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Review Summary: Glock-23
BEST SELF DEFENSE GUN
Reviewed By HUGO on Jul 30 2003
Manufacturer: Glock
The good qualities: RELIABILITY, DURABILITY, QUICK ADQUISITION OF TARGET AND SHOOTING, CONCEALABLE, LIGHT, JUST POINT AND SHOOT, NO SAFETIES TO DISENGAGE, HAMMERS TO COCK ETC.
The bad qualities: NONE THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS SO FAR
In a NutShell: BEST SELF DEFENSE HANDGUN I HAVE COME ACROSS.
Recommended: yes
Ratings:
Quality: 5
Accuracy: 4
Design: 5

Review Detail:
I'm a previous 1911 owner and fan. After carrying it for 4 years, I decided to buy another handgun. I live in Guatemala, Central America. I don't intend to scare potential tourists away, but things in 3rd world countries are a bit different than in America. My life literally depends on the reliability and correct function of my concealed self-defense weapon. After reading and a thorough 3 month investigation, I decided to buy the Glock 23. I could not be happier. I've had it now for a little over a year and a half. There are a few things I consider to be able to trust my life to a gun. #1 RELIABILITY- the G23 and all Glocks for that matter are the most reliable handguns out there. No failures or jams whatsoever. I can truly feel comfortable that if and when I'm in a life or death situation where I'll have to use it, I will get the response I expect from my Glock. Through my experience I've found there's 2 ways a gun jams. On feeding and on ejection. My 1911 sometimes jammed while feeding hollow points, even after polishing the feedramp. The feed angle is pretty big, the Glock's feed angle is almost in a straight line, thus no jams. My 1911 would also jam sometimes while ejecting the casing. The casing would get stuck, not eject properly, and not allow the slide to fully close back up again and load the next round. Glock has an exceptional ejection (you could probably kill the bad guy just as well with the ejected casing the way the Glock shoots it right out). #2 QUICK DRAW, ADQUISITION, AND SHOOTING- Many guns have a quick draw, and mainly it depends on your method of carrying. Once out, the Glock's advantage is the "safe action". No hammers to cock, no safeties to disengage, etc. Some might think of this as an unsafe thing. They might be right for a person who is buying their first gun. But for people who have dealt with guns and are familiar with them, this is not an issue. That extra second it will take me to disengage my safety could give the bad guy the edge to shoot me first. The Glock is simple: point and pull the trigger. No fuss and no thinking of other things under a high-stress situation. As far as adquisition, the Glock's sights are the best. As I unholster and bring it up, the big white dot sights automatically and naturally line up and I'm on target quick. With my 1911, it took a second for me to line up the sights (much smaller and thinner sights). I also found that my 1911 sights were dot "grooves" rather than Glocks "flush" dots. With my 1911, gunk and lint would clog up the dot "grooves" and cover up the white dots, thus I wouldn't see white dots any more. I'd find myself painting in white dots often. The "flush" dots on the Glock don't allow gunk and lint to cover up the white dots. #3 DURABILITY- This goes hand in hand with reliability. The Glock is unmistakably tough. This gun will last and last until the end of time. This helps keep it reliable. Virtually no wear and tear. I travel to the coast often, and in Guatemala it's a very hot and humid environment. My 1911 would get that rust dust all over it with the humidity and the salty environment, plus the sweat from my body. Not the Glock. The tenifer treatment they do to it makes it completely corrosion resistant, and very durable. The polymer is obviously also corrosion resistant, and very tough. It's not just some flimsy plastic, like I thought when I first saw a Glock. So all in all, this is (in my opinion) the best self defense handgun out there. I realize that other guns may be a bit more accurate than the Glock. So if you compete, then get an accurate gun. But for self defense, this is the way to go. Most life or death struggles or confrontations are within a few yards, so you don't need that "competition accuracy" anyway. I generally respect other people's opinions on other guns being better, but they are mostly people who have guns for sport and do not REALLY depend on their guns to survive. Their reasons for rating other guns vary. For self defense, Glock is the way to go. So you cops out there, I would recommend the Glock. As for .40, it's the new self defense caliber. Velocity and penetration similar to 9mm, and impact and stopping power similar to .45. Plus, you get higher capacity mags. My .40 G23 has 13 rnd mags compared to the 7 rnd mags of my .45 1911. Any Glock will be a good gun, but .40 or .45 is best for self defense, thus the G23. The G23 is the "compact" version of their .40 guns. It is a very concealable and comfortable gun to carry around all day, very light too. I hope all this helps anyone not sure about what to get. CHEERS!!

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