O-M-G! Can you be-lieve the mad marketing mavens at GLOCK thought people would actually carry a massive gat like the 42? Still, against all odds, the new example of Perfection seems to be all the rage. For some reason. Our friends at The Kentucky Gun Company were nice enough to zip one out to me. And when I picked it up at Top Gun Shooting Sports this morning, one employee walking past stopped dead in his tracks and said, “Hey, is that the new GLOCK?” and eagerly checked it out. Then another told me that everyone who works there wants to shoot it when I take ‘er out on the range for a test drive. But as you can see above, it’s far too big for any normal toter to carry comfortably. Still, I’ve recruited Dirk Diggler to help me break it in this weekend so look for a full review soon. And make the jump to see how this behemoth positively drwarfs a P3AT.
When you put the 42 up next to a P3AT it doesn’t look too big. I might actually be able to fit this in my pocket after all.
About the size of a mustang, not bad. Doesn’t exactly dwarf the p3at either.
I only glanced at the first picture and was immediately like ‘WTH!? What monster is that?’
It’s about 20% smaller than I thought it would be. My bad. The Glock hate was strong on this one…
Don’t feel bad.
I was pretty against it too until I handled it one in person. After feeling how light, thin, and compact it really feels, it’s gone back on my wish list.
wow… .380 in a gun size that others chamber 9mm yawn
Hey Cool glad to see Dirk getting some gun-time with the big boys.
…and yeah, pretty hard (even for a non-Glock-hater such as myself) to say that this gun isn’t awfully big and chunky – especially for a .380 (which is essentially a belly-gun caliber in my book). Now my confidence that they will eventually release a single stack 9 – that isn’t a chunk – is diminishing fast. Oh well, Glock 17, 19 and 22 are still awesome.
I’d love to see an LCP sitting on top of it for reference.
I’ve had about enough of the GLOCK BRAND GLOCK 42.
As an unabashed Dirk Diggler fan, all I can say is — booyah!
The man, the legend, the DIRK.
You have to incorporate Watts somehow.
Dirk, just call it “The gun we know Shannon Watts wants to carry.” In a big graphic……or “This is the action Shannon Watts really wants.”
“We tested the trigger and find it has a pull heavy enough for safety yet light enough to suit Shannon perfectly.” Just dedicate the review to her by ascription. At least that way you can have her on your mind guilt free. End the review with a sincere invitation to a range session. Standing. Kneeling. Prone.
Is that a Glock 42 in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Is that a Glock 42 in Dirk’s pocket or is he just happy to see Shannon?
“Firearms-related deaths amongst children – defined as someone under the age of 13 – are statistically insignificant (58 in 2010).”
I’m going to take this statistic apart a little bit. In the chart you cited, 58 is only for firearm homicides age 5-9, and does not include any firearm homicides age 10-14 (say, half of the 107 listed,) unintentional firearms age 10-14, (again, half of 26 listed,) and some portion of homicides age <9, (399 listed, but for firearms-related deaths maybe half again.) I won't count gun suicides, since we know from study after study that gun ownership does not correlate to suicide rates, but you know the Anti-s will. To make it look like 58 is the whole number for 'firearms-related deaths amongst children…under the age of 13' is disingenuous at best, and at worst is the kind of dishonest fact-shading that the Anti-s indulge in all the time, including in the study we're currently commenting on.
Don't mistake my intent here. The Pediatrics 'study' is a flawed, agenda-driven piece written by people who want to get rid of evil death-machines. But when we have the facts on our side, as we almost ALWAYS do, any distortion of those facts to prop up our arguments, intentional or not, lessens our credibility and hurts gun rights. Using the guesstimates for the firearms-related deaths I proposed above, there were 325 deaths in 2010 in children under 13 due to guns. Still an insignificant number, but one less prone to attack. You can quibble all you want about my methodology, (and should, since I did this sitting on my couch in a bathrobe while watching TV,) or dispute the number I came up with. But ultimately, we need to be far more intellectually honest and rigorous than the Anti-s. They've got the president, and Pediatrics, and the MSM, and Piers Morgan. All we have is the Truth About Guns.
