trlcavscout
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Just bought my first ever Glock (22), and first ever 40 cal. So now I am wondering what the best accesories are, and where to find the best deal on sites/mags etc?
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gb6491
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Congrats on the new pistol
Get yourself a good holster, preferably specific to your model Glock, that protects the trigger.
Express Police Supply, Top Gun Supply, Brownells and Midway USA have all been good vendors in my dealings with them. IMO, Express Police Supply has very good prices on Glock related items.
Regards,
Greg
Get yourself a good holster, preferably specific to your model Glock, that protects the trigger.
Express Police Supply, Top Gun Supply, Brownells and Midway USA have all been good vendors in my dealings with them. IMO, Express Police Supply has very good prices on Glock related items.
Regards,
Greg
Deanimator
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Go to Google and search on "$0.25 trigger job". It's a set of easy instructions on how to smooth out the trigger mechanism without actually making it any lighter. It'll greatly help the trigger pull on any Glock, no matter what kind of trigger you've got in it, even the NY+.
Riss
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25 cent trigger job is a must do. Break the gun in first though. Detailed Glock disassembly/reassembly video over on www.lifelibertyetc.com If you want bullseye type accuracy get good sights. Stocks sights are combat type, and very good for that job. Not extreme, pinpoint accuracy. Factory plastic front sight is prone to breakage. If it falls off do not freak out. Easily replaced for $1 or $2. New springs from Wolff later. Maybe a new recoil rod so you can replace springs easily if you shoot alot, or compete IPSC or IDPA and need to fine tune the gun. Gun is easy to learn, easy to fix. It will serve you well. Have shot the daylights out of mine and I love it. Have a 27, a 22, and a 35. Need only a 24 top end yet to round out the collection. If you need anything else just ask. Someone around here can answer. When polishing anything inside the gun use a very fine polish. I use Flitz, or red rouge so I do not cut through the chrome plating of the inside components.
trlcavscout
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Thanks for the info, I will find the trigger info.
denfoote
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Lose the crappy stock sights.
I like the Warren sights--Sevigny for competition and Tactical for carry. They are not night sights (I carry a flashlight anyway), but they are a VAST improvement on the factory set.
For my money, the 25 cent trigger job is worth the price. Go with a Ghost Ultimate connector if you want a lighter pull, it'll take you 30 seconds to install and it's reversible.
Do those two things, and you will think you have a different gun! (IMHO)
Dan
For my money, the 25 cent trigger job is worth the price. Go with a Ghost Ultimate connector if you want a lighter pull, it'll take you 30 seconds to install and it's reversible.
Do those two things, and you will think you have a different gun! (IMHO)
Dan
possum
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There is only one thing that i think anyone with a glock should change, if the gun is gonna be for defensive use. That is the sights, the factory ones are plastic, and i don't like the idea of plastic sights in a fighting gun. I suggest that you look into a set of trijicon night sights, or better yet a set of xs 24/7 big dot sights. the big dots are the best sights imho for defense.
as far as mags they went up in price by about 41% not too long ago. it is good to have alot of mags, i like to have at leats 10, and better yet having a good number of mags and a good number of replacement springs. You will wear out many many mag springs before you ever wear out aglock mag body.
check out the following websites for mags, sights etc.
www.brownells.com
www.midwayusa.com
www.natchezss.com
as far as mags they went up in price by about 41% not too long ago. it is good to have alot of mags, i like to have at leats 10, and better yet having a good number of mags and a good number of replacement springs. You will wear out many many mag springs before you ever wear out aglock mag body.
check out the following websites for mags, sights etc.
www.brownells.com
www.midwayusa.com
www.natchezss.com
FoMoGo
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Heavy duty kevlar gloves with ballistic plates...
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Klink
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Before you do anything to your new glock pistols trigger, I would check with "Glock" to make sure it doesnt void the warrenty. Taking any file/drimal tool to your glock will void your warrenty. Im not familar with this .25 trigger, but if for some reason you dont like the triger pull you can get a different connector to make the trigger pull lighter. Most Glocks come standard with a 5lb trigger pull which is plenty light enough for combat shooting and home defense.
A good set of sights are recommended, especialy for combat/home defense, my suggestion would be night sights by either "Trijicon" or "Glock". Cost is about $70.00.
If your 22 has a rail on it getting a light for the weapon is ok. However be forewarned, no matter what light you get for the weapon once you put the light on, it will be prone for jams (mostly failure to feed) after the weapon has fired four mags. or is already dirty. So if your going to get a light just make sure the weapon is properly cleaned and lubricated before & after each shoot. (Also make sure you have the latest mag's this will also help with the malfunctions. The latest mags I believe are the #8's. You can check this by looking at the follower of the mag. it will have a little number on it).
Hope this helps
klink
A good set of sights are recommended, especialy for combat/home defense, my suggestion would be night sights by either "Trijicon" or "Glock". Cost is about $70.00.
If your 22 has a rail on it getting a light for the weapon is ok. However be forewarned, no matter what light you get for the weapon once you put the light on, it will be prone for jams (mostly failure to feed) after the weapon has fired four mags. or is already dirty. So if your going to get a light just make sure the weapon is properly cleaned and lubricated before & after each shoot. (Also make sure you have the latest mag's this will also help with the malfunctions. The latest mags I believe are the #8's. You can check this by looking at the follower of the mag. it will have a little number on it).
