THE ERGO-GLOCK MASH-UP
Mash-ups are popular these days. Facebook and YouTube are littered with songs and videos that blend two or more different songs into one new combined creation. Done poorly, the result is a gnarled, incomprehensible mess. Done well, the mash-up can be glorious. We often play this game in many different arenas, wishing for cars, TV shows, smartphones, and even spouses that are mash-ups of several others.
When it comes to handguns, it’s hard to deny the elegance and simplicity of Glock’s design. It’s robust, easy to service and modify, reasonably priced, comprised of a surprisingly low number of parts, and battle-proven. The ergonomics, however, are another story. While many appreciate it, Gaston’s idea of perfection also rubs many end users the wrong way, pun intended.
The HK VP9 is a pleasure to shoot and feels great; its ergonomics are fantastic. But it’s expensive. And it’s an HK, the company that brought us engineering marvels like the P7 staple gun, which was incredibly innovative but doomed unsuspecting owners who tried to disassemble it beyond its major parts to a panicked state, staring at a disparate
