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Building the new Bridge (76%) frame ?
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Big Kahuna we need a cleanup in the Polymer 80 aisle! One of the charms of PGB is how rambling the threads can get. Sometimes the Boss comes along and seperates things into a new thread that allow the rambling to become its own topic.
You will notice the magazine baseplate that forms a pinkie ledge on steroids. My pinkie hangs below it while my other 2 fingers fit solidly between the baseplate and the trigger guard. It is made by GeePlates. Lone Wolf used to sell them. More recently I have gotten them from the Shapeways 3D print retail site.
Anyways, I like this configuration so much but there seems to be zero interest in it outside of my head. You really have to shoot and carry this setup to appreciate it. I even have 45acp and 10mm versions of it. There is a thread about doing it to a PF45 somewhere down this forum.
Since you like the 26 grip and do not mind the girth of a double stack have you considered chopping a G19 or G17 grip down to G26 size? This is the configuration that best fits me, carried IWB at 1 o'clock. I have chopped Glock, P80 and SCT frames down to this configuration. They are as comfortable to shoot as a full size gun and the grip does not print for me. It actually prints less than a G26 configuration because the longer G17 slide will jam into my leg and push the grip into my concealed carry panza where a G26 or 43 configuration is so short the grip spills over my belt and prints terribly.
You will notice the magazine baseplate that forms a pinkie ledge on steroids. My pinkie hangs below it while my other 2 fingers fit solidly between the baseplate and the trigger guard. It is made by GeePlates. Lone Wolf used to sell them. More recently I have gotten them from the Shapeways 3D print retail site.
Anyways, I like this configuration so much but there seems to be zero interest in it outside of my head. You really have to shoot and carry this setup to appreciate it. I even have 45acp and 10mm versions of it. There is a thread about doing it to a PF45 somewhere down this forum.
I'm just happy to see an active gun BUILD thread! And a cool new member (@polomare) jumping into the fray!
I have the 10mm hi piont.
When I first fired it, it split cases.
So that had be sent in and they said the chamber was oversized.
They did fix it.
Currently thinking about buying the high tower armory bulk pup stock to put it in.
The Yeet Cannon was the first model of handgun my niece owned.
I gave it to her.
Bought two of them just because they said yeet cannon.
But the one I kept needs the barrel replaced.
Somebody there took the concept of budget handgun and enthusiastically ruined it.
Clays or trap would be great, I have my own fancyish clay target flinger but this is not shotgun country up here and nobody wants to practice.
When I first fired it, it split cases.
So that had be sent in and they said the chamber was oversized.
They did fix it.
Currently thinking about buying the high tower armory bulk pup stock to put it in.
The Yeet Cannon was the first model of handgun my niece owned.
I gave it to her.
Bought two of them just because they said yeet cannon.
But the one I kept needs the barrel replaced.
Somebody there took the concept of budget handgun and enthusiastically ruined it.
Clays or trap would be great, I have my own fancyish clay target flinger but this is not shotgun country up here and nobody wants to practice.
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I thought about that, and no, I wouldn't be confident enough to do it myself, not on a functioning firearm. I would take it to a gunsmith friend as I don't have a feel for what minimal wall thickness of various barrels needs to be for any given platform, and the PeaGlock doesn't have a lot to work with. The barrel is thin and the slide doesn't have a lot of dead airspace around the nosehole . No room for external threads, and I would question the feasibility of internal threading. In your case, going from what I assume was a 45 acp platform to a 22lr barrel, you've got way more airspace under the slide and a huge safety margin for the 22lr. If I'm missing something on that (like if you think internal threading like a shotgun choke style would actually work) please don't hesitate to tell me!
Funny enough, a major motivation for my buying the G25 slide was the offhand hope that the barrel that came with it would fit in a Glock 26. I knew it would stick out slightly, but I found that look hilarious and totally OK in my book. (That's how my gun tastes run
) and plenty of room for threading there. It did fit actually, and dry cycled normally with dummy rounds, but gunsmith advised me not to shoot it due to slop in the nose hole of the slide and also the 380 barrel locking block has a shallow ramp compared to the steep cut on 9 barrels and no one wanted to place bets on what if any functional weirdness that would cause.Ultimately decided not to subject my Aardvark to the potential humiliation of a live fire test, lol. It is my favorite carry gun after all.