Hope this helps
klink
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tricavscout, The Glock factory mags and sights are what you want for your Glock. orchidhunter
anythingshiny
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dont do anything to it except change the sights to XS24/7's. dont fart with the trigger, dont extend the mag release, dont extend the slide release ( as you shouldnt use it at all anyway), dont put a glocktail on it and dont use the rubber grip sock.
buy 5-10 mags and shoot it often. end of story.
its a tool...not much different from a shovel. i dont put lights on my shovel and i dont have an aftermarket handle with carbon fiber finger divots...i use the shovel to dig holes and i carry my glock for protection.
you really really dont need anything on it, added to it or modified. get mags, ammo and training.
buy 5-10 mags and shoot it often. end of story.
its a tool...not much different from a shovel. i dont put lights on my shovel and i dont have an aftermarket handle with carbon fiber finger divots...i use the shovel to dig holes and i carry my glock for protection.
you really really dont need anything on it, added to it or modified. get mags, ammo and training.
Riss
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Forgot to mention NEVER load the mag to capacity and load it in the gun with the slide forward. Good way to over compress the mag spring and render it useless. Always load 1 less than capacity. Wolff mag springs are good. Have them in all of my mags. CNDD sports in TX has mags at a decent price.
possum
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exactly.
In the many years that i have been training, shooting, and studing the fine arts, i have never seen or heard of this to be an issue. I have owned glocks, and i have shot and trained with more than my fair share, no issues. when i go to training courses everyone in their brothers shoot glocks, especially at Tactical Response, if this was an issue it would have long ago came to light at places like that, and with people that run their guns and hard. That is where you find out what your gun/gear/ammo/and self is capable of. Could you have had a bad magazine? yeah maybe so but that is even rare with the glock factory mags, but that may have been an issue with one glock magazine, one that i or anyone else i know have ever had an issue with. If you don't load to full capacity that is only setting yourself up for failure. If it has a 15rd mag then there is a reason that it is a 15rd mag, it is designed to be loaded to that capacity. don't over load it even if you can, but by all means put the amount of rounds in there that they designed it to hold. you will have no issues i assure you OP.
ANYTHINGSHINY said:
Pardon my ignorance, but why/how should the slide release not be used? I just got my first pistol (a G17) and am wondering how you would load a round in the chamber if you don't use the slide release.
For example, after the end of a magazine the slide locks back, you pop in a fresh mag, then what?
I know you can slowly lower the slide, but you still have to use the slide release there. You wouldn't need an extended slide release in that case though.
Again, sorry for my ignorance. Just trying to learn all I can!
trlcavscout
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I am still trying to get out to shoot it, hopefully today. This was a police trade in so I wanna see how accurate it is still. It looks like its in good shape, may be needing a new barrel? Like I said its my frist Glock and first 40 cal, if I like it I may have to buy a new one, I just got a good deal on this one. It has metal nite sites on it but they are pretty dim, probably past their lifetime? I have never had nite sites so I dont know how long they last?
I'm also trying a new holster I have never had (only because my local store was out of the leather ones I usually get. Its a Uncle MIkes KYDEX hip holster, so far it works ok, I dont know how long they last though?
I'm also trying a new holster I have never had (only because my local store was out of the leather ones I usually get. Its a Uncle MIkes KYDEX hip holster, so far it works ok, I dont know how long they last though?
possum
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you should use gross motor skills, ie manually releasing the slide instead of using the slide release. as during Dynamic critical incidents you will loose some of your fine motor skills, and will have to use gross functions. grab the slide retract it to the rear completly and release.
also there is more force behind the slide being retracted all the way to the rear and released as oppsed to using the slide release. Your using more of the recoil springs energy, by using the over the top manual release.
Jim_M
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Nothing now. Shoot at minimum 1000 rounds box stock. Then have a set of Warren Tacticals installed and call it done.
Jim
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Klink
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Possum, I couldnt have said it better myself. BTW guys its not called a "slide release"...its called a "slide stop".
Unless the barrel is bulged or damaged in some way I seriously doubt if you'll need a new one. I've shot 10's of thousands of rds down Glocks trying to wear them out with no success..lol.
In addition to what Possum said about releasing the slide using your hands/gross motor skills. Dont get into the habit of pinching the slide or sling-shoting it as its called (using your thumb/index finger) to release. Use your whole hand/cup the slide, then pull the slide back while pushing the weapon forward with your grip. Easier to show than to explain lol.
Stay Safe
K
Unless the barrel is bulged or damaged in some way I seriously doubt if you'll need a new one. I've shot 10's of thousands of rds down Glocks trying to wear them out with no success..lol.
In addition to what Possum said about releasing the slide using your hands/gross motor skills. Dont get into the habit of pinching the slide or sling-shoting it as its called (using your thumb/index finger) to release. Use your whole hand/cup the slide, then pull the slide back while pushing the weapon forward with your grip. Easier to show than to explain lol.
Stay Safe
K
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possum
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as well, it is also good to get as many manipulations of the gun the same as possible. Ie reload and malfunction clearance. if you do the reload from slide lock the way i described, it workes well with being consistent with the proper way to clear a type 1 and 2 malfunction, you have less options, therfore when the need arises you don't have to think about it, you just do it.
a reload form slide lock as compared to a type one and 2 malfunction.
reload: put mag in, pull slide to rear and release.
type 1 and 2 malfunction, tap the magazine which is alot like putting a mag in, and rack the slide completly which is exactly like a slide lock reload.
a reload form slide lock as compared to a type one and 2 malfunction.
reload: put mag in, pull slide to rear and release.
type 1 and 2 malfunction, tap the magazine which is alot like putting a mag in, and rack the slide completly which is exactly like a slide lock reload.
Deanimator
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The "$0.25 trigger job" helps even a 3.5lb. connector. It doesn't make the pull lighter; it makes it smoother. A smooth trigger pull is ALWAYS better than a gritty one.
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