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I promised this about two months ago, but this is the first time I had a change to take my Glock to an actual range and see if there were any issues.
A while back I picked up a WA State Trooper Police Trade In Glock 17 Gen 2 9mm for $319 on Gunbroker. It came with night sights, the chamber looked brand new, the frame was in excellent shape, and aside from a decent about of wear on the slide she might as well have been new. Basically the gun was carried often and shot little.
When she first showed up, the rear sight was half removed. Just half way hanging on/off in the slot. Clearly the previous owner thought anout keep the night sights, then noticed the front one was pinned on their in way that removing it meant destroying it, then gave up on keep the night sights.
That meant I had to use a punch and hammer to put it back in place. I used the best guess method. And it turned out I was just a hair off. Because today at the range I was even more off the left than I normally am. I had a range master try it out and had the same result. So we nudged the rear sight to the right just a little bit (move the rear to the direction you want the shots to move) and it was perfection. I am now just a little high and left, and the my range master buddy who is a better shot was exactly dead on.
The gun is perfect. No failures or malfunctions in about 250 rounds (normally I would shoot more but I also had to test some modifications to my 1911 and that took a lot of time). The groups were night and tight. Zero complaints aside from having to adjust the sights a hair, and I can't really complain there. I expected that.
In any case, as suspected this Washington State Trooper Police Trade In Glock 17 Gen 2 9mm was one hell of a bargain. It has many years of life left in it, and has made a great project gun without much project to it.
I plan to eventually have the slide refinished, but am in no hurry. All the other steps in the project are done. I added grip tape, a Wilson buffer, extended slide release, extended mag release, and a Glock plug. All of which I already owned. I thought about stippling the grip, since there are a few imperfections in the frame anyway. But the grip tape was cheaper, easier, and so far works really great. So we'll see what time does to the tape and go from there.
No targets. Sorry. I took them in with me to help judge how far we needed to push the rear sight over and in my excitement to get back to range and test it out, I left those ones behind. I was so tired after a full day of shooting that I just wanted to test the changes and then get home in time for grub. So I left the last target down range as well. Waiting for the shooting session to end would have taken way too long. I was pretty burned out by that point.
Next time I will have targets.
What the gun currently looks like, mid project. Forgive the excess oil on the slide, just cleaned it. After it air dries for a bit I will wipe it down again real good.
What the Glock looked like when I bought it...
A while back I picked up a WA State Trooper Police Trade In Glock 17 Gen 2 9mm for $319 on Gunbroker. It came with night sights, the chamber looked brand new, the frame was in excellent shape, and aside from a decent about of wear on the slide she might as well have been new. Basically the gun was carried often and shot little.
When she first showed up, the rear sight was half removed. Just half way hanging on/off in the slot. Clearly the previous owner thought anout keep the night sights, then noticed the front one was pinned on their in way that removing it meant destroying it, then gave up on keep the night sights.
That meant I had to use a punch and hammer to put it back in place. I used the best guess method. And it turned out I was just a hair off. Because today at the range I was even more off the left than I normally am. I had a range master try it out and had the same result. So we nudged the rear sight to the right just a little bit (move the rear to the direction you want the shots to move) and it was perfection. I am now just a little high and left, and the my range master buddy who is a better shot was exactly dead on.
The gun is perfect. No failures or malfunctions in about 250 rounds (normally I would shoot more but I also had to test some modifications to my 1911 and that took a lot of time). The groups were night and tight. Zero complaints aside from having to adjust the sights a hair, and I can't really complain there. I expected that.
In any case, as suspected this Washington State Trooper Police Trade In Glock 17 Gen 2 9mm was one hell of a bargain. It has many years of life left in it, and has made a great project gun without much project to it.
I plan to eventually have the slide refinished, but am in no hurry. All the other steps in the project are done. I added grip tape, a Wilson buffer, extended slide release, extended mag release, and a Glock plug. All of which I already owned. I thought about stippling the grip, since there are a few imperfections in the frame anyway. But the grip tape was cheaper, easier, and so far works really great. So we'll see what time does to the tape and go from there.
No targets. Sorry. I took them in with me to help judge how far we needed to push the rear sight over and in my excitement to get back to range and test it out, I left those ones behind. I was so tired after a full day of shooting that I just wanted to test the changes and then get home in time for grub. So I left the last target down range as well. Waiting for the shooting session to end would have taken way too long. I was pretty burned out by that point.
Next time I will have targets.
What the gun currently looks like, mid project. Forgive the excess oil on the slide, just cleaned it. After it air dries for a bit I will wipe it down again real good.
What the Glock looked like when I bought it...
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