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The Appeal of the Glock

This gun is simple. Most armorer’s courses (in which you are taught by the factory to repair the guns) take a week. Glock’s takes one day. The pistol has only 30- some components. Almost all armorer’s operations can be done with a 3/32-inch punch. You do need a screwdriver to remove the magazine release button.

There is no easier pistol to learn to shoot well! No decocking lever to remember; that’s done automatically. No manual safety to manipulate; the safeties are all internal and passive. If your gun was made prior to 1990, call the factory with the serial number and see if it should have the no-charge new-parts update. Then, like every Glock produced for more than a decade, it will be totally impact resistant and “drop-safe.”

Contrary to popular belief, Glock was not the first auto pistol with a polymer frame. This Heckler & Koch P9S which pre-dated the Glock considerably with a “plastic frame,” was not a huge marketing success.

Insert magazine. Rack slide. That’s it. Now shoot it like you would a revolver, taking care to keep your thumb away from the slide and your firing wrist locked, as you would with any semiautomatic pistol.