Never say never

I have mixed feelings about glock too. I think there ugly as all get out but yet when I shoot them I cant help but like them a little bit. I think I just might end up with one too.
 
My CC is a Detonics Combat Master 32 years young...I like Steel guess I'm Old School...had a Glock once traded for Sig 229 just didn't feel right....Got friends that swear by 'em??!!!
 
lsheldon said:
I'm a fan of green and black too. Only difference is that I'm a Sig guy. This is my 9/81 dated former German Police P6. Had it refinished with a green frame with slide and controls black and Hogue old style OD / Black G10 grips.





Goes well with my green and black Tank Buster.


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Oh baby that's a sweet combo, goes together like red/ white / blue
 
aaaa_cccc said:
Be careful with this, you can cause some serious issues if you don't do this right.
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That goes without saying for a large number of cheap tricks people post...what works for one person can spell disaster for another...I've repaired a number of botched trigger jobs for friends over the years!
My first question to them was "Why didn't you bring it to me to begin with"?? They know I've been building guns for 30 years. Its all about the .25 cent trigger job....:D
 
Busto said:
That goes without saying for a large number of cheap tricks people post...what works for one person can spell disaster for another...I've repaired a number of botched trigger jobs for friends over the years!
My first question to them was "Why didn't you bring it to me to begin with"?? They know I've been building guns for 30 years. Its all about the .25 cent trigger job....:D
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I'm much more inclined to recommend the 1,000 rd. trigger job over the .25 cent one to those sort of people. It costs a bit more but does smooth things out pretty well, the trigger time is worth it anyways and there's no chance of you turning your new piece into a turd.
 
aaaa_cccc said:
I'm much more inclined to recommend the 1,000 rd. trigger job over the .25 cent one to those sort of people. It costs a bit more but does smooth things out pretty well, the trigger time is worth it anyways and there's no chance of you turning your new piece into a turd.
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Its a bit more expensive but all the mating surfaces of hammer,trigger,sear polish evenly...I have had customers say that the firearm given them by Grandpa had the smoothest action trigger ever...Well DUH...Gramps put that 1,000 rounds down range on meat and varmints!!! you can accelerate that if you take the time and use the proper stones and square it all up...GO S L O W....you can take material off you can't glue it back...:eek:
 
-BEEF- said:
I have mixed feelings about glock too. I think there ugly as all get out but yet when I shoot them I cant help but like them a little bit. I think I just might end up with one too.
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I bet you end up with two. :D
 
-BEEF- said:
I have mixed feelings about glock too. I think there ugly as all get out but yet when I shoot them I cant help but like them a little bit. I think I just might end up with one too.
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I bet you end up with two. :D
 
I have no idea what 25 cent trigger job your talking about? What I am talking about is using 25 cents worth of fitz metal polish on the end of a q-tip to polish mating surfaces. No metal removal at all to speak just polish.
Busto said:
Its a bit more expensive but all the mating surfaces of hammer,trigger,sear polish evenly...I have had customers say that the firearm given them by Grandpa had the smoothest action trigger ever...Well DUH...Gramps put that 1,000 rounds down range on meat and varmints!!! you can accelerate that if you take the time and use the proper stones and square it all up...GO S L O W....you can take material off you can't glue it back...:eek:
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high desert said:
I have no idea what 25 cent trigger job your talking about? What I am talking about is using 25 cents worth of fitz metal polish on the end of a q-tip to polish mating surfaces. No metal removal at all to speak just polish.
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The technique you are describing is not actually going to do much, using flitz and q-tip just leaves you with shiny metal surfaces that are still imperfect and is almost an exercise in futility. What is actually required is to use some sort of stone (arkansas, water, diamond) to grind off burrs and casting imperfections smooth up the action.

This is exactly how TR Graham (THE Glocksmith) does his action work and demonstrates in the video "Making Glock's Rock", which I recommend highly for anybody wanting to learn more about working on Glock's. He uses a couple of arkansas stones to remove burrs and other stamping imperfections on many of the critical parts (not all though) and then finishes with Flitz for the final polish.

Being that removing some metal is required, many people do not know not only how much metal to remove but also specifically where to NOT remove metal. The Glock trigger group is very reliable as it comes from the factory, yet many people end up ruining them in the pursuit of 1911 type feel (which you will never get with a Glock trigger anyways).

Doing the 1,000 rd. trigger job ends up with pretty much the same result as doing the $.25 job, but you don't risk any problems with function. The bonus it that you get to practice actually running the gun in the process.
 
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Maybe someday I will talk myself into a Glock.

For some reason they don't naturally point for me. I can pull up a 1911 and the sights just seem to fall into place but on a Glock I am always front sight high. Just don't seem to have the right shaped hand for a Glock. But from everything I have read you can't beat them for reliability.

Garth
 
Garth Reckner said:
Maybe someday I will talk myself into a Glock.

For some reason they don't naturally point for me. I can pull up a 1911 and the sights just seem to fall into place but on a Glock I am always front sight high. Just don't seem to have the right shaped hand for a Glock. But from everything I have read you can't beat them for reliability.

Garth
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I had an opportunity to use my G23 the other day. Had to take out a 800 lb bull that could not be caught (long story on this one). I did have one failure to feed with it. I had it loaded with the Zombie max ammo (same as Critical Defense) and I think the polymer tip caught on the barrel and caused it. I read that others have had the same thing happen but it is an easy fix,you just trim off the excess polymer that sticks out of the hollow point. When I did this I could not make one hang up in it no matter how I tried to chamber it. This was the first time I have ever had a feed problem with a Glock. It also may have been the brand new lone wolf guide rod I had just installed as well.
On a side note a really large animal will make you loose much of the confidence you have in your firearm.
 
While I prefer the Gen 3's, that new Od does look good! I've got a 17 with gills, but I've decided to get a 26 in fde.
 
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