Originally posted by MxRacerCam:
Originally posted by ottawanker:


I try to stay away from glocks like the plague, as a disproportionate number of them seem to explode.




that's horsecrap. the only time they seem to KB is when people use homemade ammo...

i know myself and literally dozens of people (including how many police forces?) who have shot thousands and thousands of rounds of factory ammo with nary a problem.

way to spread bs rumors.



Glocks are under-built. The odds of one blowing up on tame factory ammo are slim to none, but I prefer an over-built Ruger. My Redhawk can take a pounding, and people shoot tens of thousands of super-hot ammo through those guns without failure. A gun should not fail if loaded to within specs- ever. The ammo that blows up glocks it usually within specs. It's hotter than the factory, but it is still by the book.

Yes, Glocks blow up rarely, but they are NOT a strong gun. They fire every time on factory ammo That is their selling point: going off when you need it. Reliability and strength are not euqal. Rugers are known for being strong and well-built. Fire 10,000 factory rounds though each, and the Glock will fail less. Fire 10,000 hot rounds at the limit of SAAMI/ANSI specs, and the Glock has a better chance of catastrophic failure, even though it may fire and eject every round perfectly.

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