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Buy ammo and practice instead. +1
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Aftermarket handgun schit is fine but the problem is that most people aren’t shooting to their capability or their handgun’s potential before they start fugking it.
If you’re doing drills and consistently improving, why fugk with your handgun? Only when a shooter starts to plateau should a guy start fugking with them.
Obviously this wouldn’t apply to a master class shooter because they’re already at… master class. But for most Joe Schit Wanna Glock, they are gimmicks.
Quality sights are another matter but again, most shooters never take the time to get a real baseline to determine which sights they prefer or shoot the fastest.
You’ll see this all the time at a USPSA local match. People spend money on parts instead of spending money on the important schit. Which is ammo, match fees, and gas. That's a long winded way of reminding people that the saying "just because you bought a really nice table saw doesn't mean you're a master carpenter/cabinet maker" is true, and applies equally to guns/gunfighting.
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All my Glocks have night sights installed. On my G20 I also installed a 20# spring. Other than that, they are all stock. New springs every 5k, and strip to clean the firing pin channel every 1k. About 20k rounds through my G17, 2k G43, 5k G20, and 5k G27.
Manny
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For shooters that like to mess w/ their guns these are good times. Start w/ a Glock and you have a dependable gun. When I first started shooting USPSA and then IDPA everyone was trying to get a 1911 design gun to run through an entire match. $2-3k guns were common and still choked w/ amazing regularity.
Now you can buy a Glock, put good sights on it and go compete. To get better, money can be spent on a shot timer and ammo. It is wonderful to be able to buy a low cost, competitive gun that is unmatched for reliability. There are lots of aftermarket goodies for those that want them but none increase the gun's factory stock reliability.
mike r
Don't wish it were easier
Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that.
Craig Douglas ECQC
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Aftermarket handgun schit is fine but the problem is that most people aren’t shooting to their capability or their handgun’s potential before they start fugking it.
If you’re doing drills and consistently improving, why fugk with your handgun? Only when a shooter starts to plateau should a guy start fugking with them.
Obviously this wouldn’t apply to a master class shooter because they’re already at… master class. But for most Joe Schit Wanna Glock, they are gimmicks.
Quality sights are another matter but again, most shooters never take the time to get a real baseline to determine which sights they prefer or shoot the fastest.
You’ll see this all the time at a USPSA local match. People spend money on parts instead of spending money on the important schit. Which is ammo, match fees, and gas. That's a long winded way of reminding people that the saying "just because you bought a really nice table saw doesn't mean you're a master carpenter/cabinet maker" is true, and applies equally to guns/gunfighting. Oh, sure. Throw that in the ducks face. Sheesh.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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While not a Glock guy, I put a nice set of checkered wood grips on my sig Sauer P226 and bought a .22 RF conversion for it for more economical practice. I shoot plenty of .22 & 9mm with it every time I go to the range.
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I try to avoid working on other people's guns anymore, but occasionally I get talked into it. When I was an armorer for a couple different organizations and U.S. embassy locations in sunny vacation destinations, every once in a while people would bring me a Glock that was not working properly.
Almost always, better than probably (guessing) 97% of the time, the solution was to take out whatever aftermarket items someone had put in the gun and replace them with factory Glock parts. Then the guns ran perfectly. The other very rare occasions that there was a problem, it was a simply worn out spring. Replace with new parts and they were back in action.
The closer to stock you keep a Glock, the more reliable they will be, is a good general rule to follow. Pick a set of night sights and go from there.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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Campfire Ranger
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The closer to stock you keep a Glock, the more reliable they will be, is a good general rule to follow. Pick a set of night sights and go from there.
That is some real sage advice. Sights really are the only upgrade for them.
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The closer to stock you keep a Glock, the more reliable they will be, is a good general rule to follow. Pick a set of night sights and go from there.
That is some real sage advice. Sights really are the only upgrade for them. Yep just sights and a smooth trigger shoe swap on the serrated models, which is my personal preference.
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