So, let me chime in here that I got the privilege to shoot a Glock 44 (they call it a "range gun"???) And again it was as you say, about an hour safety and the remaining hour shooting.
By the end I was doing so well, the instructor enthusiastically and with a 4-letter word prefaced by it ("---- it") let me shoot 10 extra rounds past the 50 I suppose you were "allowed" lol!
And I accomplished this:
(And I was figuratively not literally in
@dnewton3 backyard LOL. He probably knows all about exactly where I went to shoot. And I would go again!!!)
Interesting and of note: US
recently ruled that "Convicted Felon in possession of a firearm" "ban" is "Unconstitutional" so... make of that what you will. I submit that everyone that can own a firearm, should. And, as mentioned, learn to shoot....
And OK yeah that was a .22 BUT. It has been told to me (in the thread I made at the time) that a Glock 44 is "the same size as a Glock 19" and suggested was made as a "Range plinker." I was of the belief that many carried a Glock 42 or 43 by choice... I know these are all different guns.. I am not a Glock/firearms pro.. big shout-out to my instructor to help me un-learn "Everything you see in the movies" although he says he was really impressed by what I knew and that I wanted to learn and that I asked a lot of questions. I'm "Right Eye Dominant," most are but not everyone..... I want to go back there when things pick up........
Now
@UncleDave as someone just following this thread, it SEEMS like people are saying that your experience with Glocks is "down to the common denominator of the ammo" and that this continued when you shot it yourself... I am reminded of another thread where someone posted "No more SIG pistols for me" and I think it is
@Astro14 speaks very highly of those as well.. so let me ask a different angle (I'm remembering my two hours at the range now. Oh how I loved it so,) what are some factors that could contribute to you having such a bad experience while many others cite limpwristing (my instructor showed me this in great detail, mostly by enacting it with the prop gun, NEVER FLAG ANYONE I learned a lot,) and some others cite ammo? Could it be actually possible that you received two poorly assembled units in succession? Could they have been totally un-maintained before you shooting them? Could it have been to Monday Specials (the "poorly assembled units?") Was the technique of the young gal one that would lean to Limpwristing? What gun did she end up shooting? Just questions. I want to understand!