Calibrokeia AB760

[twodko]

I'm happy to report I took possession of my new Glock 17 today. I could have picked it up yesterday after 12 noon but waited one more day to make sure the PRK didn't rear it's ugly face. Very pleased with the gun and it fits my hand perfectly. I'm eager to take it to the range but there is a huge 4 Day car show and cruise i'm entered in beginning tomorrow so it'll prolly be next Thursday before I can put some rounds through it.
I've just field striped it twice and it's a marvel of engineering.

Still waiting for the PRK to lift the hold on my Benelli M2. 

[68X426]

Tom, need to see some pics from the range, because it's now official . . . . .

[twodko]

Lesse if I have correctly resized these pix of my new Glock.......

[Budnicks]

Lesse if I have correctly resized these pix of my new Glock.......

Very cool new toy... have fun

[Cooter]

Most round my parts tend not to like the Glock. I love it. Looks like it's ready for fun.

[Budnicks]

I recently got a Springfield XD .40 cal. S&W for Valentines day from my girlfriend, nicest gift I ever got, I really never get anything except a bill usually on V-Day... I'm the one usually spending all the money.... Thanks Honey

[Budnicks]

I recently got a Springfield XD .40 cal. S&W for Valentines day from my girlfriend, nicest gift I ever got, I really never get anything except a bill usually on V-Day... I'm the one usually spending all the money.... Thanks Honey

Not my 1st choice but it was a gift, so I love it... I'm a Colt 1911 .45 acp man myself...

[twodko]

That is a very nice gift indeed! I hope those mags are easier to load than my Glock mags. I looked at that same .40 too. I sold a Spingfield Armory 1911 A1 .45 in order to buy my Glock. I bought the .45 way back in '84 along with my AR. Truth be told the .45 kept pulling my britches down. 

I'm eager to put some rounds through my Glock. It will be a very different hold and feel from that of the .45.

I'm also damned eager to get the "hold" lifted on the Benelli M2 I bought at the first of last month. Frackin' DOJ.

[Budnicks]

It's got an plastic deal Magazine Loader that came with the kit, the thing in the middle of the photo, where you use to push down on the spring in the mag., with one hand & stuff the rounds in with the other, you get to #10-#11 of the 12 rounds it can hold & one in the chamber if you wanted, it gets pretty tough, my old Pops can't even cycle the slide/action, let alone load the magazines, he's not strong enough, I plan to do some mods to it, smooth & hone the action, it's a little too hard, lighter trigger pull, open & polish the loading ramp a little, bevel the opening of the butt/mag-well, where the mag goes in, maybe some better adjustable competition type sights some day.... It's not really too heavy... I wear a belt if I'm carring...LOL...

[Cooter]

Truth be told the .45 kept pulling my britches down. 

Don'cha just HATE that!

[charge69]

Nice Glock 17 !!  I thought you were old enough to remember the 1st rule of being a gun owner.  That rule is:  NEVER sell any of your guns to finance another gun!

I sold a 4" bbl. S&W Model 629-4 because a buddy kept pestering me about it and he had a Model 629-4 Lew Horton Snubbie (2 1/2" bbl.) he was willing to trade even! Knowing I was getting the better end of the deal, moneywise, and figuring I could just find another 4" bbl. model around here, I did the trade. Well, 2 1/2 years later of looking I got him to sell it back to me for a great price! I could not find another one around here to save my life! He knows better than to ask me to sell one of my guns now! Bye the way, I still have his Model 629 snubbie! Ha !

I will sell some of my guns in due time but NOT to finance another gun! I bet the new owner of the SA is a happy man you wanted to sell yours!

[twodko]

True, true all too true. I offer my unthinking skeevy carcass to the mercy of the MOPAR posse court.
Oh woe am I and my grievous decision to sell my "stop it in its tracks.....permanently" .45.
I have no excuse.......except

I sold that 1911 to a fella who bought it for his retired sheriff Dad's BDay. I can only hope the MOPAR posse court has mercy on my sorry self.  

That and I was jonesing for a Glock.

The belt thingy is funny.   A belt worked very well for me for many years. Then one day I discovered my ass relocated to my gut and short of wearing suspenders it became real embarrassing grabbing at my ankle for the .45.  

The Glock came with a mag loader too....just gotta get used to it.


I'm not ready for suspenders yet!!!

[charge69]

Pretty funny, twodco.  I think my gut must have done the same thing as my gut sticks out in the way of my normal IWB carry. Usually carry a J-frame in my pocket now but still carry cross draw when driving my car. Sometimes, I still carry in a "Day planner" with a holster and extra mag holder inside instead of a normal calendar and note paper! It has never been suspected of carrying a gun but holds my G 30 and an extra mag of .45acp comfortably and sits on the seat beside me upright just in front of the seatbelt buckle comfortably. It has been on many a trip this way and is never suspected of being a gun. Been doing it the "day planner" way for years when I travel by car any distance, but cross draw is very comfortable in a vehicle when seated.

Hate to bust your ballz about selling the SA. I just never have been satisfied after selling one of mine.

