Best Value for Glock RMR Slide Milling?

[psyopspec]

I’ve finally decided to take the plunge on adding an RMR to my EDC Glock 19. I picked up a 3.25 MOA Trijicon RMR on sale at Cabela’s, and now I’m looking at options for slide milling. There’s quite a few names out there — Battlewerx, Suarez, L&M, ATEI, etc. Prices similarly range widely, and I’m looking to find the sweet spot for best value. That is, I want to pay for quality work, but I don’t place a premium on having something that looks great on Instagram to boost branding (as ATEI seems to have built their name).

In your experience, or from your own reading, who mills a good slide at a decent price point? Or, what companies/machinists have I not checked out that I should? I’m not planning on skimping on machine work, but don’t necessarily care about high-gloss name recognition.

Thanks!

 

[71velle]

I never had never had one done. Lone wolf does the too https://www.lonewolfdist.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=156471

You might want to look into finishing. the bare metal could rust.

 

[98bluewave]

JagerWerks did my G19 recently and was very pleased with their work. Milling is $125, various finishes $ 50.

 

[psyopspec]

Thanks, both Jager and LoneWolf looked great. Battlewerx caught my eye for having a cyber Monday sale — $100 cut with free refinishing. Their reputation appears to be as solid as the others, so we’ll see.

 

[Cycletroll]

Suarez International has done a G21 and a G23/32 for me. ~ten day turn around both times. $130 plus they offer Ameriglow standard and tritium suppressor sights. Also offer package deals if you buy your RMR from them. Very happy with both my experiences with them.
https://suarezinternational.com/suarez-international-trijicon-rmr-sight-package-for-glock/

 

[1911 guy]

http://www.bowietacticalconcepts.com/servicesandshipping.html

I've never had work done by him. But I have taken classes from him (he instructs at Tactical Defense Institute) and believe him to be a stand-up guy.

 

[Ruger 15151]

I had mine milled by a local gunsmith a few years ago and mounted an RMR red dot on it. Love it. However, I saw that Brownells now sells slides that are already milled. I think the price for these new slides was less than I paid the gunsmith to mill my old slide:

https://www.brownells.com/handgun-p...ck-9mm-17-4-stainless-nitride-prod107977.aspx

 

[Tinman357]

I had my G41 done by Jagerworks. Top notch precision. Very nicely done. Fast turn around. I got the "35 cut" slant on the underside and trijicon suppressor sights. Came back shooting to point of aim at 25yds. I did a grip mod to make it a bit more concealable.
Comfortable carry. Fits my hand well. Its a winner. Having my G17 done after Christmas. Helps aging eyes.

 

[1KPerDay]

L&M for me.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Good grief, these places are raping on RMR cuts. Or maybe I need to be charging more than $65......

Really, though, it's not rocket surgery, doesn't take that long even with putting a 3.000" radius on the front of the cut to match the RMR.

 

[psyopspec]

Good grief, these places are raping on RMR cuts. Or maybe I need to be charging more than $65......

Really, though, it's not rocket surgery, doesn't take that long even with putting a 3.000" radius on the front of the cut to match the RMR.

I had no idea you were in the business. Do you have a site with more info/ordering for anyone else that might come along (or for when I get my 43 cut for a shield optic next year)?

 

[MachIVshooter]

I had no idea you were in the business. Do you have a site with more info/ordering for anyone else that might come along (or for when I get my 43 cut for a shield optic next year)?

No site yet. I did have it attached to my other business' site, but I let that one go, generated a lot more frustration than business. I won't ever be set up for internet ordering of services; I'm old school, want to speak directly with people before agreeing to do work for them. My PCI compliance is also much simpler if I only take card info by phone and do not store it.

As well, I'm still small scale right now, running the two businesses concurrently, and don't have the room to store dozens of customer firearms at the moment. New shop is in process.

For now, folks can PM me here, I'll get back to them with phone number and email.