Post by BoW GaCAman on Jan 2, 2014 13:24:49 GMT -5
GLOCK 42 .380
OK, got my first 'look' (via a G&A article/current edition) at this much-crowed-about addition to the Austrian lineup. I'm not impressed, to say the least. It's dimensions and weight are nearly identical to the SCCY, (it's just slightly less 'tall') at a price point (at least) $100 above it. For that you get a .380 7-shooter, with the same non-safe Glock 'safe action' trigger as all the others. The weight is only one ounce less than the SCCY 9mm. Other than that, it looks just like a slightly scaled down 26 or 27.
I predict that those who choose to carry this piece as it's size suggests will be shooting themselves fairly regularly. Why? Because it neatly slips into a front pocket, but the moment it gets snagged on something or the owner manages to get his or her finger on the trigger during the draw, BAM! Ouch! Particularly if it gets a guy's 'gems' as happened to a (now) squeaky-voiced dude out in Washington state.
My question here is 'what's your point, Glock'? Is this really the best you can bring, in an 'all new' (no, it's not the same model they've been selling in Europe and other countries, for years) gun? You could've at least made it a double-stack, and done the prospective owners the good turn of (finally!) offering at least the option (making it standard ala the Smith M&P mini/mini Ruger would have made more sense) of a thumb safety. It's easy to understand why they didn't. Again, the Glock purists would have screamed to high heaven, and the company would have been suggesting that the design called for one. That wouldn't say 'perfection', would it? There was once a day way back when that I admired the man and his guns, but that day is long since over, and this is another step in the WRONG direction.
Do I think it'll sell? Yep, they won't have any in stock for at least a solid year. As I read in a Cooper retrospective recently the markup on an average gun is around 4x. So, this gun probably costs them about $100 to build. The rest can give them a very nice cushion against he inevitable lawsuits that will come down the pike from (particularly, brand new) formerly enthusiastic buyers.
www.gunnews.com/glock-42-pistol/
OK, got my first 'look' (via a G&A article/current edition) at this much-crowed-about addition to the Austrian lineup. I'm not impressed, to say the least. It's dimensions and weight are nearly identical to the SCCY, (it's just slightly less 'tall') at a price point (at least) $100 above it. For that you get a .380 7-shooter, with the same non-safe Glock 'safe action' trigger as all the others. The weight is only one ounce less than the SCCY 9mm. Other than that, it looks just like a slightly scaled down 26 or 27.
I predict that those who choose to carry this piece as it's size suggests will be shooting themselves fairly regularly. Why? Because it neatly slips into a front pocket, but the moment it gets snagged on something or the owner manages to get his or her finger on the trigger during the draw, BAM! Ouch! Particularly if it gets a guy's 'gems' as happened to a (now) squeaky-voiced dude out in Washington state.
My question here is 'what's your point, Glock'? Is this really the best you can bring, in an 'all new' (no, it's not the same model they've been selling in Europe and other countries, for years) gun? You could've at least made it a double-stack, and done the prospective owners the good turn of (finally!) offering at least the option (making it standard ala the Smith M&P mini/mini Ruger would have made more sense) of a thumb safety. It's easy to understand why they didn't. Again, the Glock purists would have screamed to high heaven, and the company would have been suggesting that the design called for one. That wouldn't say 'perfection', would it? There was once a day way back when that I admired the man and his guns, but that day is long since over, and this is another step in the WRONG direction.
Do I think it'll sell? Yep, they won't have any in stock for at least a solid year. As I read in a Cooper retrospective recently the markup on an average gun is around 4x. So, this gun probably costs them about $100 to build. The rest can give them a very nice cushion against he inevitable lawsuits that will come down the pike from (particularly, brand new) formerly enthusiastic buyers.
www.gunnews.com/glock-42-pistol/