BigAl Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 HK3 G17 Gen3 - I spent 3 hours stippling the frame, shrinking the finger grooves and undercutting the trigger guard in the hopes that it'll prevent me from selling it, buying a 1911, then realising Glocks are far more practical and fit my hand better all over again. Well if you do decide to sell it and buy another 1911 give me a shout. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Well if you do decide to sell it and buy another 1911 give me a shout. Heh, truth be told you'd be better off buying a new one man - £75 shipped from ShooterCBgear via the cheaper postage option, no customs and got here in a week If I sold it it'd only be worth £70-80 at best, and that's not even half a 1911 these days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Yeah, but I ain't got the patience to do the stippling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 It's not too bad if you sit down and half watch a film or something whilst you do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 It really is fairly easy, just takes a while! Failing that, I'm unemployed, so buy a Glock, wing it my way along with £20 and I'll do it for you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emp3ror86 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Whitehawk, is your light a real one or replica? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AG1212 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 What torch is that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bladerunner168 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Inforce APL http://www.inforce-mil.com/pistol-lights.php 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agent Hunk Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Echo-1 Timberwolf. Streamlight TLR. Guarder barrel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Oh boy. GLOCK USA's got some scary lawyers, eh? Slightly on topic - what I'm currently reading: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFull9 Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 That frame's based on a RS part though right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I think it's just a Glock look-a-like modified just enough in size and shape to get away from Glock law suits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agent Hunk Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Not exactly. Lonewolf Timberwolf frame. Edited October 29, 2013 by Agent Hunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Ahm, right. My bad! http://www.lonewolfdist.com/products.aspx?CAT=3168 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emp3ror86 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 How come the Glock is considered to be America's gun? I know they got a factory there but it is from Austria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mimesis Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 How come the Glock is considered to be America's gun? I know they got a factory there but it is from Austria. Because of market penetration in the US. Some crazy percentage of all handguns owned in the US are Glocks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emp3ror86 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thanks, did not know that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Desert.Express Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Because of market penetration in the US. Some crazy percentage of all handguns owned in the US are Glocks. No wonder. It's one of the most reliable handguns around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Yerp. ...commanding 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock Yeh. They got a bit of the pie in LE section. I don't know, I think lately, with the Stark Glock 19 (yeh yeh I know I don't stop), that the Glock is my favorite handgun overall. But it changes over time, 6 months ago it was the 1911 and so on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 My favourite Handgun is a 1911 or an M9, but the most practical, reliable, and easy to shoot/operate/use pistol I know of (I'm talking Airsoft but I imagine the R/S fits most of those categories) is a Glock. Glocks are boring, you can't do a lot of fancy shiney external pimp mods to them, they look fairly dull and every single control surface is exactly where it should be, it's fully adaptable to anything you need it to be, and it just works. I love Glocks as much as I hate them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrAlexanderTobacco Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I agree. There's something so incredibly utilitarian about them, almost ugly - but the aesthetic grew on me for sure. Ergonomically they're my favourite pistol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-MOOSE- Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hwagan, Glocks are incredibly reliable when it comes to the real steel versions, it also helps that airsoft Glocks are reliable as hell! At least in my experience they are. Of course, you should be able to find a few horror stories about reliability when it comes to any firearm but with the tests that Glocks are put through and the quality control of the company, there should not be a risk of failure. As long as you'd treat it well, but that goes with any firearm. Though this pertains to real Glocks and not airsoft Glocks, I have heard a story from a friend who is a SWAT Officer. He accidentally left his off-duty Glock on the top of his squad car, and he beats himself up for that mistake! He drove down the highway at 70mph and heard something scraping on the roof, when he looked in his rear-view mirror he could see this little black blob flying off of his car. Of course, he turned around when he was able to and stopped to pick it up, with one side of the slide and frame completely scratched, pretty deep into the metal and the plastic. The sights were knocked off, with a little damage to the slide where the sights are mounted. Even though its the SOP to have a round chambered for his SWAT Team, the Glock did not go off. He took it to a local shooting range and asked one of the employees if it was safe to fire and if it was able to be fixed, since he didn't want to show all of his team members what had happened! The employee racked the slide back a few times and listened carefully, and gave the word that it was in good enough condition to fire safely. My friend did shoot a good number of rounds