Isn’t it funny, though, that the same army of halfwits that poured over every Bush quote with a fine tooth comb for even the tiniest inconsistency can’t be bothered to take your careful and considered approach?
“Real Men Love .380”
I think I saw that on a bumper sticker.
The news of this article appeared today in NBC News, accredited to Yale child abuse researcher John Leventhal. Her are my comments on that article, that claimed 10,000 child deaths and injuries from guns each year:
The article is MASSIVELY slanted–here is a link to a source providing FAR GREATER detail. http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/24555268/twenty-us-kids-hospitalized-each-day-for-gun-injuries-study
Things to notice: of the 20 “children” admitted to hospitals each day, 3 are under 15–meaning that 17 of 20 are over 15. Further, black males are 10 times as likely to get shot as white males. About 84 percent of these shootings involved teens aged 15 to 19, and two-thirds of those were related to assaults. [Aside from the unexplained fact that all shootings are “assaults”, mathematically, this works out to over 50% of shootings are gang-related assaults.] While the study’s database does not provide specifics, Leventhal said it’s natural to assume that gang violence explains some of these gunshot injuries.( Just SOME!?!?! ) The study includes 18-20 year olds, who in my book are not children, and further notes that the statistics peak for this age group. And while it is literally true that ALL shootings relate to “access to guns” (how could it be otherwise–no gun no shooting) this begs the question of how many are related to access to legally owned guns and/or accidental shootings caused by leaving a handgun where young children can obtain access, versus how many are caused by stolen weapons.
Of the 7000+ admitted to hospitals, only 6% die (about 420). The study does not control for use of stolen or illegal weapons–merely parroting the saw that an 18 year old can privately purchase a handgun; by this omission, the study implies that legal firearms are slaughtering our children, but adduces no evidence to support the proposition, and furthers the myth that 18 and 19 year olds, who are adults by almost any standard other than the purchase of handguns and alcohol.
So let’s do some speculative math. If 30% of children hit by gunfire are under 15, then we are talking 3000 kids a year, of whom fewer than 1000 will die, and of whom a statistically insubstantial number will be killed because of accidents or poor weapons storage practices. Seems to be, the elephant in the room is gang violence, and no one wants to address it–or silently admit that their only solution, as bad as it is, is to ban guns and blame the lack of background checks for children who cannot buy guns.
I still don’t understand how that glock trigger is considered a safety feature
“If we can save just one life, wouldn’t arming citizens be worth it?”
Yes.
LOL, reminds me of a Hi-Point .380
Seems kind of lame to me, who are they going to sell the machine gun versions to a few dealers maybe?
Its kind of like an AR Drilling I guess.
Last night NPR did a very short bit on the incident and then got a quote from MDA and that was it. No comment from the other side of the debate.
NPR. National Propaganda Radio
Find me the truth on Faux News.
If the gun was not available, I am sure the guy could have gone to the cheesy knife and sword store in the mall and bought a few sharp objects. Then walk to the store and kill those two people and himself. Oh, and the explosive devices. Isn’t that already illegal? Tell me how to stop that MDA. I would really like them to walk me step by step on how to prevent people from making homemade bombs.
“They truly believe that adding one more piece of paper to the pile of laws Darian Marcus Aguilar broke will finally put an end to the ‘gun violence epidemic.’”
They don’t believe it for one second, and that’s the point. After all that paper has stacked up to the ceiling, it will be time to emerge from underneath, sweaty and browbeaten, to declare that it is finally time to REPLACE the mountain of laws with one simple, common sense solution.
Colion hands down.
The Maryland mall shooting may finally be the moment when Moms Demand Action jumped the shark. Screaming for the same solutions to violent incidents, regardless of the relevance, is beginning to expose them for the extremist carnival barkers they have become. Instead of examing the facts, they reflexively call for the same, stale gun control prescriptions whether they work or not.
Even when their ideas are enacted and fail, they fail to admit the validity and effectiveness of any ideas that do not involve infringing on the rights of law-abiding Americans. For example, here in Colorado, our legislature and governor signed into a law a series of gun bills last year, including universal background checks and a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds, both measures that MDA advocates. Yet, none of the new or current gun laws failed to stop the tragedy at Arapahoe High School on Friday the 13th, December 2013.
