Ben Stoeger, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9fNHjOLrY
Yes, I know he’s talking about a Sig… Ok, let’s get my personal bias out of the way, damn Sig. Clear enough?
Now, he’s talking about the P226, which, unlike the P320, doesn’t suffer from un-commanded discharges, but my personal loathing for Sig isn’t the issue here.
It’s just double action/single action pistols. I never could shoot them well. My first center fire pistols were double action revolvers, 357’s and .38’s. I learned to shoot double action, and would only shoot them double action, I just acted as if the hammer wasn’t there. And I got good with them. This was of course well before the ammo drought(s) and eye problems set in.
Later on as the ammo drought(s) set in and .38’s and .357’s became totally unavailable, and since 9mm was the only pistol cartridge that was SOMETIMES available, I bought a Beretta 92. Yes, I suffered from a case of watching too many ‘Die Hard’ films and ‘Lethal Weapon’. It was too big, the grip. Trigger too far forward, and angled so sharply I could never get either a good hold of the gun, nor a good trigger pull. And the double/single action always messed me up. It got sold, and fast.
Later I bought a CZ75, it doesn’t look like the version I had is made anymore, it was called Omega, the decocker could be changed out for a safety. I just never could get used to it, in either configuration. Even with the safety, the issue was it was a small safety, not like a modern 1911, easy to flick on and off, it didn’t give me much comfort that I could manipulate it in a hurry. And again with the decocker, well, we’re back to the DA/SA. I shot that one alot, in both configurations, it fit me fairly well, but, just never got over the DA/SA thing. It got sold.
Eventually I got a Glock 17 Gen. 5. Now that fit, and no DA/SA to worry about and no awkward little safety or decocker either. I thought it was perfect. Shot the hell out of it. By far the most reliable gun I’ve ever shot. I’d clean it every 2,000 rounds or so, not because it needed it, but, it made me feel better. Then eye problems. Like I said, it was perfect, then eye problems set it, but after my eyes started to get better, and I saw Glock was discontinuing the G34 Gen. 5… Now that is even better. I like the balance better. The trigger’s smoother, and lighter. Love it.
Some dislike that Glock’s don’t have thumb safeties, that was never a concern for me, having started with double action revolvers, I was used to no thumb safety. The trigger of a Glock, I like much more than a SA like on a 1911, because it’s a longer pull, not as long as a double action revolver, but much longer than a 1911, which allows me to stage the trigger, which I like, as it’s something I got used to with double action revolvers, and of course mil spec AR15 triggers are long too, and allow for the same thing in a way.
I don’t notice the trigger safety, the little blade in the middle of the trigger. After the first couple of magazines through the Glock 17, never noticed it again. Some people hate it. But it never bothered me. All I do is make sure my holsters keep the trigger guard fully enclosed. I don’t get why people want holsters that allow for exposed triggers for any type of pistol. That’s always baffled me.
Now if Triple K can send me the holster for the G34…
As a side note, Denzel Washington used a G34 in ‘Man On Fire’ (2004), https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Man_on_Fire_(2004) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDh50B6kA4
Yes, ‘Man On Fire’ (2004) is why I had to have a G34, even if it’s a Gen. 5 and not totally correct for the film. It’s close enough. And ‘Man On Fire’ (2004) is way better than any ‘Die Hard’ or ‘Lethal Weapon’.
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