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Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:32 pm
by MoJo
From the Thunder Ranch Facebook page:
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Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:05 pm
by dubya
Some very strange comments there. Negative about Kimbers, Glocks, and S&W 642 etc? Guess no one is safe without a Thunder Ranch modified firearm. Perhaps I missed something...looks odd.
"The 2" S&W are good for what they are intended for, arms length defense...but comfort should not be traded for correct operation and potential effectiveness."
Everyone is not going to a war zone. A firearm sized you will carry is 1,000 times better than the best in the world uncarried. Clint has a lot of opinions that could use some context...
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:56 pm
by cheezit
2" s&w mdl 36 will do better then you think
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:01 pm
by K.Mooneyham
cheezit wrote:2" s&w mdl 36 will do better then you think
IF you practice with it. Short sight radius works against accuracy, and that can only be made up for with practice, IMHO. BTW, I own a 1973 Model 49 Bodyguard.
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:16 am
by flechero
I think it was Clint that said rule #1 is always have a gun....
Clint is great and if I worked there, my carry gun would not be a compact, either... But his writing doesn't consider the compromises that some people need to make based on their size, profession, dress code, etc. Everyone can't CC carry a full sized _______ in an OWB, under a jacket, all the time.
As for Kimbers- I guess I will have to keep mine and be happy. ...lol
So the bottom line if you have a Kimber and yours works (working means you can fire 3-500 rounds without having to struggle with it) then you should keep it and be happy
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:32 pm
by gthaustex
Perfectly happy with all of my Glocks as well as my Kimber. None of them have given me a problem even with hard use. Although I will admit I seem to have to clean my Kimber a lot more frequently than the Glocks....
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:39 pm
by G26ster
gthaustex wrote:Perfectly happy with all of my Glocks as well as my Kimber. None of them have given me a problem even with hard use. Although I will admit I seem to have to clean my Kimber a lot more frequently than the Glocks....
You have to clean a Glock? Go figure.
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:45 pm
by C-dub
I also don't see the problem with Glocks he mentions. I must be exceptional. NOT! Therefore, I can't take anything he says seriously.
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:57 pm
by glbedd53
I have a Glock 21 Gen 2 that gave me fits until it made two trips back to the factory. FTFs and stovepipes. Whatever they did the second time must have worked, it hasn't had one problem since.
Re: Clint Smith on Kimbers and Glocks etc.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:53 pm
by mr surveyor
gosh...I'm shaking in my boots now, just thinking "what If?". Just got back from a meeting (governmental meeting, by the way) and decided to carry nothing but my two inch 1963 S&W Model 36.... with only one speed strip reload. I need to reconsider what I carry and maybe make it a rifle for next months meeting
