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Some minor changes that make this 17L an "elegant sufficiency." 1) White Sound Defense extractor spring assembly: http://www.whitesounddefense.com/products/H.R.E.D.-9mm.html 2) Hi Viz front fiber optic sight: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/238182/hiviz-tall-front-sight-glock-17l-24-34-35-215-height-steel-080-diameter-fiber-optic-with-6-interchangeable-lite-pipes 3) Taylor Freelance 3.3oz Seattle Slug: http://shop.taylorfreelance.com/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=16&zenid=3912916851d219142a2b5d4745423138 4) 6lb vs 5lb stock - trigger spring: http://www.rockyourglock.com/custom/TriggerSprings/RYG-33222BK4.htm 5) Fulcrum Stainless Steel trigger: http://www.glockworx.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=379295&CAT=3688 6) Titanium firing pin safety: http://www.glockworx.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=156048&CAT=3689 7) .25 cent trigger job These things make a Glock way better than stock.

I particularly like this style of knive where the belly is lower than your hand so you can do work on surfaces without your knuckles getting in the way or in the material being cut or for scraping. This top pictured knife and the 3rd one in the group picture are my favorites.

I've seen the Harbor Freight bench online just today. Seems reasonable. My buddy going to gunsmith school says they take hockey pucks and drill or file slots.

Wheeler and Brownells has the little 4" round ones mostly for 1911s. I would think there would be someone who has made bigger ones that have holes, slots and grooves for a wide variety of applications, slides, receivers, barrels, etc. When you are messing with pistol slides they need to be secured to hammer sights in or out- a series of holes would be nice. Even some slide sized slots. Or when you need to hammer out a rifle sight it would be nice to have something better than laying it on the carpet and put wood under the gun until you can whack the sight. I've got a 12" x 12" x 1&1/2" thick piece of delrin. It is nice to hammer stuff on but to have something other than a hole in it, slots for instance, it either needs to be milled or molded to have slots. Hyskore used to make this: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/728938/hyskore-professional-gunsmith-bench Any ideas?

Is there case law that supports this contention? And if it comes to a court case, no smart-ass lawyer can claim you ambushed his client and shot him without warning. With the barking dogs he had plenty of warning and knew he was trespassing. Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

caster, talk to me. I am the king of cheap. When it comes down to it, glock is the king of value: simplicity, reliability, durability, shootability, availability. I bought a G19 that a guy's dog chewed up for a song. I did a grip reduction, as well as a stipple job and it looks like any other 500.00 dollar Glock I have massacered in the name of personal ergonomics. forget the pretenders in value - go Glock. Ohers pretend the same thing, but simply can't deliver. Yeah I wish that Glock didn't make 65% profit on each gun sold, so that I could buy more beer per gun bought, even so I think Glocks are still an economically sound product.

Unless it is proprietary or you are making a living at - in which case I completely understand - What type woodburning or soldering iron tip are you using? If any of you are looking to get yourself in trouble and already haven't done it - you can polish up most any gun part using these: http://www.amazon.com/10pc-Diamond-Rubber-Emery-Polishing/dp/B005UD5D36 When doing a feedramp I prefer a Dremel paper cone bit with some jewelers rouge, but when doing stamped Glock parts I like to speed through the process with rubber bits impregnated with diamond or silicon carbide.

better question may be "who has one?" Looking on Glock Talk there is allegedly 148,000 backorders on Glocks. Right now my favorite gun store can't get a blue label G19 from Craigs and has no idea when they might be available. I personally watched a young GI take a beeline to Guns and Leather when my favorite gun store owner called G&L for the guy to see if they had a G19. They had several. He left the store for Greenbrier like a scalded cat.

Flocking Glocks?

Things are getting out of hand. Only 1 Glock is stock.

I have a couple LCRs and I like them. I have only owned one 60 and don't own it any longer. I recently shot a friends Pro Series Mdl 60. Nice gun but I did't like the balance or the stock trigger. The 60 is a great gun that can be nicely tuned but the LCR has a pretty nice stock trigger, but the stroke is longer than a 60's.

Gen 3 19 or 23, due to CCW ease in a duty size pistol. You can always alter the grip. However, if you are interested in setting up one frame for multiple calibers the 23 would be the way to go. With conversion barrels and mags, other calibers and .22 conversions you can fire 9, .40. 357 Sig, .22LR off the same 23 frame and the 3 centerfire calibers using the same slide set-up save maybe changing recoil springs.

