September 26, 2011, 11:16 AM
BB61quote:Originally posted by acidjazz:
When I first got into guns and first wanted to purchase a handgun, I was in the market for a Glock 17. I was young, the only name I knew was Glock.
For some reason the price of Glocks (here in Canada) were obscene at the time, so I couldn't afford one, as a broke 18 year old student.
Somebody who was into guns said to me, "If you're still looking, my friend is selling his Sig Sauer" and I said, "Sig Sauer? What's that? Is it any good?"
He said, "Uh...YES!"
At the time I was new to guns, didn't know an H&K from a HI-point and this mysterious sounding gun was out of my knowledge realm.
Needless to say, I wanted a gun and was giving up on my Glock pipe dream. So I drove to his house, checked it out, gave him the money for it and he transferred it into my name ala the National Firearms Registry.
I didn't realize what I had purchased was so sought after. All I know is that it functioned flawlessly.
It was my only gun at the time. I would go to the range, open a small case with a single handgun, a box of bulk 9 millimeter ammunition, and shoot.
However, I am a huge proponent of the whole, "Go with your first choice" thing, so I had to get a Glock eventually. They still had allure to me. Their simplistic design, reliability, durability, controversy around myths surrounding it.
But I kept the Sig, too, and added another one to the collection this weekend.
I've thought about selling my Sig off but it's my first gun and I can't bear to do that!
Variety is the spice of life, and my Glock and Sig live together as friends.
Great picture it really shows off the differences in the rifling between the two weapons. Unintended consequence but thanks for posting it.
, believe it or not - the RTF finish was HATED by the general public, it would blister your hands and prematurely wear your grips. You could draw blood if you drag it across your knuckles. We had a really hard time selling them for a long time, eventually we just started ordering GEN2 glocks which sold fine. Now that we carry Gen2 and Gen4 glocks, the Gen4 have been extremely popular. They move well. Glock even redesigned their Gen3 to look like Gen2's on some models. AKA no RTF and no backwards scallops.
