Yesterday I shot a Glockenspiel 18C!!! So aweso… wait… no, make that a Glock 18C (damn you, autocorrect). I shot a Glock 18C and I loved it. A lot! For those who don’t know, the G18 (and G18C) is selective fire version of the Glock 17. This means that it has fire-control switch mounted to the rear left side of the slide that allows for single shot fire or full-auto fire modes. The 18C is a ported version is supposed to help combat muzzle rise during full auto fire.
Created at the behest of an Austrian counter terrorism unit, know by the amazingly awesome moniker of ‘EKO Cobra’, the G18 is not (and I mean NEVER) allowed to be owned by a ‘regular’ citizen. Instead these all reside in the hands of law-enforcement and military agencies. “But wait” you say, “how did you get to shoot one then?” The one exception to this rule is that certain gun shops that are also licensed to build firearms for law-enforcement agencies may build G18’s. These can’t leave the gun stores premises in the hands of the average person, but can be fired in the facility.
Now, I have to say that I’ve fired a fair number of full-auto guns in the past including AR-15s, Kriss Vectors, various large format machine-guns, and quite a few MP5s, but nothing (aside from perhaps a mini-gun) compares to the G18. With a cyclic rate of over 1,100 rounds per minute (that’s over 18 rounds per second), the auto-pistol chews through a 33 round magazine in under 2 seconds. For those who have had the pleasure of shooting an automatic MP5, you were firing about 650 rounds per minute. Think about that. The G18’s fire rate is almost double that and that fact is, quite frankly, INSANE!!! Even on the ported, compensated 18C, the muzzle climb is unbelievable. I’m 6’0? tall, weight 220lbs, can bench my weight and have a lot of experience with automatic weapons and this thing almost got away from me. That being said, given another chance, I’d shoot one again without hesitation.
My one regret for the day, not having any video to share with you guys. Sorry about that, but i was sooooo excited that I forgot to even take photos of the gun. I was, as they say, giddy as school boy. Cheers!
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