DEAR SERGEANT AL: Do you have any idea why Glock is the preferred
brand of gun for many police departments? —GLOCKS
UNIVERSALLY NEVER RUST UNLESS NEGLIGENT
DEAR GUN RUN: Guns were never my forte in police work but I will try to answer your
question the best I can.
One of the things I learned in answering your
question is about the company that makes them. Glock m.b.H. is an Austrian
firearms company that began in 1979 by outfitting the Austrian army with
pistols. They make their guns with a lot of polymers (plastic), which at first
received a lot of blowback from both the police and military establishment. But
after being time and field-tested, Glock guns have become the standard of
lightweight double action only semi-automatic pistols around the world. They
supply about 65% of the law enforcement agencies in the US. There are six reasons why many police
departments prefer to use some kind of Glock semi-automatic pistol:
1. Easy to clean, lower maintenance. Cops are pigs.
Literally. They get dirty real quick and are less likely to clean up after
themselves. Take a closer look inside a police radio car and you’ll see what I
mean. They would never clean their guns after finishing at the range if you
didn’t put the same gun they just used to practice to their heads and threatened
to fire. Dirty guns jam more easily so police departments had to find a gun
that not only fires efficiently when dirty, but also won’t jam as often as a
regular semi-automatic pistol.
2.
Never rusts. Between the polymers
and the metals they use their guns are least likely to rust. Unlike the
military, the police are opt to conceal carry, which means a lot of sweat and
body oils will get on the gun. They need a weapon made of materials that will
either resist or overcome that.
3. Lighter weight. Some officers will
carry their duty weapon as an off-duty or in civilian clothes. Females and
smaller handed/sized officers can use a weapon that’s isn’t as heavy as a
regular semi-auto. If you have to hold that weapon up in a combat ready
position for a prolonged period of time and it’s heavy or you’re weak, then
you’re screwed. With a lighter gun you can hold the weapon up longer. Therefore
you want a gun that is lighter weight that has those polymers and fewer metals
like what’s in a Glock. Have you ever handled one? Some models almost feel as
if you’re handling a toy gun.
4. No hammer to cock. This is a feature most
larger police forces love: the inability of the shooter to cock a hammer. I remember when my department started issuing Glocks. There was an expression that became common police parlance that embodied the key feature of the gun and why the department wanted them issued to the rank and file: "a cock-less gun for a ball-less job." Cocked hammers open the doors to misfires and accidental discharges. Hammer
cocking serves two purposes: take the load off the trigger for easier firing
and for precision firing which in a street combat situation most officers
really won’t have time to do. Police forces want the cops to use those 2 lbs.
per square inch of finger force to fire the weapon, and no less. This way, if
you fire the gun, you meant to, no accidents. Other than great Clint Eastwood
Hollywood Theater, cocking a hammer on a law enforcement pistol does nothing
but invite trouble for an officer.
5.
No safety to catch. A Glock is ready to
go. Like a camera, take it out of its case, point and shoot. Officers are
required to have an additional round in the chamber ready when holstered so
that they will not have to pull the slide to load in a combat situation. Unlike
Hollywood, if cops did it that way always, many more cops would be dead as the
perp would have the first shot off advantage.
6. Harder to jam, more reliable. Less parts to the gun
makes it almost as simple as a revolver in its operation. This makes it less
likely to malfunction. If they could only make things like cars and appliances
this way.
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| Here's a regular semi-automatic pistol so that you can compare with a Glock pistol. As you can see a Glock has way less parts and features to worry about. It's the Instamatic camera of semi-automatic pistols: point and shoot . . . |
GUN RUN I hope this answers your
question as I hope this is for your edification and not to be used against us. If this is about
purchasing a firearm I suggest you talk to a firearms dealer to find out what
kind of weapon is best for you, as they will know what will suit you best! Safe
shooting!
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