Anyone Put a Glock 36 SLIDE on a Glock 30 Frame???

[Kestrel]

I read a post on GlockTalk, about a couple of guys that have put G36 slides on their G30 frames. I didn't know they would fit, but it definitely does. I haven't shot it that way, but everything fits and seems to work.

Why??? Well, for one thing, it makes the gun slimmer at the slide (which is fat on the 30). It seems to be better balanced than a stock G30 - and it looks a tad more proportionate. The slide locks back with an empty mag in it. The recoil springs seem to be the same rate. The guy on GT swears by the combo and told me he has about 1000 rounds through his without problems.

Has anyone here tried this? I was going to sell my G36, but if there are no drawbacks to this, I may keep it and use the slide on my G30 (and sell the G36 frame). If this works properly, then why-oh-why didn't Glock bring out the G30 with the slimmer slide? Was it just for commonality of parts with the G29?

Any thoughts on this?

 

[Silent Bob]

I haven't heard of or tried the G36 slide on a G30 frame trick (though I'll watch you try, as long as I get to stand behind some kind of blastproof shield ), but the gripes about the G30 weren't so much about the thickness of the slide but the thickness of the grip.

 

[Kestrel]

The grip is okay with me, it's the slide I don't like (G30). It's too fat. The G36 slide really makes it a different gun.

 

[Kevlarman]

How about a G30 slide on a G36 frame?

 

[8830]

You know that may work fine but there has to be a reason Glock hasn't done it. I wouldn't take the chance.

 

[Kestrel]

How about a G30 slide on a G36 frame?

That fits, too. Looks worse, though.

You know that may work fine but there has to be a reason Glock hasn't done it.

That's what I've been thinking...

Anyone out there going to try it and report back? I guess I could get a neighbor to shoot mine, while I stand on the other side of the house...

 

[albanian]

I'm not so sure Glock needs a reason not to do something that would make a better pistol. For example, why on earth they don't come up with a single stack 9mm compact pistol for CCW is beyond me. They could take a huge chunk out of the Kahr and S&W market right away. Also, why Glock can't make a grip that fits a human hand seems strange since just about every other plastic pistol I have tried feels much better than a Glock. The Springfield DX and S&W/Walther P-99 are just two examples of guns that are made from plastic that feel good in the hand. Glock is slowly being out Glocked by the competition and they need to wake up because their product is not good enough to rest on the past like they are trying to do.

 

[Kestrel]

albanian,

I agree. I feel like I'm in the minority in not being wild about the Glocks. They are just utilitarian to me, but they don't point as well to me and I can't shoot them as well as other guns. After shooting my 1911s, BHPs and P7s, when I pick up a Glock, it points unnaturally high for me.

As for the 30 with the 36 slide, I'll take some pictures and post them (in case anyone is interested). It really makes a bigger difference in the gun than it sounds.

Steve