Posted by chopin on March 25, 1999 at 15:48:00:
In Reply to: Re: Wait! Dont go out there uneducated! posted by Weasel Man Joe on March 25, 1999 at 13:26:16:
: Glock injection-molds their frames like G.I. Joes on the production lines. They are sometimes unbalanced and that can cause the occasional weird problems. Most of the Glock's internal makeup is stamped spring steel. I have a police officer friend who returned his Glock because it went off one day in his holster. BIG PC problems there. The factory got back to him and offered him another, but I don't know what they ever said was wrong with the thing. The Glock is made (I brace myself for nasty posts to come) to be produced by the thousands for millitary/police markets cheaply, hence the stampings and the injection molding. They are designed so that if they break, send it to the armorer, get a new stamping and so on. HK makes the superior gun by meticulously milling out and checking each part, therefore making a more time and money-intensive gun. I was going to buy a 21 for a while. I got a deal on one w/13 rounds through it and 2 hi-caps for 399. I didnt take it. I bought a USP45 w/trijicon sights and 2 10 rounders for 499. Sure it's more expensive, but why pinch pennies when you KNOW it's a better implement designed to save your life? THAT is the question.
: p.s. before anybody gets pissy, I DIDNT say Glocks were bad guns at any point in my post, I just said HK was better.
:) Not getting pissy. First, I have heard that many people have been injured by glocks. A police officer in nebraska or kansas or something put one in his pocket with his keys, and the keys hit the trigger and the gun went off. Some other guy sued glock because he pointed the gun at his stomach and the gun went off. He later admitted to accidentally pulling the trigger. I have a feeling that your officer friend probably made a mistake. Not to start anything, but I highly doubt that a gun would just, go off. You are correct about the stamping of parts, but I don't understand how they could be unbalanced. It is a question of the density of the polymer, which I believe they measure before making the frames. Anyway, that being said, if you find another USP for 500 let me know. Or if you decide you don't like yours.