Damaged Pride in Glock, Wondering About Kreen?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:29 pm
I was a die-hard Glock guy until a few weeks ago, when I was walking through my gym parking lot, tripped over a parking block, and landed directly on top of my Glock 26 that I was carrying on my hip (of course every hot chick within 700 miles of me had to be in the parking lot at that time). I have a Glock brand +2 mag extension on it. I stood and dusted off only to feel the cold trickle of metal running down the back of my leg. The base plate on the mag popped off and all of my bullets spilled out down my pants leg.
I'm all about real-life situations considering the line of work that I'm in. I own and operate a repo company and am a Private Investigator specializing in Infidelity cases. If I had a nickel for every time that I've run into a guy that I've testified against for cheating on his wife in a divorce case or run into a guy that I've repo'd a car from in public, I'd have...well....$.05, but that's enough to justify being overly cautious! If that little spill that I took had been some Flying Tsunami Leap-tackle from a 350lb Samoan on a repo, then that would have left me with one 9mm Hollowpoint in the chamber to put into him...and let's say that my mediocre shooting capabilities were spot on for once, that's not gonna do much damage other than to really make him mad if I didn't get it directly into his forehead or heart!
The simple answer is 3-fold:
A.) (For all of you 1911 buffs and 9mm Critics) Why was I NOT carrying a .45 in the first place?
B.) Instead of a 26, go with a 19, which is the same size (nearly) as a 26 with the +2 extension on it, without having to modify the mag.
C.) Ditch the plastic and get a metal pistol with a solid metal mag.
I was talking to an Israeli guy from The Woodlands the other day and he was all pumped up on this Israeli pistol called a Kreen. I've looked in every crack and crevice of the internet and can't seem to find any info on them. He claims that they are the greatest, most reliable pistols on the market and can be had for a fair price. He said that when he was in the Israeli Army, that's what he carried into the sand because it was practically unheard of for it to jam.
Considering that this generation of Israelis have pretty much grown up fighting every day of their lives, I tend to want to take this guy's advice!
I'm really torn on this because for one, I feel like the parent of a k id who is an Honor Roll Student and never in trouble, then wakes up one day and decides to rob a bank. Here is my "perfect" weapon, one that I defend vehmenently on forums all over the internet, one with which I have become intimately familiar and have spent countless dollars customizing, and then I find suddenly that my beloved G26 isn't as perfect as I once thought, and actually poses a very real and scary problem in its design.
We are going to be an STI dealer, and they offer the Escort, which is a sub-compact .45 that has a solid metal mag. It is an outrageously fine weapon, but still pretty pricey, even at Dealer cost. I'm partial to the STI because it is a Texas-owned company, made in Texas, and the guy that we have been dealing with, named "Rabbit" over there, is one of the nicest, most knowledgable and honorable men with which I've ever had the pleasure to deal.
I've never handled the Escort, so I don't know how it shoots. I HAVE handled the Para Ordinances, and they seem to be cut from the exact same block from which God sculpted my hand. Para is a Canadian gun with an excellent reputation. I can get them with the FFL for pretty cheap, so I'm almost tempted to go with one of those. This Kreen has me intrigued, though. Anyone know anything about them?
I'm all about real-life situations considering the line of work that I'm in. I own and operate a repo company and am a Private Investigator specializing in Infidelity cases. If I had a nickel for every time that I've run into a guy that I've testified against for cheating on his wife in a divorce case or run into a guy that I've repo'd a car from in public, I'd have...well....$.05, but that's enough to justify being overly cautious! If that little spill that I took had been some Flying Tsunami Leap-tackle from a 350lb Samoan on a repo, then that would have left me with one 9mm Hollowpoint in the chamber to put into him...and let's say that my mediocre shooting capabilities were spot on for once, that's not gonna do much damage other than to really make him mad if I didn't get it directly into his forehead or heart!
The simple answer is 3-fold:
A.) (For all of you 1911 buffs and 9mm Critics) Why was I NOT carrying a .45 in the first place?
B.) Instead of a 26, go with a 19, which is the same size (nearly) as a 26 with the +2 extension on it, without having to modify the mag.
C.) Ditch the plastic and get a metal pistol with a solid metal mag.
I was talking to an Israeli guy from The Woodlands the other day and he was all pumped up on this Israeli pistol called a Kreen. I've looked in every crack and crevice of the internet and can't seem to find any info on them. He claims that they are the greatest, most reliable pistols on the market and can be had for a fair price. He said that when he was in the Israeli Army, that's what he carried into the sand because it was practically unheard of for it to jam.
Considering that this generation of Israelis have pretty much grown up fighting every day of their lives, I tend to want to take this guy's advice!
I'm really torn on this because for one, I feel like the parent of a k id who is an Honor Roll Student and never in trouble, then wakes up one day and decides to rob a bank. Here is my "perfect" weapon, one that I defend vehmenently on forums all over the internet, one with which I have become intimately familiar and have spent countless dollars customizing, and then I find suddenly that my beloved G26 isn't as perfect as I once thought, and actually poses a very real and scary problem in its design.
We are going to be an STI dealer, and they offer the Escort, which is a sub-compact .45 that has a solid metal mag. It is an outrageously fine weapon, but still pretty pricey, even at Dealer cost. I'm partial to the STI because it is a Texas-owned company, made in Texas, and the guy that we have been dealing with, named "Rabbit" over there, is one of the nicest, most knowledgable and honorable men with which I've ever had the pleasure to deal.
I've never handled the Escort, so I don't know how it shoots. I HAVE handled the Para Ordinances, and they seem to be cut from the exact same block from which God sculpted my hand. Para is a Canadian gun with an excellent reputation. I can get them with the FFL for pretty cheap, so I'm almost tempted to go with one of those. This Kreen has me intrigued, though. Anyone know anything about them?
.........,OE