Lone Wolf Timberwolf

July 13, 2011

Yesterday in the teaser, I dropped a picture of the back-slide of the newest gun you’ll be seeing here on Gun Nuts. The sharp-eyed among you already figured out that it was definitely a product from Lone Wolf, who specialize in aftermarket accessories for the Glock family of pistols. And here it is, the brand spanking new Lone Wolf Timberwolf.

Lone Wolf Timberwolf Glock Replacement Frame

The Timberwolf frame

For the longest time, Lone Wolf has primarily made aftermarket slides and barrels for Glocks, however in late 2010 they started work on the Timberwolf frame; this is a completely drop in replacement frame for people looking to change up the ergonomics of their Glock. The Timberwolf has some features that the standard Glock doesn’t offer as well; the rounded mag catch is a huge improvement over the tiny mag catch on the Glock 17/22 series, and is also much nice than the enlarged magazine release on the Glock 34/35 guns. It’s easy to get to without being so big that it digs into your hand or cause premature magjaculation.

Obviously, the big improvement is in the grip. While I personally have never had a problem with the grip angle on Glocks, there are plenty of people that don’t like it. The Timberwolf fixes that by changing the angle of the frame, adding an extended beavertail AND giving the user two interchangeable backstraps. With the small backstrap installed, the grip is very small and would be perfect for someone with extremely smallish hands. I put in the medium backstrap, which creates a grip profile about the same size as an M&P or XD, making the gun very comfortable to shoot and hold.

You’ll notice that the muzzle on my gun is already dirty. I took it out yesterday and ran almost 400 rounds through it in preparation for this weekend. That’s because I’m shooting this very gun at the Pro-Am in Florida, one of the most entertaining and challenging matches in the action shooting world. I called Lone Wolf a week or so ago because I had played with a Timberwolf at the Washington State Steel Challenge, and was genuinely intrigued with the platform. So they set one up for me and sent it out to us at Gun Nuts. My gun features the Timberwolf frame, Lone Wolf barrel, the Lone Wolf Glock 34 slide, Sevigny Competition sights, and to top everything off, the Lone Wolf magwell for even faster reloads.

Speaking of the magwell, the Timberwolf frame even without the magwell does away with one of my biggest pet peeves about the Glock design; which is the random piece of plastic they have in the back of the magwell. There are custom shops that will remove that and blend the lip on the inside of the frame to open up the magwell on factory Glocks, but it’s nice to see that the Timberwolf just doesn’t mess around with that silliness.

Stats! Here are some of the standard drills I ran with the Timberwolf, including my 3 cold runs at FAST as well as Dot Torture, Press Six, and a couple of others.

FAST 1: 4.37 (-1 body hit)
FAST 2: 4.61 clean – 1.63/.50/1.91/.21/.20/.16
FAST 3: 4.34 clean – 1.48/.49/1.76/.22/.20/.19
Dot Torture: 48/50 at 5 yards, the two misses were both on the press out after the reload
Press 6: 61/62 – best score I’ve posted at 5 yards!
Fastest reload: 1.31 seconds to a hit on the 8 inch circle of the PTQ target
Total rounds fired: 392

Needless to say, I’m impressed so far with this gun. I know that my Cheaper than Dirt teammate Pat Kelley is running one in 3-gun, so between the two of us we ought to be able to see how well these guns hold up when you run them hardcore!

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14 Responses to Lone Wolf Timberwolf

Jesse on July 13, 2011 at 11:10

I’m assuming that gun is not IDPA legal though?
- Caleb on July 13, 2011 at 11:58
  
  It is legal for ESP division, but definitely not for SSP.
  - Jesse on July 13, 2011 at 12:16
    
    I thought to be allowed in IDPA at all it has to be a production gun with a certain number made each year.
    - Caleb on July 13, 2011 at 12:23
      
      That’s only for SSP division, for ESP you can have full on custom builds. How else would someone shoot their one of a kind custom built 1911 in 9mm?
      - Jesse on July 13, 2011 at 12:46
        
        Ah. Well then that makes the fact that the CZ-75B is stock form is considered ESP by default kind of total BS.
      - Caleb on July 13, 2011 at 13:03
        
        That might be a weight issue; there is a limit on how heavy an SSP gun can be. However, I do believe the CZ-75 is in fact an SSP gun as long as you start with the hammer down.
Raph84 on July 13, 2011 at 13:52

I built a similar Glockenstein, but with a 22 upper (and 9mm conversion barrel). It took me about 500 rounds to break it in, but now it runs smooth and shoots great
Richard on July 13, 2011 at 14:33

So what you’re saying is that’s a completely aftermarket gun that uses a Glock barrel, fire control internals, and Glock magazines? :D
- Caleb on July 13, 2011 at 14:43
  
  This one does use some Glock OEM parts in the internals, however there is nothing in this gun that cannot be sourced from 3rd party companies. The “Glock” as it were has truly gone the route of the 1911.
- Jesse on July 13, 2011 at 17:36
  
  The frame is the “gun” part as far as the ATF is concerned. You can buy the frame at an FFL and have all the other parts mailed to your door.
ToddG on July 13, 2011 at 19:39

Great shooting, CG!
1 With A Bullet on July 14, 2011 at 07:36

Why did they make all the nice changes but still keep finger grooves?
- Montie on July 18, 2011 at 09:51
  
  1 With A Bullet,
  
  I’m with you on that one. I don’t particularly care for finger grooves on any handgun. They never seem to be in the right place for me, and I have modified the Glocks that I own accordingly (yes, I know I’m a 1911 guy, but one needs to keep various guns around for “reference” purposes, right?).
Montie on July 18, 2011 at 09:47

“Premature magjaculation”. Now that’s funny right there.