10 Year Challenge

[TC215]

I’ve been seeing the “10 Year Challenge” all over social media, where people are posting pictures of themselves 10 years ago verses now. It got me thinking about where I was with firearms a decade ago compared with today.

10 years ago I was all about the 1911. The Dan Wesson Guardian in 9mm was my favorite gun (still is, really) and I bought a new Les Baer, which was my most expensive firearm purchase at the time. I was issued an HK USP .45.











10 years later, I only own one 1911, and almost exclusively carry and shoot Glocks. I’m also living the dot-life. Kind of depressing, really.

[Jared]

It was about 10 years ago I found PF. Still got the 92a1 I was using when I found this place too. It’s semi retired now, but I still got it.

[Catshooter]

Ten years ago I was still carrying my S&W Shorty Forty Five. It was about then that I was discovering that Smith's support of all of the 3rd Gens was fast disapearing, much to my disappointment.

I bought my first Glock in late '88 (a 19) and still was into them so I went back to them. 23, 27, and then finally landed on the 39. My fingers are just too short for a 21/30, no matter how hard I try wish it otherwise. And I've always been a .45 guy. I remember when the GAP was being developed but have no idea why I never tried it before. The 39 fits perfectly and massages my .45 bump just right.

[blues]

I bought my first Glock in late '88 (a 19)...

Same here.

Still going strong...in part thanks to your advice about sending it back to Smyrna for warranty work, as I recall. (Crack / chip at mag well a few years back.)

[Catshooter]

Good to hear that worked out Blues.

Mine was new in the box with a $10 discount. $239.95 The 23 I bought when they first came out I had to pay full retail for.

'Course out '88 date somewhat pre-dates the ten year mark. Can't speak for you but I'm getting to be an old man.

[pangloss]

Ten years ago, my carry guns were a Gen 3 Glock 26 that I bought in 2009 and a Gen 3 Glock 19 that I bought in 2011. Now my carry guns are the same Glock 26 (often in the same holster I was using in 2009/2010), a Gen 5 Glock 19, or a Glock 43 depending on the occasion. My bedside pistol in 2012 was a Glock 17.4 and still is now, though it currently has a Surefire attached to it. I think I bought my S&W 432PD in 2011. I don't carry it much now that I have a G43.

I bought my first Glock, a 17.2, in the early 90s. By 2009 when I started shooting regularly and carrying, I'd figured out that it would be hard to beat a small Glock. That saved me a lot of time and money.

[theJanitor]

I'm still solidly a 1911 guy. No change since I bought my first pistol in the 90's......a 1911

[Duelist]

This 642-2 has been my primary carry gun since I bought it new at the end of 2003/start of 2004.

In 2012, I think I had sold my CZ75B SA, but I might have still been running it as a competition gun. Regardless, my carry pistol then was a 3913.

I still carry the same 642, but my primary semiauto carry gun is now a G26.

Days that I carry something besides one or the other or both of those two are very, very rare. I did just buy a 442-1, so if I’m wise, the new no-lock gun will take over as the carry gun and the 642 will become a trainer/spare.

That hasn’t happened yet, though.

[Darth_Uno]

10 years ago I was all about the 1911. The Dan Wesson Guardian in 9mm was my favorite gun (still is, really) and I bought a new Les Baer, which was my most expensive firearm purchase at the time. I was issued an HK USP .45.

10 years later, I only own one 1911, and almost exclusively carry and shoot Glocks. I’m also living the dot-life. Kind of depressing, really.

Wow, that’s almost a copy of me. I too owned several 1911’s, and had just purchased a Baer. Now I’m down to one 1911, and have several Glocks. The Baer’s gone, and I don’t miss it. Kinda wish I’d kept my Dan Wesson CBOB though.

I was just telling someone I hadn’t shot a match in a couple years, and then I realized it’s been at least 10 years.

But with access to private property that lets me run drills I couldn’t on a “normal” range, I’d like to say I’m a much better shooter than I was 10 years ago. Or at least I’ve gotten better at gaming the drills. 😁

[Kyle Reese]

A decade ago I was carrying a Gen 3 Glock 19 in Afghanistan and a Gen 3 Glock 17 here at home.

Today I’m heavily invested in Gen 5 Glocks and a Staccato P. I thoroughly enjoy shooting the Gen 5s and the Staccato and appreciate the attributes of both platforms.


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