A little shaky on Glocks so wanted a respected opinion on the leftovers I got from this abused gun.
Took my box-o parts to a Gunsmith today he charged me 10 bucks to inspect them.He is actually a certified"Glock Smith".
Fellow took time and showed me my parts compared to known good parts.
The Both barrels had a botched polish job where he took way too much, from the ramp.Master Dremel work he called it.
The aftermarket trigger was for a Gen 5 .
The slide was Damaged but possibly savable, from a possible partial blow out, cause by an overpowered reload, and the botched polish job on one of those barrels.
The original trigger mechanism had been modified and was unsafe.
The slide parts and the lower parts were all good except for the slide lock spring, which the former owner bent removing.
The magazine had the feed lips bent.
Smith needed some parts so he traded for, my slide minus the rear and front sight, plus the Gen 5 trigger. The magazine internals.He doubted he would be able to save the slide but he wanted it to practice repairs on. Gave him all the bad parts for examples and practice pieces. We crushed the barrels in a vice to make sure nobody ever gat a hold of them.
I got the parts that were messed up on the Factory Glock gen3 trigger mechanism.Pus a slide lock spring, and a good 9 mm magazine.
Then he gave me a demonstration with tech tips on building a 80% poly lower, right.
Said I would be best building A 9 mm to start. He had Poly 80 compact frame and a used jig and bits, Which he sold me For 80 bucks total, that included the Original 10 buck fee. Gave me some above and beyond Tube build tips. Showed me how to eliminate the Known Poly 80 flex that causes them to fail, when they get hot, under excessive competition use.
So I walked out of there with a complete, lower parts kit. A set of factory sights, a good 9 mm magazine.Also a poly 80 80% frame. A set of sights. And some new found knowledge. Some great conversation. Plus enjoyed a couple cups of really good french press coffee while there.
He said that when I get the lower together, bring it buy and he will check my work for me for nothing. Might even have a G 19 upper for me by then.
So basically I have enough stuff to make a bottom end for a G19. Plus sights and a mag. Total investment from both deals so far $90. Heck the new found knowledge was worth that.
Was going to be a 40 save, now it's going to be a 9mm build.
Strange how things can get flipped around from you're original plan, once you are educated a bit.