Have been there. Fuck those guys - they do more to promote shitty gun laws than Govenor Kunt Brown by being douchey fudds to people looking to get into the hobby.
What kind of abuse do you have to put a Glock 17 through to get it to blow up?
I have one. I have put about 2500 rds through it so far. I clean and lube it after each trip to the range. I never use reload ammo. I figure it's good for a few more thousand rounds before I should consider replacing it.
Gotcha. I wasn't aware of that. I'm not a Glock fanboy. It's just that the G17 is the first 9mm I ever bought. So I'm kind of attached to it. I have two other 9mm pistols, but they're both Sigs.
I'm aware of the "Glock smile" issue in 9mm that can easily be avoided by only using factory ammo and no reloads.
I'd bet that was a reloading error. First round primer no powder. Next round OK, boom! IIRC AMT used investment cast stainless on their crap. A forged slide won't do that. Standing next to a buddy when he fired on error round in his Colt. The slide bulged but did not break.
If you get triggered by the shop owner, shop elsewhere. I shop at a gunshop where the old bastard doesn't care about hurting your feelings. He will give you his opinion without bullshit or walking on egg shells.
Sad fact for me is many of the shops around will give you an opinion without facts. It's like going to a fun show and walking around listening to the uninformed jabber. Majority of counter help are on their first issue CCW and iz exspurt now. Only one old school shop around where the owner is also a gunsmith but he's an hour away and will retire soon. This really sucks.
The guy I go to is about an hour away. I enjoy the back roads drive though. Guy will probably never retire. He will croak right at that counter.
There was another really great shop near me but the owner died last year.
I don't shop at big stores because of experts. Had a guy at a store try to sell my a 9mm instead of a .45. "9 is better. You hold more rounds." Yeah? I want a .45. ".45 is over rated." Eat my ass.
Seventh_Jim ago
Have been there. Fuck those guys - they do more to promote shitty gun laws than Govenor Kunt Brown by being douchey fudds to people looking to get into the hobby.
CRKT_M16Z ago
What kind of abuse do you have to put a Glock 17 through to get it to blow up?
I have one. I have put about 2500 rds through it so far. I clean and lube it after each trip to the range. I never use reload ammo. I figure it's good for a few more thousand rounds before I should consider replacing it.
ExpertShitposter ago
It was an issue with .40's specifically. https://files.catbox.moe/9iw8gi.jpg
Its fixed now i believe.
robot7247 ago
Not followed Glock travails but an issue w/ .40 over time makes sense. That is a stout load.
CRKT_M16Z ago
Gotcha. I wasn't aware of that. I'm not a Glock fanboy. It's just that the G17 is the first 9mm I ever bought. So I'm kind of attached to it. I have two other 9mm pistols, but they're both Sigs.
I'm aware of the "Glock smile" issue in 9mm that can easily be avoided by only using factory ammo and no reloads.
pushthis ago
The shop is located in Portlandia.
Having an edgy opinion about mundane things is social currency there.
Battlefat ago
I want that binder
ExpertShitposter ago
I can provide a few pictures.
Battlefat ago
Of the blue binder? That’d be epic if so
ExpertShitposter ago
No.
https://files.catbox.moe/9iw8gi.jpg
Thats_not_my_dog ago
The guy hates Glocks. So what? He sounds passionate and is giving his honest opinion.
Most gun enthusiasts I know have a great dislike for one weapon or another either from personal experience or they just don't like the manufacturer.
Whatever.
SquarebobSpongebutt ago
Sure he isn't Mitt Romney? Maybe he moved on from binders full of women to ones full of broken guns
Helbrecht ago
Fully-semi-autismatic
ilikeskittles ago
He's retarded.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
piece of shit 1911s
robot7247 ago
I'd bet that was a reloading error. First round primer no powder. Next round OK, boom! IIRC AMT used investment cast stainless on their crap. A forged slide won't do that. Standing next to a buddy when he fired on error round in his Colt. The slide bulged but did not break.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
forged everything
this is why i buy military shit
it already passed testing like that
ExpertShitposter ago
Cargo pants never fail.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
wtf lol
ExpertShitposter ago
They deserved to die.
Nadeshda ago
Lol, they are back... :)
ExpertShitposter ago
They never left.
Epictetus_Hierapolis ago
Please don't tell me your a glock fan boy.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
what is a fanboy
Epictetus_Hierapolis ago
Someone with an angry reaction to not having their favored brand promoted over all others...
clamhurt_legbeard ago
then no
i had a glock 19 gen 3
it was all right
trigger was mushy
it got stolen
i replaced it with a bersa firestorm
i really like the bersa
i may get a polymer80
or check out those gen 5 guns
i hear the trigger is better
for more details on my thoughts on glock check here
anamazonslittle ago
Apparently anyone who likes anything.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
well i definitely like the glock lol
ExpertShitposter ago
Requires at least 2 testicles.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
fucking springfield armory
clamhurt_legbeard ago
god damn smith and wesson
thedirtypuma ago
This one is painful to look at
clamhurt_legbeard ago
i know right
what the hell happened
clamhurt_legbeard ago
stupid kalashnikov
Battlefat ago
Throw some WD40 on it, good to go
ToFat2Fish ago
Worthless 1903 Springfield
clamhurt_legbeard ago
yeah it was known to be a shitty gun
the mauser action is particularly weak and unpopular for a reason
ToFat2Fish ago
Yea fucking germans amirite
clamhurt_legbeard ago
name one good weapon ever made by germany
case closed
ToFat2Fish ago
Dumb assholes even used wooden doors on their gas chambers.
clamhurt_legbeard ago
this is why people always laugh at the idea of german engineering lol
DillHoleBagHands ago
If you get triggered by the shop owner, shop elsewhere. I shop at a gunshop where the old bastard doesn't care about hurting your feelings. He will give you his opinion without bullshit or walking on egg shells.
robot7247 ago
Sad fact for me is many of the shops around will give you an opinion without facts. It's like going to a fun show and walking around listening to the uninformed jabber. Majority of counter help are on their first issue CCW and iz exspurt now. Only one old school shop around where the owner is also a gunsmith but he's an hour away and will retire soon. This really sucks.
DillHoleBagHands ago
The guy I go to is about an hour away. I enjoy the back roads drive though. Guy will probably never retire. He will croak right at that counter.
There was another really great shop near me but the owner died last year.
I don't shop at big stores because of experts. Had a guy at a store try to sell my a 9mm instead of a .45. "9 is better. You hold more rounds." Yeah? I want a .45. ".45 is over rated." Eat my ass.
con77 ago
Fudd