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What is so special about a Glock? They are ugly and made of plastic. So many of them for sale used. Don't shooters like them? If they are such a great gun and the savior of the shooting world, why are so many of them for sale on the INGO Marketplace?

Boring plastic bricks

EXACTLY!!

There's more in the wild so there will naturally be more for resale.

They were smart and cornered the LE market, which gave them credibility and awareness.

Who said Glock was special?

I "appreciate" their simplicity of design, reliability and functionality.

...but in today's market that ain't nothin' special.

Route 45 said:

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yep, Route 45, i'm an old fart & i don't need your snarkiness to remind me!

They're affordable, reliable, and more accurate than most shooters. They have excellent factory and aftermarket support. They're easy to service and require only basic training for armorers. They won over the LE market, and the commercial market followed.

Personally, I don't own any. But I have appreciation for the product and understand why people like them.

While I like my M&P Sig 220 series and Wheelguns Glocks work and you can find parts holsters, mags and accessories for a 9mm Glock about anywhere from Cairo Egypt to Cairo Illinois as Dave Spaulding says.

And they have the best factory training there is along with Sig.

Some folks just don’t like them. I get that. But it’s not the best selling brand in the world for no good reason. And mine goes bang every time I pull the trigger. And I pull it a lot. Good enough for me.

If you treat your gun like a lawnmower, Glock is for you.

It is Glock World, the rest are just living in it.

maybe they selling them to buy a different Glock.

All guns matter!

Our department carried .40 caliber Glocks for the past six years. We just switched over to the Glock 47 with a Holosun 507C sight.

They sure don't have much character but what they have is mean and nasty. Only have to ask yourself why soooo many LE agencies around the globe trust their lives and the lives of the people they serve to them.

Accuracy, reliability, affordability, great Glock support, aftermarket accessories out the ass, a model and caliber for just about any need.

They are just predictably dependable, year after year, decade after decade.

I can speak to my experience with them. I didn't love them at first, but it was basically the only option that was affordable when I first got into 10mm. Just switching the guide rod to a metal one and adding a 22# recoil spring was all it took. I of course went overboard on the first one and it has one of the old zev tech triggers in it. However if there were other options back then I'd have likely gone with an all steel weapon. Glocks are basically battle Tupperware. They work and they're cheap. Other guns can be beautiful etc, but for a daily driver they fit most people's bill.

You need to ditch that nickel plated sissy pistol and get yourself a glock.

Johnk said:

What is so special about a Glock? They are ugly and made of plastic. So many of them for sale used. Don't shooters like them? If they are such a great gun and the savior of the shooting world, why are so many of them for sale on the INGO Marketplace?

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Huge info dump, but if you honestly want to know here ya go:

The design has a low parts count of around 34 total parts and a fire mechanism that by design physically blocks the firing pin, and does not have enough energy to set off a primer anyways unless the trigger is pulled, which is why Glock triggers feel the way they do. It also makes it very safe if dropped or hit. Other pistols have better triggers but not the drop/impact safety ratings of glocks for this reason.

Low parts count means its simple to maintain, cheaper, and easy for private citizens and unit armorers to learn without needing more than a single punch to fully Disassemble. Drop safety appeals to duty oriented rough and tumble crowds like Leo and military units, who purchased them by the millions world wide. This lead to a vast amount of product testing as they collectivly fired hundreds of millions of rounds and provided feedback that lead to gradual improvements to the same simple design for around 30+ years.

This popularity also created a huge aftermarket for parts and accessories. They also have parts that interchange between most models, and parts are very cheap to replace. And that plastic frame, or rather ballistic grade composite, can be replaced.

The newest generation of glocks are the gen 5 and they came out in 2017. Covid fell in the middle of then and now and delayed all kinds of industries. As more units and private citizens catch up to make the change and adopt optics, older versions will be hitting the market.

That's basically why people like Glocks. do personally do not "like" Glocks myself as in they dont make me feel anything special. But I own 2 and my carry is a Shadow Systems MR920 Elite which is a Glock 19 clone with more features from factory and a way better optic mounting system, which I have a rmr.

So the Glock design appeals to me for my need. I dont worry about my carry when im riding a shaky ass motorcycle, sometimes in the rain, hundreds of miles hitting pot holes with a condition 1 pistol pointed at my junk. It's not about what I "like" or what is a beautiful gun. It's about what functions best for it's intended purpose. I love 1911s, and I've had manual safeties disengage on their own. I have ran low on ammo with revolvers, and plastic is better for water. Wood warps and steel rust.

Glocks design I've had no problems with. In the saddle bags on my motorcycle, I carry my punch and gun oil wipes in a ziplock bag and have fully Disassembled my firearm in my A frame tent, dried it off, and lubed it again. I don't know of anything else offered that would offer the same ability. Plus I cannot emphasize the importance of not blowing my nuts off If I crash, fall down, or hit a huge bump.

So hopefully you now understand why some people choose them, even if it's still not for you.

My take on Glocks are if they're good enough for most LE agencies, then they're ok with me. I wouldn't shed a tear if I had to give one up for evidence in an incident either, since they're pretty cheap. Oh yeah, Elisjsha Dicken used a G19 and became legend!

Why do you see a lot of them for sale? Because there are a metric buttload of them out there. 1% of a hundred million is a million.

Now, why is your Glock hating thread special? It ain’t. It’s like the several million that already exist in the world.

My first Glock was a 10mm at a time when no other mass manufacturer was making 10mm. Other than that I like them because they are simple, reliable, parts are readily available, and they are extremely easy to work on. In short, pretty much what I want out of most things in life.