Enjoy your new G 17. They shoot really well and are a great weapon. I think I have 12+ Glocks in different flavors at this time and am happy with each and every one of them.

[twodko]

"Hate to bust your ballz about selling the SA. I just never have been satisfied after selling one of mine."

No worries all. I appreciate everybody's point of view. For me that is another tool I use to help make a choice.
Gotta be open to other ideas. The Glock .45 quite possibly may be in my future.

Thanks my friend.

[charge69]

Thanks,  a .45acp Glock is a wonderfully accurate and reliable platform.  Just don't "limp wrist" it, as with all Glocks, and you will be very happy. I have .45acp pistols in a number of platforms, including at least 7 Colt Govt's, and the Glocks tend to be the most reliable for me.  YMMV

[twodko]

I'd like your thoughts on my current frustration with the PRK DOJ and the store I bought the Benelli M2 from.
I realize things are a great deal more sensible in Texas so you might not be able to comment.

It's seems to me that given the "knee jerk" paranoia in Cali that gun stores certainly must known a hold would be put on guns beyond the 10 day background check waiting period. One would think business ethics would demand due diligence in informing a buyer of such holds. They did not say beans to me about this and now I'm stuck.

I can either wait who knows how long for this hold to be lifted....if at all or just blow off the purchase. The dilemma is if DOJ decides denies my purchase.......just because they can.......the store would charge me a whopping 35% restocking fee!

If I choose to curtail the purchase and want my money back they would still charge me the 35% fee. Either way I'm screwed but it sure seems the store has an obligation to tell customers about routine holds being placed on purchases. This fee is damn close to $500!

We're I to choose the latter option I would have to fight them in small claims court to get a full refund.........more money and time. I'd probably lose too because the fee is written in small print at the bottom of the receipt. 
My bad for not fully reading all the disclaimers.    But Hell!

[charge69]

I truly feel for you and dealing with the California DOJ and their ridiculous background checks and "holds" ! That said, a 35% restocking fee is totally out of line! If a 35% restocking fee is over $500.00, you paid a lot more for that shotgun than I can! Why, in the world, would anyone deal with a store that, undoubtedly, charges too much for a gun and has that high of a restocking fee on top of that!

Get out of that asinine state ASAP!  I will go on record that California will be the first state to default on their budget and, basically, go broke! Before Illinois, before Michigan, before any of the quickly-going broke New England States. Wayyyyyy too many programs in Cali to sustain it's way of life for long! Too many of the "paying" tax base leaving there and leaving the state with higher and higher fees and taxes just to stay afloat and care for the ever-growing number of Californians on the Govt. teat!

[twodko]

Thanks man. Every word sadly true.

[Budnicks]

The belt thingy is funny.   A belt worked very well for me for many years. Then one day I discovered my ass relocated to my gut and short of wearing suspenders it became real embarrassing grabbing at my ankle for the .45.  

The Glock came with a mag loader too....just gotta get used to it.


I'm not ready for suspenders yet!!!

that's too funny 

[Budnicks]

! Too many of the "paying" tax base leaving there and leaving the state with higher and higher fees and taxes just to stay afloat and care for the ever-growing number of {freeloading} Californians on the Govt. teat!

yep there is...    to that last part especially, Calif. Native born Concord 1959, my family have been here since 1850's, too bad all the coastal regions, the LA & SF area's are all so bad, it use to be a great place to live & raise your family....

[charge69]

I feel for ya also Budnicks!  California is a beautiful state that has been ruined by the politicians elected by the carpetbagger majority along the coastal areas! Went to MCRD bootcamp in San Diego in Feb. '66 and thought it was a beautiful, if not expensive to buy a home, place to settle down. Never did as I returned to Texas when I returned from active duty and watched in dismay as the state got progressively bogged down in stupid regs and laws brought forth by the coastal majority.

These people, in no way, represent the rural Californian anymore!

[Budnicks]

I feel for ya also Budnicks!  California is a beautiful state that has been ruined by the politicians elected by the carpetbagger majority along the coastal areas! Went to MCRD bootcamp in San Diego in Feb. '66 and thought it was a beautiful, if not expensive to buy a home, place to settle down. Never did as I returned to Texas when I returned from active duty and watched in dismay as the state got progressively bogged down in stupid regs and laws brought forth by the coastal majority.

These people, in no way, represent the rural Californian anymore!

Thanks for saying it, I wish more people understood that, they all think all of Calif. is like that.... 

[twodko]

Wow, MCRD in San Diego. I suffered on the other side of the fence in 69. Hell would be paid if we so much as sneezed toward your side. Small world guys.

[charge69]

The "other side of the fence" is no longer there! Just the San Diego Airport is left on the other side of the fence now. By 1969 I was already back from a 19 month stay in RVN as a Helo crew chief and doorgunner. Actually came back in 1968. People, these days, have a hard time just getting into the military! I made E-5 Sergeant in 17 months back then! Of course, rate was "wide open" for Helo crew chiefs back then! Ha!

Southern California seemed a different place back then ! I am guessing it really was!

Take care, swabbie!

[twodko]

Take care, aye!