The Arapahoe High School shooter passed his background check with flying colors, paid the fee (really a poll tax), purchased a hunting shotgun (not a semiautomatic rifle) and used no so-called “high-capacity” magazines. In fact, the shooter broke no law until he walked onto the “gun free” zone with his legally purchased shotgun and began his attack, which included three Molotov cocktails, one of which he used to ignite bookshelves in the library.
My son is an Arapahoe High School student and the only thing that stood between him, his classmates and the shooter was Deputy Sheriff James Englert. The proverbial “good guy with a gun” confronting the shooter with deadly force is what prevented what could have been a much greater tragedy (My story and that of thousands of other parents is here: http://jamesviser.com/?p=949).
Yet, Moms Demand Action and other extreme gun control groups fail to acknowledge the truth, and willfully dismiss the impact of Deputy Englert. Despite the Sheriff’s press conferences and evidence shared to date, gun control advocates have concocted a narrarative in their own minds that the shooter felt “bad” after fatally shooting Claire Davis and then took his own life. Projecting their own sensibilities into the mind of a mentally disturbed teenager is dangerous and blinds gun control advocates to the truth. The hard evidence showed that the attacker intended to visit more classrooms (he had the numbers of several classrooms written onto his arm) and visit his evil upon more of his classmates, including the teacher who kicked him off the speech and debate team.
We know what the Claire Davis family thinks of Deputy Englert. He was a pallbearer at her funeral.
I will continue to tell this story to whoever will listen. So long as MDA exploits tragedies and ignores the true causes of violence, then they are not serving the interests of our nation. Their McCarthyistic methods betray them not as a group of concerned citizens seeking a place at the table in cooperation with the gun rights community to develop pragmatic measures, but rather an organization driven by the desire to gain and wield power and influence. The general public is becoming slowly aware of this fact, and it may be that the momentum is turning against them.
i got to admit, the mda group is getting more annoying than the mayors against gun group… oh wait i forgot they are the same group just with different faces like Slim Shady and Eminem.
Did anyone else think she was talking into her wallet?
anyone use froglube? i received a free sample when i bought my hoppes viper snake went to the website seems a little too good to believe….any one use this product or are using this product?
Handled one at my favorite fun store. For IWB carry, this thing disappears on you. Pocket carry, not so much.
It’s still thick enough to be a dead giveaway. Squatting, sitting, any motion that flexes or compresses your thighs make it print badly. To get around this, having a pistol less than an inch thick is necessary, in my opinion. Something that can be mistaken as a smart phone.
The trigger is glock, no news there.
My small paws wrap around it comfortably. It’s a shame they didn’t just go double stack on it, but it’s fat enough as it is. Single stack would have nailed it in the thickness department. Stagger stacking adds a lot of bulk for a measly 1 more shot.
I can’t wait to take one for a spin, but it’s not priced close enough to my impulse buy threshold.
My favorite has to be Nutnfancy. He was the first guy I ever watched on youtube and I just like the guy. I’m a TNP’r for sure. I love the length of his videos, how much info and use he puts into his reviews, and I really love all the philosophy videos. I’m also (possibly) a bigger knife guy than a gun guy, so the knives, guns, and philosophy all in one channel, that I already really like and have followed for years? Has to be number 1. Nutnfancy was a big part of my beginnings and growth as a gun guy, I watch almost every one of his videos.
I also really like James Yeager. Every couple weeks he’ll make a comment about his opinion on religion that’ll really tick me off, but he puts up quality videos almost every day that are quick and useful. He’s just entertaining to watch, and he can shoot, and he’s true to himself, so I’ll be watching. I like FXHummel1/ Tactical Tunes as an add on to Yeager and for his thoroughly entertaining gun songs.
Colion Noir is just fantastic.
MAC, Sootch, Hickock, TheHossUSMC, Range Time with C&E, 50 thousand others… I watch and enjoy them all. But Nutn was first.
