cineski
09-11-2010, 6:08 AM
It's rampant. At least on CalGuns. People want to shoot multiple calibers through the same gun. I'm a Glock person so I'll keep this with Glock but most manufacturers can fit the bill on this. Why won't they sell entire slide assemblies to customers? At one point, I can understand their thought of "Eh, they want another caliber, they'll have to buy another gun. More money for us." Or is it? Seems like there'd be more money being spent on complete uppers than people sitting through this crap economy wanting another pistol caliber but not buying one. I'd love a 21 slide for my 20. Yes I can buy a conversion barrel, but I don't trust the reliability of this. I would have bought a G23 instead of 19 and would have ended up spending more money on another upper and mags. Possibly for 2-3 more calibers.
So what is it? A legal issue? Glock afraid someone will assemble the pistol incorrectly and blow their hand off? Glock keeps those crappy target triggers in their 19's because of import issues while putting the smooth trigger in their 17. Manufacturers are prone to doing dumb things like this so it isn't beyond my imagination they'd allow legal fears to rule their actions. Or do they think they'll make more money by not doing this? They're already losing out to people buying uppers from Lone Wolf and then people who just buy a conversion barrel (which I simply won't do due to reliability issues). Thoughts?
So what is it? A legal issue? Glock afraid someone will assemble the pistol incorrectly and blow their hand off? Glock keeps those crappy target triggers in their 19's because of import issues while putting the smooth trigger in their 17. Manufacturers are prone to doing dumb things like this so it isn't beyond my imagination they'd allow legal fears to rule their actions. Or do they think they'll make more money by not doing this? They're already losing out to people buying uppers from Lone Wolf and then people who just buy a conversion barrel (which I simply won't do due to reliability issues). Thoughts?