So you can't shoot USPSA for long without wanting an open gun. It's what all the cool kids have.
However, at the Texas Open this year, I saw a down side to those guns. Dust is not kind to them. I'd seen it before this, just not on this scale. I decided there was no way I'd spend that kind of coin on a gun that finicky. It'd just make me mad.
So, I shoot a G17 in production. Not all that well even but I will tell you that my gun always goes bang. Always. I've had 4 FTF in about 8K rounds and they were all ammo related. Did I tell you I've only cleaned it 3 times. Other than spraying it down with a little oil in the action once in a while, I do nothing to it. I like that.
Whats a guy to do ? I started researching Open Glocks. There's not a lot of current info out there. Most info is dated. Things have changed.
Things that limit a Glock are mag capacity and having to load 9mm major. I thought a lot about that. I decided I could live with/work around both of those issues.
Parts, I had an extra G17 to work with. Unity Tactical had a new optics mounting system that, in my mind fit the bill perfectly. Problem was, their mount wasn't set up for the JPoint I wanted to use. No worries, Matt the guy doing their machine work called me the day he got it to ask exactly what I was after. I told him what I was after, he thought about it for a little and told me he could make it happen, He did.
I had a blind marked Wolf threaded barrel. Cool
I looked and looked at comps. Looked and looked some more and decided I'd just make my own. I didn't like the large gap between the barrel and comp so I took the time to fit it and make it look better.
I decided to mill my slide myself. I didn't want to just copy what everyone else is doing so I did my own style.
The color is "Angry Mike" from the Bloomberg collection. Got to love it.
I'll post more info and detailed pic's after a function test and tear down. Enjoy
However, at the Texas Open this year, I saw a down side to those guns. Dust is not kind to them. I'd seen it before this, just not on this scale. I decided there was no way I'd spend that kind of coin on a gun that finicky. It'd just make me mad.
So, I shoot a G17 in production. Not all that well even but I will tell you that my gun always goes bang. Always. I've had 4 FTF in about 8K rounds and they were all ammo related. Did I tell you I've only cleaned it 3 times. Other than spraying it down with a little oil in the action once in a while, I do nothing to it. I like that.
Whats a guy to do ? I started researching Open Glocks. There's not a lot of current info out there. Most info is dated. Things have changed.
Things that limit a Glock are mag capacity and having to load 9mm major. I thought a lot about that. I decided I could live with/work around both of those issues.
Parts, I had an extra G17 to work with. Unity Tactical had a new optics mounting system that, in my mind fit the bill perfectly. Problem was, their mount wasn't set up for the JPoint I wanted to use. No worries, Matt the guy doing their machine work called me the day he got it to ask exactly what I was after. I told him what I was after, he thought about it for a little and told me he could make it happen, He did.
I had a blind marked Wolf threaded barrel. Cool
I looked and looked at comps. Looked and looked some more and decided I'd just make my own. I didn't like the large gap between the barrel and comp so I took the time to fit it and make it look better.
I decided to mill my slide myself. I didn't want to just copy what everyone else is doing so I did my own style.
The color is "Angry Mike" from the Bloomberg collection. Got to love it.
I'll post more info and detailed pic's after a function test and tear down. Enjoy
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