I know my Glock 23.  I trust my Glock 23.  I’ve put thousands and thousands of rounds through my Glock 23.  I’m pretty dang accurate with my Glock 23.  It really and truly is the optimum balance of Size, Weight, and Firepower in a package that makes it the ultimate Jack of All Trades.

I have invested more time and money and effort into tweaking this Glock 23 to as close to “Perfection” as possible.  I’ve tried tons of different trigger groups and combos in this thing… The best combo I have found, is the SKIMMER TRIGGER from GlockTriggers with the 3.5 Disconnect and 8 pound spring from Lone Wolf.  This combo gives me the best Carry trigger pull short of a straight up Competition trigger.  Warren straight 8 style night sights.  This gun is fantastic.

But it’s lacking… something.

I would trade it for a Commander sized 1911 from Springfield in a heartbeat.    But why?   The Glock lacks Soul.  Character.  It is a shooting appliance with as much soul as a Whirlpool Washing Machine.   Sure, it’s reliable and does just what is expected every time… but it just doesn’t…. Hmmm… I can’t put it into words.   Let’s try it this way.

You know how you have a motorcycle or car you like, and you park it and start walking away… you turn and look at it.  Because you like to look at it.   The Glock, I don’t like looking at it.   I don’t like holding it.   I don’t get that vibe that my other handguns gives me… My 1911, my Beretta – Pretty much those guns give me great satisfaction just holding them and looking at them.   The Glock doesn’t do that for me.  It bores me.  If this was a marriage, I’d be cheating on the Glock, because there is no LOVE there.

That thing about Glock Reliability?  That’s true.  That gun has never jammed on me.  You know what?  My other guns have never jammed on me either.  So how’s that for reliability?  Does reliability get any more reliable than that?   Maybe… but I’ve yet to experience it in my 4 decades of shooting.

Tell ya what.  If there is someone in North Carolina with a Springfield Armory Champion 1911 that would like to trade for a Glock 23, let me know…

This thread needs more 1911 pr0n.



Ahhhh that's better.

That BLUE! It's incredible!


I'll be in my bunk.

On the other hand, I find Mrs. Glock.......fascinating

That is an obscene amount of polishing... 

I love Glocks, I really do. In fact, a Glock is probably better than my Px4. But a Glock just isn't sexy.

Well said, GeorgeHill. The line about Glocks having no soul is spot on. Does that mean they don't have their place, heck no. I don't know a Glock guy personally that does not do a bunch of work to them, starting with the stippling of the grip like the one you have pictured. Pieces parts and this and that internals. Bottom line, it is still a Glock. Not knocking them, but just another tool like the many screwdrivers in my box that have the same soulless feeling. Does that screwdriver work everytime? Yes, that is why I keep it.

As far as the 1911's. Sure you can change internals that nobody sees but you can also do some face changing. Go from factory grips.



To some customs, and it looks like a totally different gun.

That is an obscene amount of polishing... 

Like the man said, I'll be in my bunk.