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jmra wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

jmra wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

jmra wrote:

Murindo wrote:I like Glock's but why a .380 when the competition is fielding reliable accurate mini 9 mm's?

See previous post

M&P has both the M&Pc and the Shield

Beretta has the Storm Subcompact and the Nano

Ruger has the SR9 and the LC9

Springfield XDM in both double and single column

Sig has the same. heck they have a subcompact and two different types of single column 9mm.

Those are off the top of my head. I'm having difficulty thinking of a major pistol maker that makes 9mms, and doesn't have both a double column and a single column, besides Glock of course.

If I understood the question correctly, he was asking why Glock chose to make the G42 a .380 instead of a 9mm. I believe the answer is obvious. They didn't have a .380 on the US market and sales on the G26 are still going strong. No reason to disrupt the sales numbers on the G26.

Except all those manufacturers make both small double column and single column pistols. Frankly the 9mm has captured this market away from .380s. .380s are now primarily in the "tiny" category. Glock is about six years late to the party. Its cool and all, and I am not a Glock hata, but Beretta, Ruger, S&W, Sig Sauer, Walther, Bersa, and Colt all have excellent .380s from middle sized down to right tiny. Plus there are others like Rorhbaugh and a host of others that compete with micro pistols as well.

Yep, I'm surprised Glock is still in business.

LOL

I agree with his comments though. They are late. But it's never too late to do the right thing. I think they should have introduced this pistol at some point. And now they did. They also need to introduce a single stack 9mm soon (or yesterday), but like you've pointed out there are other choices until they do. Would they have got more of my business if they had a single stack 9mm when I picked a Shield? Maybe, but only if it were thinner than the G36. That's a gun that needs a new generation - thinner please. I think the Shield and the XDs line are the ones Glock needs to focus on beating. But it's not my company so... carry on.

I think the G42 would be an excellent choice for some people. My wife is interested, my cousin is interested... If not those, then maybe the Walther PK380. That's the main one I think this gun competes with for my attention (although i'm not really interested in this sized 380 at all).

My .02