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Outdoorman said:
I have shot a lot of pistols, owned a lot of pistols, cheap and expensive. Only time i have had a glock fail is when it was so caked up and when an aftermarket part failed. They seem to eat anything thrown at them, although i have not ran steel through one.
Shot/owned 3 taurus and they were all ammo picky, or needed a break in period of 200+ rounds. Then seem to work alright, but were inaccurate. Owned kimber and ruger and hard pass on those two. Had a fn fnx that shot well but was too big along with an hk. Friends have sigs and They are all fine. But everyone who has owned a taurus has had issues. One buddy swore by his 24/7 but he never shot it, so how would he know?

if you have had a problem with glocks, i would send them back. They may be uncomfortable (stock), ugly, plastic foreign pistols, but unreliable they are not. At least with with factory magazines and mediocre ammo.
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Just throwing in my experience here...
ONLY truly reliable pistol I've had- HK Mark23
2nd-Ruger P89
3rd- Sig 226 and 245

I've probably had 20 different Taurus's, and the early .45's were the only ones I had issues with. Can't get a G2C or G3C to mess up, even with the worst ammo and no cleaning.
I've only had 2 (well 3) Glocks, and my 43 was a giant POS. F2F every mag it seemed. Got new mags, same issue. New feed ramp, same issue. Sold that gun cheap to my gunsmith, and he sold me a different 43 for cost. Trigger wouldn't reset 1 out of 20rds or so. Apparently Glock knew about this problem, and didn't address it in their rush to get the gun to market. That's not confidence inspiring. My 17 was fine enough, with "normal" reliability (only a few issues over 500rds or so).

Biggest POS made? Kimber. Kimber anything.
The first run of the UltraCarry2... They ended up sending me 2 FUCKING NEW GUNS before I wised up and said fuck this shit. All F2F every single mag. Kimber rep actually told me "what do you expect with a subcompact .45? That comes with the territory.". WTF?
Was at Cabela's, looking for the wife a pistol. Counter guy hands her a .380 Kimber. She can't rack it. Hands it to him, he could BARELY rack it. The only folks who don't seem to have a problem with Kimbers are either the people who don't shoot them, or the full frame guns.

I've been in the testing labs at Remington, S&W, Beretta and Taurus. Beretta's testing and QC was probably the best, but I'd argue Taurus did more extensive R&D, although that could be because they're always designing new models. They do design work and testing for other manufacturers as well.

I've also spent time around a few FBI gun lab folks. They have more firearms data than you can imagine, at least more than I ever imagined. From BS conversations, my takeaway was this- HK all the way if you don't mind carrying a larger (aka not micro) pistol bigger than .380. Also, don't waste time carrying anything bigger than a .380 unless you're in the woods. At the range most self defense encounters take place, .380 is plenty effective. For personal CCW carry, the S&W Bodygaurd was HIGHLY recommended. This is from people who are issued Glocks.

I'm definitely not "gun guy", but these are just my experiences having owned and shot quite a few.
 
Dragula said:
Just throwing in my experience here...
ONLY truly reliable pistol I've had- HK Mark23
2nd-Ruger P89
3rd- Sig 226 and 245

I've probably had 20 different Taurus's, and the early .45's were the only ones I had issues with. Can't get a G2C or G3C to mess up, even with the worst ammo and no cleaning.
I've only had 2 (well 3) Glocks, and my 43 was a giant POS. F2F every mag it seemed. Got new mags, same issue. New feed ramp, same issue. Sold that gun cheap to my gunsmith, and he sold me a different 43 for cost. Trigger wouldn't reset 1 out of 20rds or so. Apparently Glock knew about this problem, and didn't address it in their rush to get the gun to market. That's not confidence inspiring. My 17 was fine enough, with "normal" reliability (only a few issues over 500rds or so).

Biggest POS made? Kimber. Kimber anything.
The first run of the UltraCarry2... They ended up sending me 2 FUCKING NEW GUNS before I wised up and said fuck this shit. All F2F every single mag. Kimber rep actually told me "what do you expect with a subcompact .45? That comes with the territory.". WTF?
Was at Cabela's, looking for the wife a pistol. Counter guy hands her a .380 Kimber. She can't rack it. Hands it to him, he could BARELY rack it. The only folks who don't seem to have a problem with Kimbers are either the people who don't shoot them, or the full frame guns.

I've been in the testing labs at Remington, S&W, Beretta and Taurus. Beretta's testing and QC was probably the best, but I'd argue Taurus did more extensive R&D, although that could be because they're always designing new models. They do design work and testing for other manufacturers as well.

I've also spent time around a few FBI gun lab folks. They have more firearms data than you can imagine, at least more than I ever imagined. From BS conversations, my takeaway was this- HK all the way if you don't mind carrying a larger (aka not micro) pistol bigger than .380. Also, don't waste time carrying anything bigger than a .380 unless you're in the woods. At the range most self defense encounters take place, .380 is plenty effective. For personal CCW carry, the S&W Bodygaurd was HIGHLY recommended. This is from people who are issued Glocks.

I'm definitely not "gun guy", but these are just my experiences having owned and shot quite a few.
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Well, i cannot agree with the .380 being enough part. It will work most of the time, but is still lacking. A 9mm is damn near the same size, better everything and CHEAPER ammunition.

I have 2 43’s, my buddy has one, his brother has a 48 and combined we have zero failures. He and his brother have shot comps with them(not usually, just cause they could) and we have a mix of shield arms mags and factory.
I agree on kimbers sucking.1B846AE8-4E4A-4F32-9A06-A99B86E54473.jpeg
 
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