I also have been watching TheLateBoyScout for a very long time, since he was new to YouTube. I really like the mix of knives and guns, and the honest, useful reviews and thoughts. And he isn’t afraid to make a 40 minute video just showcasing multiple different knives every now and then, and he also will put out honest and useful reviews of truly low budget knives and gear, like Spyderco byrd knives. He just to me feels like he “gets” the obsession a select few of us have with every folding knife ever made, from $10-$1000, and the fact that training with your CCW or HD rifle/shotgun is just plain fun, and sometimes it feels people lose how fun even the most “serious” of shooting practice is.
Chris, et al: “car stopper” rounds:https://www.armamentresearch.com/armour-piercing-shotgun-projectiles-fired-during-protests-in-ukraine/
Why are people making these maps more complicated than they need to?
New Jersey Maryland and Hawaii do have provisions to issue permits. It does not matter if they do or not issue permits. The point of the map is to show that if you are lawfully able to carry then you can carry into a restaurant.
Map accuracy should not be preempted by political statements.
Dammit they blocked me…. 🙁
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So, is she saying that she is going to give up her armed private security and put big Gun Free Zone signs all around her home in the no longer gated community she lives in? Cause I can’t figure out anything else she is saying.
Man is always in a constant struggle to retain his rights. Left unchecked, he will lose to the usurpers. Even a great document like the constitution is no guarantee. It is only a piece of paper if it isn’t fought for. The efforts required in defense are dictated by the level of attack somewhat. Given that, man should always be on offense to gain the advantage.
This is why my future products are ‘crowd funded’ by the current products, instead of blowing it all on extravagant living… My customer are my funding, for the next project for my customers… Such a viciously awesome cycle of productivity and capitalism…
80% is silly anyway… I’m working on a “Negative Zero” percent rifle and pistol… Always prepare for the next attack, and before any of the fools started talking about “Ghost Guns” I was working on receivers you don’t need to buy/transport at all… And, no, not 3D printed. Real steel.
Oh, come on! I came here expressly FOR the Dirk comments.
Here’s a funny for everyone: I coach the local Pony Club kids in an event called “Mounted Games” What that basically consists of is hordes of girls under 14 galloping madly around in relay races 4-5 kids per team, on their ponies throwing balls into buckets or using hockey sticks to hit kick balls into a goal.
But that’s not important right now …
What is important is Pony Club is a National Organization and one of the biggest Rallies (inter-club team competition) that draws kids from all over to compete is the yearly spring Tetrathlon Rally: Ride (jumping on horse back), Swim, Run and Shoot. I think this particular Rally has been going on for decades, 20 years at least maybe 50. Longer in the UK where Pony Club originated.
http://www.ponyclub.org/?Tetrathlon
Being that Pony Club still has close ties to mounted Fox Hunting and is quite obviously a very outdoors focused sport, I note that the blue-bloods whose kids participate in Pony Club and in Tet, in particular, never seem to miss a beat insofar as purchasing the required air pistols for their kids or dragging them over to old Mr. Hassle’s property twice a week to practice target shooting for weeks on end.
Maybe there’s a lesson or a to-do here somewhere …
If I was married to that harpy, I am pretty certain I would be a statistic of gun violence…………….self-induced lead injection…….
Better still, maybe he needs to watch “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and take a lesson from Ike
just sayin’
could it be that this possibly a red herring paid for by the government to put out this warning, to reduce the number of rounds private gun owners actually possess? Just saying…
Just too thick to pocket carry. Not sure why anyone would buy a 380 unless pocket carry was the intended use. The Kahr CM9, Beretta Nano and Kimber Solo are all 9mm that are roughly the same size and weight. Its a Glock, so its reliable and well made, just thought they could have shaved a few more off of the gun to make it a true pocket carry weapon. If they would have I would buy it. As it stands the M&P Bodyguard or Kahr p380 are much better choices
Personally, I like to carry my P3AT in my back pocket. It looks like a wallet. The Glock 42 is too big for that, and if I’m carrying IWB I sure as hell won’t be carrying a 380. Just my thoughts…