Make A Wish

Caleb has an interesting post up on the Glock 36, which is the only single-stack Glock makes. Its essentially a slimmer version of the Glock 30 double-stack subcompact .45 ACP. Caleb wishes Glock made a 9mm Single-Stack.

Well Glock doesn’t, but Walther Does, in both 9mm and .40 S&W, as Does Kahr Arms in a full range of sizes and calibers, and there’s the Kel-Tec PF-9…the SIG P290 is a good bit smaller than the Glock, and the Ruger LC9 is about right, but has loads of extraneous “Safety” features.

Still that’s a pretty big selection, all without wondering if Glock might screw it up like they apparently have for their 4th Generation pistols. I’m just sayin’

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0 Responses to Make A Wish

  1. Linoge says:

    Ayup, as i have said for a while, my Walther is the Glock Glock should have made. Slim, single-stack, various magazine sizes, and in an “acceptable for self-defense” caliber. At this point, Glock is damned late to the game, but you can rest assured fanboys would be all over a competitive offering from them.

    • Weerd Beard says:

      I personally think Glock was the first-in-class and best-in-show that set the standard for Polymer Service pistol (The H&K Fanbois like to point out the VP70 was the first polymer frame DAO double-stack 9mm service pistol…but it was a blowblack boat anchor that apparently had a trigger pull that would get owners to long for a Taurus, and it was expensive and nobody wanted it) But Glock, like so many other companies got used to being at the top of the pile that when people like S&W or Springfield, or Walther improved on their design Glock got left in the lurch, hence why the 4th Gen is such a shadow of its former self.

      BTW there’s some chatter over at Caleb’s about the PPS having reliability issues, but it appears the N in the study is quite small. How’s your PPS running and what’s the round-count on it. I actually balked at buying one because I wanted a pocket gun, and it struck me as a bit overbuilt for a 9mm pocket gun.

      • Linoge says:

        I think the word you are looking for is “complacent”, and that describes Glock to a “T”.

        My sample size is all of one, but I have put somewhere north of 1500 rounds through my PPS with maybe one or two stovepipes. No doublefeeds. No FTFs. And it happily feeds 115gr JHP and FMJs all day long out of all three sizes of magazines (I have never tried any other weights simply because 115 works). It is supposedly +P-compatible, but I sure as hell am not going to try.

        Honestly, I would go another route for a pocket firearm… even with just the six-round magazine in, it is a bit large for all but the most accomodating cargo pockets, and has a bit of mass to it. Unless you are sold on the design (and it has its merits, though its grip is very much a matter of taste/anatomy), the Kel-Tec would probably be a better choice.

        • Weerd Beard says:

          Thanks for the report. Stovepipes are almost to be expected for a gun with such a short barrel and light weight, its going to have some flip to it, and all it takes is one lazy shot where your wrist breaks….

          Yeah that was my view of the PPS when I was looking at them. Seemed robust, but maybe a little too large for pocket carry. Furthermore there were a few ergonomic points to the gun that are overall great, but foreign to my hands, such as the mag release and the magazines that have an overhang in the back rather than the front. Nothing wrong with that, but like the Glock grip angle it can be remedied with training, or by simply choosing another gun. I went the latter.

  2. He could always get a Hi Point C9… It’s about as ugly as a Glock and it’s single stack….

  3. 45er says:

    A friend and I were lamenting that Glock didn’t have a single stack 9 a while back. I realize that what you say is true about Gen 4.

    • Weerd Beard says:

      I really wish it wasn’t. I don’t care for Glock, it just isn’t my thing, but I appreciate what they have done to get light, reliable, and robust carry and duty guns on the market for a very reasonable price.

      But it does appear that the competition has out-glocked the glock, and Gaston himself has gotten lazy with keeping his gun competitive.

  4. Roadkill says:

    And the Glock 36s had some serious issues at one point. I dunno if its all gravy now or not. I’m seriously considering a Ruger LC9 myself. I find that single stacks are not so buttheavy, and carry better than double stacks for me.

    • Weerd Beard says:

      Entirely unrelated to my magazine-hating state-of-residence, I too really prefer single-stack guns for carry just for the sake of slimness, and concealability. Also the magazines are slim and concealable too, which is also a big plus.

      Frankly when I held the Glock 36s I found them still to feel overly fat. This might make a HUGE difference for somebody with smaller hands who may have difficulty handling the G30, but when it comes to somebody with G30 sized hands, I don’t see any worth-while advantages in the G36, and all the disadvantages of not only holding less ammo, but not being able to load in the 13 round Glock 21 Mags on reload. Your options are 6-round mags, or you can modify them to hold 7.

      Glock just seems to greatly overbuild their guns, which is fine if you’re carrying a full-size or their “compact” guns like the G19, but when they dip into the subcompact world it just seems so many people can do it better.

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