Pupulepete
Member
Hey all. I thought I'd share my first experience the "legendary" Glock persistence. I've owned a glock for a while now, but being a recreational shooter the poor thing gets a basic clean every 100-200 rounds - I keep it HD ready.
My friends and I are more surfer dude than anything else, so gun ownership is the exception to the rule and expectations are low in terms of knowledge - so when a buddy asked if I wanted to hit the range between meetings yesterday I was pretty stoked. (watch "Fast times at rigmont high" for a definition.)
This guy is usually pretty full of it, but a good dude. So when he pulled out a gen 2 G19 I was surprised. He claimed it had been worked over to DOD specs (?) and had a crazy story involving rescuing a SWAT commander from some situation... Blah blah blah. What he had was a very well broken in late 90's glock with a hogue grip, a polished feed ramp (standard?) and possibly a $0.25 trigger job.
Honestly, he was a good shot and knew what he was doing. 200 rounds and only once did the slide fail to lock back. (my guess is a combo of limp wrist and the cheap Walmart federal ammo... He'd only put HD ammo through it. To that point.). It felt great in my hands.
More importantly, he had NEVER cleaned it. He couldn't even break down the pistol. I showed him how to break it down and clean it. Wholly crap! It took 30-minutes to get it close to clean and I had to clean the bench after. Crap was flaking off in chunks. It would take a chemical bath to really clean it at this point.
You hear the stories and see the tests, but to actually see and fire a gun that hasn't been cleaned in ten plus years and fired 10,000+ rounds is pretty cool.
Thanks for the chance to share.
My friends and I are more surfer dude than anything else, so gun ownership is the exception to the rule and expectations are low in terms of knowledge - so when a buddy asked if I wanted to hit the range between meetings yesterday I was pretty stoked. (watch "Fast times at rigmont high" for a definition.)
This guy is usually pretty full of it, but a good dude. So when he pulled out a gen 2 G19 I was surprised. He claimed it had been worked over to DOD specs (?) and had a crazy story involving rescuing a SWAT commander from some situation... Blah blah blah. What he had was a very well broken in late 90's glock with a hogue grip, a polished feed ramp (standard?) and possibly a $0.25 trigger job.
Honestly, he was a good shot and knew what he was doing. 200 rounds and only once did the slide fail to lock back. (my guess is a combo of limp wrist and the cheap Walmart federal ammo... He'd only put HD ammo through it. To that point.). It felt great in my hands.
More importantly, he had NEVER cleaned it. He couldn't even break down the pistol. I showed him how to break it down and clean it. Wholly crap! It took 30-minutes to get it close to clean and I had to clean the bench after. Crap was flaking off in chunks. It would take a chemical bath to really clean it at this point.
You hear the stories and see the tests, but to actually see and fire a gun that hasn't been cleaned in ten plus years and fired 10,000+ rounds is pretty cool.
Thanks for the chance to share.