Simple to operate and maintain due to so few and reliable "cheap" parts. Guns are all merely variations on a pipe and nail. The more complicated they get I suspect reliabity suffers whether it is due to hard use, weather, etc. I like Glocks because they are simple and you don't have to look hard for accessories or parts. If you break it or mar it who cares, its a Glock. Easy and fast to clean too. Requires little care. Sort of like the hammer I have had for 50 years.

I had an FNP 9 for a while too. Just didn't trip my trigger. However, I am a bit disappointed to see that the Yellow FN wasn't really yellow;)

Great price if you are in the Knoxville area. Looks like I will save myself the 420 mile round trip and just buy through the local Sub Dealer for what appears on standard 9mm stock sight Glocks about a 40.00 (10%) mark up. It would cost me more in gas than the 40.00 mark-up and then there is 6-8 hours or so consumed by the process of getting there and back, barring no snafus by TICS.

Predator laser sights? Wonder where I can one of those, wait, I know....

So, if I qualify can I buy a Glock from Craig's today for 398 OTD or is it 398 x 1.095 (TN Sales Tax) + 10 (Background check) = 445.91?

The issue is that all LEO/Mil dealers in a 5 state area are subdealers of one primary dealer. The primary dealer buys them for one price, sells them to sub dealers. If the OTD price is 490, which includes TN 9.5% sales tax and the mandated TN 10.00 background check, then there isn't much profit in the sale. Mostly a favor to those who serve and maybe the buyer will get some ammo or a holster later on down the road.

Having only owned around a dozen 1911s and maybe 2 dozen Glocks, as well as a few bucket fulls of other guns I say Glock for its simplicity and durability, especially Gen 3 9mms. I'm a current certified Glock and M&P armorer and can do pretty much what can be done to a 1911 on the kitchen table. I've had to carry both to earn a paycheck. One of my friends is a Sig, Glock, M&P armorer who owns 11 Glocks and 35 1911s. Interesting in that he told me yesterday that if the SHTF and only one handgun was possible for him to take it would be a Glock 9mm. The Glock isn't my favorite handgun, but it is my preferred handgun. It is simple, reliable and eats everything I feed it without a lot of care & maintenance. I can carry a packet of spare parts that don't cost much in a small space and probably won't need them. My dream gun would be Glock innards in an M&P frame. Perfection would be that hybrid with a 1911 trigger shoe and trigger break.

Well I have seen those "trucker girl" rear slide plates for Glocks and I have got to thinkin' My bride of 30+ years probably wouldn't appreciate that thog.

Proof fired on 1/27/2012. Now I can wear a 17L on each side. I am not going to paint or stipple this one. However, new sights, Fulcrum stainless steel trigger, titanium safety plunger, 6lb trigger spring, Ghost Rocket connector, and stainless guide rod seem in order.

Anhyone know where I can send for a SP101 DAO hammer? Yeah, I know I can cut the spur off and erase the SA notch, but I would like to have a DAO hammer rather than grind the SA/DA hammer I have now.

might want to consider this holster for your Ruger LCR, SP101 or S&W J-frame. Holds it tight, up high, good retention that is easy to draw. http://www.blackhawk.com/product/Speed-Classic-Leather-Concealment-SW-J-Frame,809,1418.htm You can get it cheaper elsewhere.

I shot this with +p and standard .38s at G&L a few weeks ago and as you might expect it certainly doesn't rock in your hand, very easy shooter. Ammo type reduces or enhances flash. In a couple of weeks I am going to the Viola Valley Shooting range and will try out some .357s. I want to see what the fireball effect at dusk might be:) I just like tinkering around with things. I have several "serious" guns, but I literally have a ammo can full of handguns that I have "compromised" in some manner. I have an old beater '91 F150 and I like the fact it has an '88 Mustang 5.0 engine and Flow masters, but it doesn't make it a better truck or more practical, probably the opposite. Sort of the same thing with my "play" guns. However, this Dan Wesson might actually be a shooter, maybe not practical, but that is not why I traded for it in its stock form. I can change it back to "pedestrian" form in a few minutes, including the barrel and shroud as most know barrel changes in a DW are easy. Like most guys who fiddle with guns the DW can be somewhat of a "tinker toy" gun as can be the Glock, 1911, 10/22 and AR. The DW is the only revolver I know of that can be easily fiddled with at the kitchen table other than simple action jobs.

Dan Wesson 15-2 with EWK barrel, shroud, fiber optic front sight; Wolf spring kit, Hogue hard nylon grip,and EWK AR flash hider.