[2007 USPSA Kentucky State Championship]

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[glocktails.com]

Probably not. However, reading about it did take me to the Center Of Mass kydex page. I've heard lots of good things about their products and services. Their holsters might get my fun money but I already have my own shoe horn.

[glocktails.com]

In our neck of the woods where this product was invented, a couple of times a year we have Glocks only matches. If you want to be considered for placement and prizes, you have to be shooting a Glock. I am a little biased of course but I guess my question is, why would you get rid of a $700 gun if you can fix it with a $15 or $16 addition. You wouldn't sell a $1200 STI if it didn't have an adjustable rear sight would you? I would put a little more money into it and make it perfect. I am sort of thinking the same thing here. Just my thoughts.

TG

Ok. Around here Singlestack Div is popular and I can't shoot my Glock in it. I couldn't shoot my Glock in the USPSA Singlestack Classic either.

I wouldn't sell my $1,200 STI if I needed adjustable sights on it but I would sell it if I had to duct tape a $17 plastic shoe horn on its back strap to be able to shoot it without hurting myself or to make any noticeable improvement in how the gun handled for me.

I used to be a sucker for gee-gaws and curb feelers. I've tried dozens of aftermarket "improvements" and mods on Glocks and haven't found many of them that make much of a difference to me. If they make a difference to you more power to you. But I'd bet you dollars to donuts that if you dropped in on a random USPSA event that you'll find that Glocks there that are festooned with the most crap and Christmas lights are in the hands of the least skilled shooters, who are looking for a way to buy their skills.

"Glock Perfection" is a marketing slogan, and an effective one. Let's not make more of it than there is. There is no perfect handgun. Don't try to make silk purse from a sow's ear if the sow's ear will do the job just fine. An STI, even a entry level one, is a whole different kind of animal than a Glock.

I was looking at a well-known Glocksmith's website the other day and under his list of "Glock Services" he had "Add Beavertail for $XXX.XX (the kind where they build it into the frame with some kind of polymer). On his list of "Smith & Wesson M&P Services" he had "Remove Beavertail for $XXX.XX". Here is an idea! If you want a plastic gun with a low bore axis and a consistent trigger AND a beavertail, buy a Smith & Wesson. They are nice guns.

[glocktails.com]

OK, we have lots of improvements that have been made on the 1911 platform, but no one ever claimed "perfection" either.

Another reason why the Glock platform can be improved upon.

Looks like a good addition, but what about the production guys???

IMO, Glocks leave a lot to be desired.

Are they an inexpensive way into the sport? yes

I shoot production with a Glock. I have big hands and have shot USPSA, Steel Challenge and GSSF with every .45, 10mm, .40 and 9mm model of Glock and I use a very high grip. I've never been cut by the slide and I've never seen anyone else cut or bruised or abraded by a Glock slide who didnt' put the thumb of their support hand someplace they shouldn't have. Heck, I've even see grrrls shoot glocks without getting hurt. Now I've seen plenty of people (myself included) bloodied by GI grip safeties. I've also see an lot of people bring up their 1911 on a target and make a very ugly face when they squeezed the trigger and it didn't go bang. It's amazing that some $900+ colt copies need to have their fancy "beaver tail" safeties taped down or disabled to be usable.

I don't know why someone would buy this product. I mean, if I had the ergonomic issues with a Glock that would necessitate the use of this kind of "add-on" I would simply sell the darn gun and buy one of a different make. Lord knows there are plenty of other manufacturers that make guns that are just as good as a Glock. We live in the golden age of handguns.

[Nothing but bullets through your Glock's bore?]

How does this work with lead and molly coated lead (aka masterblaster)?

That's the million dollar question. I'm hoping that the moly/polymer coated lead bullets (masterblaster, precision, bear creek) perform similarly to jacketed bullets in this respect, but maybe not.

As noted above, Schuemann recommends against moly coated bullets and his barrels use standard rifling, not polygonal rifling.

[Nothing but bullets through your Glock's bore?]

My Personal Practice has become to never clean the bore of my barrels. I do use a brass rod to scrape the deposits out of the chamber. But, I've learned to leave the bore alone and it very slowly becomes shinier and cleaner all by itself. Years ago I occasionally scrubbed the bore with a brass bore brush. But, doing so always seemed to cause the bore to revert to a dirtier look with more shooting, so I eventually stopped ever putting anything down the bore except bullets...

Good luck,

Wil

From - http://www.schuemann.com/Content/clean0.htm

Shuemann's talking here about pistol barrels made of 416 stainless steel. But I am curious if anyone will admit to no longer cleaning the bore of of their stock oem Glock barrels? I have a G34 that I've shot 2K of 147gr Bear Creek molycoated lead through (over 3.8gr of Unique) without cleaning. Everytime I clean this gun's bore (total round count is about 10K) the groups expand and then shrink as the round count increases (over multiple sessions). The spent brass looks normal and the bore is cleaner after having 2K down the pipe than it is after cleaning down to bare metal and firing 200 rds. If I had access to a chronograph and plenty of spare time I'd probably experiment and see if the velocity average increases following roundcount. I keep the ramp and mouth of the chamber clean and have never had a malfunction with this gun.

Any thoughts?

[2007 USPSA Kentucky State Championship]

Here is a pdf of the registration form. H, thanks for submitting to USPSA.