Don't know what a Reflex is! Not a unique enough name to google.
MUNCHKIN GRIPS??? I love it!Big Kahuna we need a cleanup in the Polymer 80 aisle! One of the charms of PGB is how rambling the threads can get. Sometimes the Boss comes along and seperates things into a new thread that allow the rambling to become its own topic.
Since you like the 26 grip and do not mind the girth of a double stack have you considered chopping a G19 or G17 grip down to G26 size? This is the configuration that best fits me, carried IWB at 1 o'clock. I have chopped Glock, P80 and SCT frames down to this configuration. They are as comfortable to shoot as a full size gun and the grip does not print for me. It actually prints less than a G26 configuration because the longer G17 slide will jam into my leg and push the grip into my concealed carry panza where a G26 or 43 configuration is so short the grip spills over my belt and prints terribly.
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You will notice the magazine baseplate that forms a pinkie ledge on steroids. My pinkie hangs below it while my other 2 fingers fit solidly between the baseplate and the trigger guard. It is made by GeePlates. Lone Wolf used to sell them. More recently I have gotten them from the Shapeways 3D print retail site.
Anyways, I like this configuration so much but there seems to be zero interest in it outside of my head. You really have to shoot and carry this setup to appreciate it. I even have 45acp and 10mm versions of it. There is a thread about doing it to a PF45 somewhere down this forum.
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Can I name your guns? I would call them Lo'Rider and Hutch.For reasons.
Don't let anybody tell you it's not a valid config. We've all heard the FBI stats- 99% of citizen-involved defensive shootings are resolved in a round or two. We probably all unnecessarily obsess over capacity.
I have the Gee Plates, love them, they're on all my G26 and G27 magazines, and also I have one precious one on a just recently acquired G29. About two years ago, I bought one GeePlate for 10mm magazines as I knew even then I would be getting a G29 one day. I only bought one at the time and sadly now that I actually have the gun, I can't obtain any more of the 10mm ones. You mentioned Shapeways. Do you have a contact there? When I go to their website, it looks like they entertain bulk inquiries only? I would get several more in 10mm size if I could.
I really can't shoot the gun without it. Unlike you, my entire hand, including pinky goes above the pinky rest, not under it. It really locks me in and feels very secure. If I can't get any more from Shapeways, I'm going to have to seek out someone who can do 3-D scanning for 3D printing and try to reproduce it, but I'm loathe to let the only one I have out of my sight. If it's lost, I literally can't use the gun.
Meet Horsepower
YAS! Do it! Do it!
And then report back here how you like it.
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FN Reflex. Double stack but about as thin as a G43, with an internal hammer.
Meet Horsepower
Oh hell, my daughter would LOVE that! Where / how / who did you get / do that?
Not having one in hand to look at, I can't say. I have seen internal threading done before, but again on 22LR where there was plenty of meat in the barrel to work with. These would be a questions to ask your gunsmith.
However, on a brighter note, I have made the following observations.
#1 The Lone Wolf barrel is listed as "out of stock", not discontinued.
It is also the same on at least a half dozen other sites that sell that barrel. With low demand items like this, it may just be a case of waiting its turn in the production schedule for another batch to be made. An email to Lone Wolf should answer that.
#2 There is a company in Austria (IGB) that makes threaded barrels for the G42. Their website allows me to select the threaded option and put it in the shopping cart.
I'm sure current import regs would prohibit them shipping it directly to you, plus the price plus shipping is more than the whole gun.
I'll post a screen shot below though so you know it not vaporware.
#3 ZFI is the US distributor for IGB. Their website shows the option for threaded barrel, but it does not appear that the G42 is in stock. It does say that it can be ordered. Again, screenshot below.
So, it might take some doing and a bit of patience to get a barrel, but it does not appear that all hope is lost.
And in reference to Horsepower, in the immortal words of Fran Fine..."Fancy Shmancy!!" Well done!
IGB website.
ZFI website.
I would be sure to specify 1/2X28 threads as they also offer metric threads.