through it, even without the sights, and went home to write a letter to Glock about how impressed he was that it would be able to take much more abuse that he expects in the line of duty, and Glock responded with another "thank you" letter with a few cool small things, as well as offering to fix/replace the gun for a decent fee. The ended up replacing it completely and he payed out of his own pocket because he didn't want the department to deal with it all. Unfortunately, he had to pay for it, but business is business and someone has to pay someone else... I don't know if it is alright to post a story about a real firearm on the airsoft boards, so if it is not accepted I will completely understand if the moderators and/or administrators were to delete this part of my post(and send me a PM with a warning or something, but I'd appreciate to keep my warning points at 0, thank you). Anyway, there are actually a lot of different things that one can do to a Glock to make it more unique or make it more "high-speed." The Echo 1 Timberwolf that Agent Hunk posted on the previous page is a nice example of a "high-speed" yet modest set up for a Glock. Which makes me want to trade in my KWA Glock18c for one of those, but I'm generally happy with my Glock as it is, it's extremely reliable but has no "cool-guy" accessories besides an Insight M3 light. Most of the Glock accessories on the market seem to be parts to make ones Glock into a Race-Gun, there is still a decent number of accessories that are more military oriented. It's true though, at the end it is still a boring Glock, and you cannot really take that away from the gun. *suitcase*, I love Glocks because of the simple and straight-to-the-point design, but I'll still admit that it's a pretty boring design(besides that TimberWolf). After all, it's designed to be a utilitarian combat pistol! Enough talk from me... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Hwagan, Glocks are incredibly reliable when it comes to the real steel versions, it also helps that airsoft Glocks are reliable as hell! At least in my experience they are. Of course, you should be able to find a few horror stories about reliability when it comes to any firearm but with the tests that Glocks are put through and the quality control of the company, there should not be a risk of failure. As long as you'd treat it well, but that goes with any firearm. See I think this may be the first time I've been able to say 'Cool story, Bro' on the internet without the slightest trace of sarcasm; I know our own armed forces have recently adopted the Glock as the standard sidearm, after years of our Armed police carrying them. I've unfortunately not got to use a real Glock, but I honestly don't believe they'd have earned the reputation they currently have without being seriously decent firearms. Still, that's not the first story along those lines I've read about Glocks, and I'm sure it won't be the last - I very much admire Glock for the countless lives they've probably saved under adverse conditions, and hearing that one will take that kind of abuse and still do what it needs to do is a good example of the fact they're so well engineered and built Even Airsoft-wise, TM's Glock 17, and now the HK3 G17 I own have never, ever, ever let me down. Admittedly I don't depend on them for my life, but I have a feeling if I ever manage to get into the states it'll be the first handgun I purchase. When I say Glocks can't be pimped, I mean more along the lines of the detailing and controls - A 1911 has so many controls and parts that you can build some really nice, unique, shiney pistols. With a Glock, they're either race gun oriented (which in my opinion usually looks silly on a Glock), or very military-esque, which I prefer. Mine has a stippled and re-profiled frame for now, and I keep looking at it wondering what I'd like to change; But even the standard sights work so well for me, all I can think of adding is a light, and potentially a threaded barrel with a protector for a bit more of an aggressive look. I'm a huge fan of tinkering with my guns and changing bits and bobs so they suit me better, but that's why I have a love/hate thing for the Glock - It's so well designed from the factory, there's almost nothing I can do to it that'll improve it any! Edited October 29, 2013 by hwagan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-MOOSE- Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I definitely agree with you when you say that it's either Race-Gun or military/police type Glocks out there, very seldom do you ever see anything that's as personalized as some 1911's. I guess you could CNC the slide to trim off metal, much like Chris Costa's M&P's have been made. If you've got a steady hand you might even be able to do it with a dremel, but I would not really recommend that! It does make me want to trim down my Glock's slide and stipple the frame, to make it more "high-speed." Possibly adding a small red-dot sight on the slide, but all this is just a dream, it's not going to happen... I, too, like the threaded barrel with a thread protector, it looks very aggressive and mean! Again, I don't think that I will ever modify my Glock, unless something breaks on it I wont replace anything. Nothing has broken in the 6 or so years that I have owned it, it hasn't been used very frequently but I find that impressive nonetheless. Since I am a number of months shy of 21, I cannot own any handguns in the US, and since I got a Green Card not too long ago, I have not been able to save up enough to buy any real firearms. I've got enough things that I need to spend money on anyway. When my father got his American Green Card, the first thing he said was that he was going to buy himself a Glock... He got the chance to shoot it a few times in the Swedish Army and he instantly loved the gun! He still has not bought one though... restoring a few classic cars suck up all the cash! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Danke Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I see triggers, floorplates, slide catches and mag releases. And of course frames and slides from the race gun foo foo to tac guy hard as nails. Maybe you just need to look a bit harder for parts. I have 3 on the bench being built right now, all a bit different. As for torture tests, read this one. http://theprepared.com/content/view/90/administrator/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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