rcurtner
Hellcat
Welcome to the forum from South Texas.
Anyone gone back to steel?
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HayesGreener
Ronin
Welcome aboard! Steel rules!
Blackfeather
Custom
I've been shooting Glock pistols since 1985 and I've owned many different models and calibers, I recently upgraded to the full size Glock models in 9mm, 10mm and .45 Auto. The long slides and barrels on these pistols provide me with all the steel I need.
JackobLone5
Alpha
I get that. I was all-in on polymer for years too, just for the weight and capacity, but I ended up coming back to steel as well.
CZ Guy mostly. I had a Glock 17 and never liked it. I sold it after a year. But the CZP 10 C seems to fit me fine. Polymers from different manufacturers are not the same. One exception I found was the Glock 21 and the CZ P-10 F .45. They shoot about the same and handle about the same. I
like them both.
Faulkner
Master Class
I do shoot what I want and I don't make fun of what others shoot. You should try that. We're all on the same side here
Retired Bum
Elite
GoodbyeI do shoot what I want and I don't make fun of what others shoot. You should try that. We're all on the same side here
KillerFord1977
Emissary
I went back to steel.
Uzi and MP5
Uzi and MP5
KillerFord1977
Emissary
The Night Rider
Hellcat
I've said this before, the older I get and the more time I spent carrying a gun because I had to, the less interest I had in guns.
Basic training taught me what a pain in the booty an M16 was.
Being in a unit that lost in M16 in the field in Germany really taught me what a Pain in the booty an M16 was
I was working for G4S when the Pulse Nightclub shooting happened. For those of you who don't remember the shooter, along with a half a million other people, was a former G4S employee. But for some reason that's what's stuck in people's minds like it was somehow the fault of G4S that he did that.
So my branch of G4S started doing this thing where they would call us at any given time and we had to bring our gun to the office or we had to bring it to our supervisor if we were on shift so they could verify the serial number. I was lucky in that they only did it to me when I was at work. Anyway, pain in the Booty.
When I worked as a security guard I had people try to take my gun off of me. A few others threatened to do so. I had people tell me that my gun was fake or that my gun wasn't loaded or they would question why I felt qualified to carry a firearm or felt the need to carry a firearm. The response to that was usually "Because that's the level of protection your employer is paying for, if you have any questions take it up with your employer." Pain in the booty.
I'm not into guns. I carry a gun because my life experience has taught me that there are times, although very few and far between, when you need a gun.
For whatever it's worth my life experiences have also taught me that there are far more times that what you need isn't a gun but a great big can of OC spray.
Blah blah blah, I carry a glock. I'm not particularly attached to it. I hope it never does end up in an Evidence Locker but if (God Forbid) it ever does, so what? It's a Glock. There's a million more just like it.
Basic training taught me what a pain in the booty an M16 was.
Being in a unit that lost in M16 in the field in Germany really taught me what a Pain in the booty an M16 was
I was working for G4S when the Pulse Nightclub shooting happened. For those of you who don't remember the shooter, along with a half a million other people, was a former G4S employee. But for some reason that's what's stuck in people's minds like it was somehow the fault of G4S that he did that.
So my branch of G4S started doing this thing where they would call us at any given time and we had to bring our gun to the office or we had to bring it to our supervisor if we were on shift so they could verify the serial number. I was lucky in that they only did it to me when I was at work. Anyway, pain in the Booty.
When I worked as a security guard I had people try to take my gun off of me. A few others threatened to do so. I had people tell me that my gun was fake or that my gun wasn't loaded or they would question why I felt qualified to carry a firearm or felt the need to carry a firearm. The response to that was usually "Because that's the level of protection your employer is paying for, if you have any questions take it up with your employer." Pain in the booty.
I'm not into guns. I carry a gun because my life experience has taught me that there are times, although very few and far between, when you need a gun.
For whatever it's worth my life experiences have also taught me that there are far more times that what you need isn't a gun but a great big can of OC spray.
Blah blah blah, I carry a glock. I'm not particularly attached to it. I hope it never does end up in an Evidence Locker but if (God Forbid) it ever does, so what? It's a Glock. There's a million more just like it.
Dobbinsky
Custom
No, steel offers stainless. Plastic hasn't perfected that yet.
Dobbinsky
Custom
Ahhhggg! PLASTIC grips! Just kiddin'
dadoser
Master Class
I am definitely moving more in the metal/aluminium hammer fired SAO direction in the past 3 years. My EDC is still a Sig P365XL - but these are the ones that get the most range time over the past year or so -
(Platypus added Oct '25. P226 X Carry added a month or so ago. Stacatto P is aluminium framed.)
(Platypus added Oct '25. P226 X Carry added a month or so ago. Stacatto P is aluminium framed.)
Faulkner
Master Class
Well, that's kinda funny since stainless steel really isn't completely stainless and plastic really is.No, steel offers stainless. Plastic hasn't perfected that yet.
I've seen rust on stainless steel, just saying.
Dobbinsky
Custom
The funny thing is that plastic really isn't plastic because when on a weapon, it has no plasticity!Well, that's kinda funny since stainless steel really isn't completely stainless and plastic really is.
