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Whilst a hunting license in Germany allows you unlimited rifles and shotguns and combination guns, it only allows you 2 handguns and these have to be preapproved by the local police firearms unit - unlike rifles and shotguns which you can buy over the counter.

I have a small S&W .38 which a friend convinced me to buy for small money, which I sometimes carry when hunting pigs.

One of our hunting group is retiring from hunting and I have picked up his Glock 19 Gen 3 for USD 150/-

Registered at the police within 4 days and off to the range tomorrow afternoon!

Never owned a pistol before, used many but first time owning one.

Every review I have read and watched on the Gen 3 seems pretty good. Will see for myself now.

Happy days!

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Gen 3 glocks work well

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Spent some time at the range - 10 mags x 5 rounds, targets at 25 m (standard range in most German clubs), pretty accurate and easy to shoot.

Happy days!

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My G19 will eat anything I feed it. I have intentionally mixed the rounds in the magazine and it just spits them out. I forget which Gen mine is - I think 3rd, but can't recall.

I own and have shot Glocks since the 80's.

I was a armorer for a 500 man department that used Glocks when I left.

They are good handguns.

But any of the Major manufactures out there make good handguns.

But with any thing made on a assembly line a small percentage come through with problems.

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p dog shooter - thanks for sharing that info. Here in Germany / Europe carry is forbidden so the Glock that I have now got will serve 2 purposes -

1/ as a follow up on wounded pigs when hunting at night and if necessary to follow a blood trail with my dog after a wounded pig

2/ for driven pig hunts in winter - again if a wounded pig / deer or if the dogs bay up a pig. I don't like carrying a rifle when going with the dogs as it just gets caught on all the brush and trees et cetera. Hence I decided for a handgun and then the chance came up to buy the Glock 19 Gen 3!

Will see how things go!

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2/ for driven pig hunts in winter - again if a wounded pig / deer or if the dogs bay up a pig. I don't like carrying a rifle when going with the dogs as it just gets caught on all the brush and trees et cetera. Hence I decided for a handgun and then the chance came up to buy the Glock 19 Gen 3!

I have followed up wounded and non wounded bears in very thick brush, swamps ect. While a pack of hounds have had them bayed.

I have found that a 41 or 44 mag revolver Works well.

Gets the adrenaline running for sure. When ones gets within muzzle touching distance. To place the shot so one doesn't endanger the hounds.

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Gets the adrenaline running for sure. When ones gets within muzzle touching distance. To place the shot so one doesn't endanger the hounds.

Exactly! Agree with you on the 40 mags but have gone with the 9 mill as it will cover my bases on driven boar and deer here in Germany plus easy ammo and easy at the range!

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I just ordered my first Glock, a mod 43 or 43X, its the slim line,whatever that is//

Ray my daughter bought the 43x. The slide release is a bit of a problem for her so I hope its not the same for you. I know the kahr gave you issues.

I tried one locally and got by..BTW I found a set of those hand workout V shaped with springs, Used them every day as many repetitions as I could handle with my wore out hands and it worked to a degree I can work the slide and feed the clip with effort but not yet good enough for a combat situation, but it gets a little better every day..still going to sell the Kahr and get a more doable gun, Ordered the G43X, the S&W is the best on operation, Its designed for us curmudgeons and little old ladies..

Ray keep up the hand exerciser. Took me months to increase my hand strength after an injury.

Frist started with a very soft ball. then the V springs. One rep now dozens.

I had two roping incidents and now arthritis as a result and they worked to keep me roping once out of the cast..should have stuck with the work out, but Im back OnTrack now and it seems to be working..

Arthritis in the hands and thumbs is a game changer for us older guys. I carried a 1911 daily for almost 4 decades. Today, it's almost impossible for me to manipulate a full sized 1911 at a level where I would be comfortable carrying one as a defensive pistol. I simply can't execute the various manipulation drills at a sufficiently high enough degree of proficiency. I've transitioned to a variety of the modern, polymer guns, settling on the Sig 365 Macro. The Sig P365 Macro and similar guns have kept me in the game....so far.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread. Congrats to you, Charlie on your Glock. I hope you enjoy it.

GEN three magazine springs are probably weak because of age either change them out or simply buy some newer magazines

Im back up and running with my workout and it worked 100%,,

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GEN three magazine springs are probably weak because of age either change them out or simply buy some newer magazines

Take the springs out and stretch them-----unload your magazines when not in use!

It's not good for any spring to be constantly compressed.