***Some of the following may be disturbing to Glock Fan Boys, but it's all in good fun as I eventually, really, actually, do ask for some advice. ***
I have to start out by stating that I have disliked, nay, despised, Glocks since I ever laid eyes on them.
I historically have preferred what I consider to be "classics" - 1911s, CZ 75s, Hi Powers, etc. I have smallish hands, and finding comfortable double stack firearms have typically been troublesome. That led me to the CZ - I love the way they feel, despite the fact that I am unable to operate the slide release and magazine ejection with only my firing hand. The importance of that, was taught to me in a very humbling lesson courtesy of MDFI. That led me to getting into 1911s - the single stack profile, is pretty comfortable for me, and everything is operable, but it still isn't just quite right.
Part of my historical disdain for Glock was quite simple - I don't want what everyone else has, and they've never been comfortable for me to hold. I just simply, didn't care for them much. That has changed with the Generation 4. When I initially read about them when they came out, I thought - <yawn> just another Glock, yet another variation of the ever reliable, ever present Tupperware that has been emulated by a multitude of other companies. Well, as a friend of mine started shopping for his first firearm, I had handled a Gen 4 Glock in the process of helping him shop. He ended up with a Walther, but my dislike for all things Glock began to fade. I finally started looking at them once in awhile, and started thinking that I might want to buy one some day.
Well, fast forward a few months and I decided that I was ready to purchase a new long gun. I wanted something short, but non SBR, fairly inexpensive, and setup for home defense, and I was leaning towards the Kel Tec Sub2000. When Glock came out with a 22 round Glock 22 magazine, that had me sold on the Kel Tec. The magazines are a nice "AR15" length, instead of a horribly long Glock 18 magazine.
Well, naturally, I have to get a handgun that I can interchange magazines with, right?
I began to look at the Glocks more, and now I'm ready to get one pretty soon.
My dilemma, is which one to buy first?
I'm going back and forth between a 22 and a 23. I'm trying to figure out if I buy a 22 now, then I'll follow up with a 27 in time for summer, or if I should just go with the middle ground and get a 23 for now and figure it out later. I'm most definitely not buying a 27 first, as I want something to plink with too. I'm a bigger guy, so I normally have not had issues concealing full size firearms like the CZ75 or a 1911. With the Glock, I'm just concerned about how thick they are. When laying a 23 on top of a 22, I didn't feel that there was that much of a difference.
So I ask - with a quality holster, is a 23 more so concealable then a 22 for any appreciable amount?
Any other thoughts?
I have to start out by stating that I have disliked, nay, despised, Glocks since I ever laid eyes on them.
I historically have preferred what I consider to be "classics" - 1911s, CZ 75s, Hi Powers, etc. I have smallish hands, and finding comfortable double stack firearms have typically been troublesome. That led me to the CZ - I love the way they feel, despite the fact that I am unable to operate the slide release and magazine ejection with only my firing hand. The importance of that, was taught to me in a very humbling lesson courtesy of MDFI. That led me to getting into 1911s - the single stack profile, is pretty comfortable for me, and everything is operable, but it still isn't just quite right.
Part of my historical disdain for Glock was quite simple - I don't want what everyone else has, and they've never been comfortable for me to hold. I just simply, didn't care for them much. That has changed with the Generation 4. When I initially read about them when they came out, I thought - <yawn> just another Glock, yet another variation of the ever reliable, ever present Tupperware that has been emulated by a multitude of other companies. Well, as a friend of mine started shopping for his first firearm, I had handled a Gen 4 Glock in the process of helping him shop. He ended up with a Walther, but my dislike for all things Glock began to fade. I finally started looking at them once in awhile, and started thinking that I might want to buy one some day.
Well, fast forward a few months and I decided that I was ready to purchase a new long gun. I wanted something short, but non SBR, fairly inexpensive, and setup for home defense, and I was leaning towards the Kel Tec Sub2000. When Glock came out with a 22 round Glock 22 magazine, that had me sold on the Kel Tec. The magazines are a nice "AR15" length, instead of a horribly long Glock 18 magazine.
Well, naturally, I have to get a handgun that I can interchange magazines with, right?
I began to look at the Glocks more, and now I'm ready to get one pretty soon.
My dilemma, is which one to buy first?
I'm going back and forth between a 22 and a 23. I'm trying to figure out if I buy a 22 now, then I'll follow up with a 27 in time for summer, or if I should just go with the middle ground and get a 23 for now and figure it out later. I'm most definitely not buying a 27 first, as I want something to plink with too. I'm a bigger guy, so I normally have not had issues concealing full size firearms like the CZ75 or a 1911. With the Glock, I'm just concerned about how thick they are. When laying a 23 on top of a 22, I didn't feel that there was that much of a difference.
So I ask - with a quality holster, is a 23 more so concealable then a 22 for any appreciable amount?
Any other thoughts?