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Just as I was starting to feel good again because my G23 had a "born on" date of 8/96, I went to the GZ and what do I find? A 23 with an alpha-prefix of AYR kB!ed with factory Federal ammo. Then you've got another story about a 36 that, as Schmit put it, did a "self induced catastrophic disassembly." And you've even got a photo were a Glock with an after-market barrel came apart.

You said there has never been a documented kB! in a 9x19 but you've also documented some major problems with the G19. Soooo, is there any Glock I can trust or should I relegate the 23 to the range and carry one of my other sidearms?[/b]

 

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I'm really surprised we don't see more... I have never seen a 17 fail but think about your question Sam. Why would you want to be so loyal to a product about which you have doubts?

Glocks are so pervasive in our gunner's society that I was wondering if there was at least one reliable model. Me? My preference is a Colt SAA or a 1911. The first is generally too bulky for CCW although I've done it in my skinnier youth. Love the 1911 and started to buy the "Beagle" as a way around the stares and glares over cocked and locked but my gun dealer talked me out of it. No, it didn't cost him a sell nor did I buy a more expensive pistol; just didn't by the "Beagle."

So, to sort a get to your point, I'm not that loyal, and will probably continue to carry my Colt Pony PocketLite or my S&W 640-1 as I do now. Maybe when the weather gets colder here in San Antonio, I'll get the P239 or 1911 I bought back in 1969.

 

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Re: Pardon?

SpecialEd wrote:

Pardon my ignorance but what is the "Beagle?"

Ed

http://www.thegunzone.com/gunwriter.html

Picked that up from Dean's article where he was kind enough not to fully identify the Colt DA Eagel.