In general, I agree with you…but that’s just me. The idea of form over function is probably not a good idea in a carry pistol. But there’s nothing wrong with form and function. My wife likes the look of her Kimber CDP, but she likes its reliability even more. So for her function takes priority, but form also maters. She likes leather holsters since they scratch the Kimber’s finish less then Kydex, so she’s willing to pay more for a good quality leather holster. I think Kydex is fine, and so what if it scratches the pistol. To each their own…Liberty wrote: Seriously though, why would anyone care about a what something looks like when its going to spend its life pretty much concealed? It seems a lot of gun owners like their guns pretty. Nothing wrong with that, I just could never understand the idea of form over function.
For me ugly is fine. I want sights that are not “melted�. That way I can use them to help rack the slide one handed. My ops weapons had sandpaper tape on them at strategic spots to facilitate clearance operations with slippery, cold, and not functioning properly fingers, cheaper then checkering, but the same principle. If someone wants to put the bucks down to have their weapon nicely checkered, more power to them. It’s not for me, but I see nothing wrong with it for them since it’s still intended to increase the survivability of the user.
I carried 1911’s for many years, and they were not expensive ones. Modifications were done to increase reliability, but they didn’t add much cost to the weapon. When I shot competition in the 80’s, I went through a time when I had a 1911 that was decked out for IPSC. It could be finicky, and only liked certain ammo, and sometimes just didn’t work right. But it was a competition gun, not my carry gun. I don’t agree that an effective, reliable 1911 has to be expensive.Liberty wrote: On 1911's I only know what I've learned on this site, but it seems as though they are a expencive finicky design. The 1911 fans themselves have convinced me that they aren't for me. I'll take cheap and reliable any day... Pretty doesn't even factor in.
Do I like Glocks, absolutely! I have three (19, 23, 26) and like all of them. Recently I’ve become comfortable enough with the 26 I carry it often. The 19 is my “Ranch� gun and sits by my bed on the night stand and stays on my hip whether I’m horseback, on foot, or sitting the tractor.
But, thank the lord, I have never used them in combat, but I have the 1911. To me, old “Iron Slabs� has proven itself to be a reliable, effective platform when it really maters… when the metal hits the meat. For that reason it will always have a special place in my mind, and in my gun safe. And trust me, they were not expensive ones
Seriously, I don't care who you are or how "tough" you think you are, you go one-on-one with a knife armed dude and your gonna get cut, badly. I have training in 3 martial arts, and hold a blackbelt in TKD and I won't go hand to knife unless I am otherwise unarmed and cannot run away.
. Now before anyone grabs the rope and starts looking for a good hanging tree, I like Glocks and XD’s, and carry both.