12 Apr 04

Glocks in Iraq, from a friend training local police there:

"We are training Iraqi police with the Glock 19. We are cycling them through as quickly as possible, which means that the weapons are getting a heavy use, often going 500 rounds between cleaning and shooting in dust storms where visibility is reduced to five meters (we shoot in between breaks in the wind, when the dust drops long enough for us to see the targets).

The G19 has proved itself superb weapon. Few stoppages. Almost no parts breakage. They just go and go. We are shooting Federal American Eagle, 9mm ball. Magazines, never a problem. Time for the M9 to go!"

Comment: This mirrors my experience. The Glock is surely not the only good pistol out there, but it is hard to beat, as we see.

/John