[Tim Hancock]

I have the 34 which is the same as the 35 except it is 9mm instead of .40. While I never cared for Glocks before, I chose the 34 as it is well proven in IDPA style pistol competitions. I would never pick a Glock for bullseye competition, but for run and gun timed shooting competitions Glocks are at the top of the list.

When I first started shooting it, I had just completed a winter indoor .22 bullseye league shooting a 1.8 lb trigger 7" bull barreled Ruger Mark II and I struggled with the Glock's heavy trigger and different grip. After about 1000 rounds however, I started to like it and now after developing a solid very high thumbs forward grip and decent index, I have gone from a "novice" lower mid pack IDPA shooter to often beating some "expert" class shooters and many of the "sharpshooter" class shooters in local matches.

The Glocks are the most popular but Springfield XD's and some CZ's also are good proven platforms for this style of shooting. Of course there are also a bunch of 1911's in the CDP (.45) division, but I have witnessed many failures in the middle of scenarios with many of the 1911's including some pricy Kimbers. I have never had nor have I witnessed a single failure in a competition involving a Glock. The d@mn things are just plain reliable in competition whether old or new... clean or dirty.