Comments on: Do it yourself Limited Gun

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:39:56 +0000

I hope someday my kids will ask me if they can be as fast as Dave Sevigny when they grow up.

By: cjrmultigun

cjrmultigun — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:54:43 +0000

Yep. Of course, Dave Sevigny is Dave Sevigny. The rest of us mere mortals need all the help (and practice) we can get. :D

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:04:04 +0000

Yeah, I probably should have been a little more clear about that.

However, Dave Sevigny won the Limited-10 division with a mostly stock Glock 35.

By: cjrmultigun

cjrmultigun — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:59:35 +0000

Eh, yes and no. You can be competitive with a bone-stock Glock in Production. You can’t in Limited – at the very least you need +5 magazine extensions, just to keep up with the guys running S*Is.

My first, and fondly remembered, Limited gun was a Glock 35 with all the competition chi-chis. I shot that gun to several 1st and 2nd place finishes at section and area matches, and it very rarely malfunctioned. That said, Glocks do tend to run better when left mostly stock. If I were to go back to a Glock, I’d shave down the trigger safety, install a set of Dawson sights, and add Tru-Grip grip tape to the frame.

-CJR

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:08:27 +0000

This is solid advice – like I’ve said, the Glock is ready to go right out of the box. Personally, I like Storm Lake Barrels and I like the Glockworx trigger so I change those items, but formerflyer is right – other than the sights, there is nothing on that gun that needs to be changed to make it competitive.

By: formerflyer

formerflyer — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:14:31 +0000

I would throw a little more kerosene on the fire here and ask, beg, PLEAD with shooters to LEAVE THEIR GLOCK ALONE! ! ! I still occasionally show up with a box-stock G-35 and shoot at my local IPSC matches (Silver Medal in the last Aloha State games I participated in , not enough practice to get the gold). I see guys with uber-Glocks, and they all have two things in common. They all shoot faster than I do, and their guns all have reliability issues. I win matches with box stock Glocks because they never malfunction. I seldom win a stage. I always place in the top 3 in the final standings. Leave the springs, striker, trigger, slide, frame, etc ALONE. Put new sights on if you want. Shoot, clean, repeat.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:17:17 +0000

I have, actually – that’s why if I were building the gun, I’d leave the stock Glock frame on it. I figure if it’s good enough for Dave Sevigny, it’s good enough for me.

By: cjrmultigun

cjrmultigun — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:15:07 +0000

Have you ever tried out the CCF Raceframes? They don’t have a great reputation for durability or reliability.

Also, don’t forget the magazine extensions!

- CJR

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:19:59 +0000

Magazine release, slide lock, locking block for the barrel and all the standard Glock pins.

Not a whole lot, to answer the question. In fact, it would probably be better to just buy all the parts and build it that way.

The point though is the modularity of the pistol – the only mod I’d do out of all of those would be the trigger, a new barrel, and new sights.

By: George

George — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:15:56 +0000

Caleb,
So if you replace the frame, slide, barrel, trigger, striker, guide rod, sights and springs…what are you left with from the original gun?

Or am I missing sarcasm?