I am looking for a discounted Glock 17 or 19 for my son to start shooting USPSA. I came a across a Police trade in G19 from a Hurricane Katrina affected area. It looked like the gun had not been touched since it was flooded. The gun was in the following condition;
*Generation 1
*original plastic sights
*bone dry, no oil anywhere
*All metal parts had major surface rust, especially the metal slide rail inserts
and the muzzle end of the slide, where the barrel pokes out
*rear sight adjusted for windage all the way to one side.
*trigger pull very heavy and draggy, probably due to corrosion
*heavy pitting rust in one of the barrels grooves. After several passes with a bore brush, he surface rust was gone but there was definite pits in the barrel.
*one 10 round magazine which looked new, had no rust, and I suspect was provided so that the gun had at least one mag. The gun probaby came with no mags from the police department.
*the exterior of the gun was well worn and very rough.
Here's the question: If the price was right (it wasn't) is a used glock in this condition a good project gun for a do it yourself-er to do without the aid of a gunsmith? Everyone talks about how Glocks are so easy to work on and you don't need a gunsmith to do the majority of the work. Does that apply in this case?
Chris
*Generation 1
*original plastic sights
*bone dry, no oil anywhere
*All metal parts had major surface rust, especially the metal slide rail inserts
and the muzzle end of the slide, where the barrel pokes out
*rear sight adjusted for windage all the way to one side.
*trigger pull very heavy and draggy, probably due to corrosion
*heavy pitting rust in one of the barrels grooves. After several passes with a bore brush, he surface rust was gone but there was definite pits in the barrel.
*one 10 round magazine which looked new, had no rust, and I suspect was provided so that the gun had at least one mag. The gun probaby came with no mags from the police department.
*the exterior of the gun was well worn and very rough.
Here's the question: If the price was right (it wasn't) is a used glock in this condition a good project gun for a do it yourself-er to do without the aid of a gunsmith? Everyone talks about how Glocks are so easy to work on and you don't need a gunsmith to do the majority of the work. Does that apply in this case?
Chris
