop pop ... pop pop BOOOOM. It felt like a firecracker went off in my hand. My mind took a snapshot of the flames shooting out of every possible crack. The slide release lever was never found. The chamber top and ejection side were missing. The part of the slide just in front of where the chamber is was peeled up and the side under the ejection spot was bulged out and the gun was locked in a position of being partially locked back. Needless to say, I had to go buy a new duty glock (ours are personally owned anyway). 9 grains in a .40 will blow any gun up.
I gave the gun to the dept armorer (I truly gave it to him to keep as a conversation piece) and, about 20 minutes later, he brought me back the frame with new internals and a new slide/barrel assembly and said to use that as the reload gun. Since then, my QC is not allowed to take breaks or lunches.
I like using the extended release because it looks cool but the holster issue bugged me too much so I went away from it.
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Ouch!! That's definitely a kaboom!! I'm glad we don;t have to buy our own weapons, however, I wish they would at least upgrade us from our 2nd gens!! Although I'll say the Trijicon nightsights on them still work! And they do shoot! Gotta love a Glock, lol, if the ammo is good, it'll go bang everytime!