Glock 19
In Rave of the Glock 19
The Glock 19 has got to be one of the greatest civilian close quarters battle hand guns made! Its compactness is great for concealed carry, large magazine capacity and accepting its bigger brother G17’s magazine to enhance magazine capacity in spare magazines is an extra benefit. The trigger on the gun is rather easy to learn and master, with its short re-set and stock 5.5lb break it is as close as you are going to get to a single action gun still classified as a double action with such a short reset. I mentioned stock, leave it the way it came! If there is anything that needs to be done it will be for people with small hands and a grip reduction may be in order. If you can hold the pistol in a firing grip, place the finger print on the trigger and still have a pencil size gap between the trigger finger and the frame, even the grip reduction is not needed.
Stay away from the so called 3.5lb rocket triggers. It may be a good addition for a competition gun but not for a carry gun. You may even want to add after market sights. This is a weak spot in the over all Glock plastic sights. If you decide to replace the stock sights I recommend only using good steel sights. XS Big Dots, Trijicons, Heine, Novak and others make good sight and will vary on personal preference. I have gravitated to the XS and Warren Tactical, even more so to a front tritium and black rear sight. I do like the square ness of the XS and Trijicons rear sight for performing malfunction or stoppage drills. In low light shooting if it is dark enough to need tritium you will also need a good light. Using rear tritium sights will draw you to the rear illuminating sights; the front sight is the most important.
The Tennifer process has got to be one of the toughest finishes going. Glock got that right on all of their guns and you do not have to pay extra for it.
Why the G19 and not the G23? The difference is easy for me. A hole is a hole and as long as it goes where it is suppose to go and goes deep enough who cares the diameter. The 9MM loaded with good ammunition like Winchester Ranger 127+P+ or Blackhills 124 +P it is a death ray (sic). As long as you can put them where they count, in a vital organ!
The Glock 19 will feed properly loaded jacketed hollow points as well as properly loaded ball without custom tuning, if for some reason it doesn’t get it fixed or sell it and get one that does. I personally doubt many have had this problem.
Stuff this puppy in a Milt Sparks Summer Special, Summer Special II and you are ready for personal combat. It is concealed and will stay where you put it. I personally use the kydex spare magazine carriers due to the leather cost. I only carry one, because I have 16 in the gun and 17 in the spare, a real winner for a compact offensive or defensive pistol. In guns of less magazine capacity you may find yourself doing reloads at a most inopportune time, now had you rather be shooting or reloading?
I know the 45 and 40 make bigger holes, the .357 SIG is faster (by a squeak over the Winchester Ranger 127+P+), this may be true but if you cannot control the gun and hit what you are shooting at then it is worthless. The same goes with buying training ammunition, I pay $87.00 for 1000 rounds of 115 grain CCI Blazer. I can train a lot more for my money with the 9MM.
Only here in America do we want to argue that 9MM will not kill you dead enough. Dead is dead people, ok don’t quote me military statistics. Most guys and gals in the military shoot a pistol once or twice a year, 25 or 50 rounds at a silhouette. Hardly well trained in its use or marksmanship now is it? So is it poor performance or poor shooting?
So bottom line is; the Glock 19 is the worlds finest concealed carry close quarters battle tupper ware pistol, stuffed with 127+P+ it is a freaking death ray!
My question is when is some of the American companies going to jump onboard and realize we do not need all of the external safety crap and make a really good shoot able handgun designed specifically for the defensive roll.
The Smith and Wesson M&P will be our next review!
The Glock 19 has got to be one of the greatest civilian close quarters battle hand guns made! Its compactness is great for concealed carry, large magazine capacity and accepting its bigger brother G17’s magazine to enhance magazine capacity in spare magazines is an extra benefit. The trigger on the gun is rather easy to learn and master, with its short re-set and stock 5.5lb break it is as close as you are going to get to a single action gun still classified as a double action with such a short reset. I mentioned stock, leave it the way it came! If there is anything that needs to be done it will be for people with small hands and a grip reduction may be in order. If you can hold the pistol in a firing grip, place the finger print on the trigger and still have a pencil size gap between the trigger finger and the frame, even the grip reduction is not needed.
Stay away from the so called 3.5lb rocket triggers. It may be a good addition for a competition gun but not for a carry gun. You may even want to add after market sights. This is a weak spot in the over all Glock plastic sights. If you decide to replace the stock sights I recommend only using good steel sights. XS Big Dots, Trijicons, Heine, Novak and others make good sight and will vary on personal preference. I have gravitated to the XS and Warren Tactical, even more so to a front tritium and black rear sight. I do like the square ness of the XS and Trijicons rear sight for performing malfunction or stoppage drills. In low light shooting if it is dark enough to need tritium you will also need a good light. Using rear tritium sights will draw you to the rear illuminating sights; the front sight is the most important.
The Tennifer process has got to be one of the toughest finishes going. Glock got that right on all of their guns and you do not have to pay extra for it.
Why the G19 and not the G23? The difference is easy for me. A hole is a hole and as long as it goes where it is suppose to go and goes deep enough who cares the diameter. The 9MM loaded with good ammunition like Winchester Ranger 127+P+ or Blackhills 124 +P it is a death ray (sic). As long as you can put them where they count, in a vital organ!
The Glock 19 will feed properly loaded jacketed hollow points as well as properly loaded ball without custom tuning, if for some reason it doesn’t get it fixed or sell it and get one that does. I personally doubt many have had this problem.
Stuff this puppy in a Milt Sparks Summer Special, Summer Special II and you are ready for personal combat. It is concealed and will stay where you put it. I personally use the kydex spare magazine carriers due to the leather cost. I only carry one, because I have 16 in the gun and 17 in the spare, a real winner for a compact offensive or defensive pistol. In guns of less magazine capacity you may find yourself doing reloads at a most inopportune time, now had you rather be shooting or reloading?
I know the 45 and 40 make bigger holes, the .357 SIG is faster (by a squeak over the Winchester Ranger 127+P+), this may be true but if you cannot control the gun and hit what you are shooting at then it is worthless. The same goes with buying training ammunition, I pay $87.00 for 1000 rounds of 115 grain CCI Blazer. I can train a lot more for my money with the 9MM.
Only here in America do we want to argue that 9MM will not kill you dead enough. Dead is dead people, ok don’t quote me military statistics. Most guys and gals in the military shoot a pistol once or twice a year, 25 or 50 rounds at a silhouette. Hardly well trained in its use or marksmanship now is it? So is it poor performance or poor shooting?
So bottom line is; the Glock 19 is the worlds finest concealed carry close quarters battle tupper ware pistol, stuffed with 127+P+ it is a freaking death ray!
My question is when is some of the American companies going to jump onboard and realize we do not need all of the external safety crap and make a really good shoot able handgun designed specifically for the defensive roll.
The Smith and Wesson M&P will be our next review!
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