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Ah ha, I've heard of the manufacturer, and I know they are well respected in the industry, but I'm still too new to the firearms world to have had any opportunity to interact with any of their guns. I will keep the REFLEX on my radar. It looks very intriguing!
Horsepower was a gunbroker find. It was a buy-it-now, reasonably priced considering the work that must have gone into it, and yes there was more than one available. Of course the listing page has now been removed. Story was it was a local (to them) custom cerakoting artist in Louisville, KY (hence the horse theme) that did the job. Unfortunately I can't read the description any more, and I don't remember who the company was, which is a shame because they do beautiful work. I wouldn't mind having their contact info myself.
People who aren't into horses don't know how cringey bad depictions of horses are. Even talented artists can easily make a horse look offensively ridiculous if they haven't studied correct proportions. I've seen some ugly doozies on even very expensive engraved guns. That's absolutey not the case here, the horses are very well rendered.
If you really think your daughter would appreciate it, try contacting Gunbrokerer TheCastle2, and send them the picture of the gun, I know they know who the cerakoter is. It was just the end of October when I bought it.
TheCastle2
Thank you for all the research!Not having one in hand to look at, I can't say. I have seen internal threading done before, but again on 22LR where there was plenty of meat in the barrel to work with. These would be a questions to ask your gunsmith.
However, on a brighter note, I have made the following observations.
#1 The Lone Wolf barrel is listed as "out of stock", not discontinued.
It is also the same on at least a half dozen other sites that sell that barrel. With low demand items like this, it may just be a case of waiting its turn in the production schedule for another batch to be made. An email to Lone Wolf should answer that.
#2 There is a company in Austria (IGB) that makes threaded barrels for the G42. Their website allows me to select the threaded option and put it in the shopping cart.
I'm sure current import regs would prohibit them shipping it directly to you, plus the price plus shipping is more than the whole gun.
I'll post a screen shot below though so you know it not vaporware.
#3 ZFI is the US distributor for IGB. Their website shows the option for threaded barrel, but it does not appear that the G42 is in stock. It does say that it can be ordered. Again, screenshot below.
So, it might take some doing and a bit of patience to get a barrel, but it does not appear that all hope is lost.
And in reference to Horsepower, in the immortal words of Fran Fine..."Fancy Shmancy!!" Well done!
IGB website.
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ZFI website.
I would be sure to specify 1/2X28 threads as they also offer metric threads.
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I have spoken to Lone Wolf over the phone. The gal was non-committal about when or if they'd ever have them in stock again. She just said to "watch the website" which I've been doing. She didn't give me much hope because she said they don't get much call for them, and I countered with "but now that there's a can that actually makes sense for that gun, you could have a cornered market!" Maybe my gun dreams are just too big, lol.
The other finds are new to me. ZFI looks promising if I get desperate. Thx again
This guy (Hunter Gibby) is local to me. I had him do the laser lettering on the 1911 builds, so I haven't had him do anything fancy, but his FB page has lots of pics of his work. He is kind of unique in that he does laser engraving, Cerakote, and Hydro dipping. He has made some pretty cool pieces combining the three.
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The Glock 28 was a 26-size frame in .380ACP. This snip from Bud's shows OOS and the last review was a week ago. LINK I didn't think they were ever available in the US.Funny enough, a major motivation for my buying the G25 slide was the offhand hope that the barrel that came with it would fit in a Glock 26. I knew it would stick out slightly, but I found that look hilarious and totally OK in my book. (That's how my gun tastes run
Might have been some import surplus they brought in...
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I love what he did with the Rossi Tuffy! I have that gun, bought it at the gun show I got my CCW at in the very early days of the pandemic. Pickings were *very* slim back then, so it's not like I had much choice. My gun owning friends teased me mercilessly that it was a pathetically underpowered option and I said well I don't have anything else and it's better than a can of pepper spray next to my bed. Well, let me tell you, that gun has seen more action than any gun in my collection. I have easily over 100 iguana kills on it. Great lightweight maneuverable gun to keep on the riding lawn mower (mowing the pastures flushes them out of hiding). And funnily enough when my friends were griping that Walmart was consistently out of stock of 12 and 20 guage for like two years of the pandemic, there seemed to always be 2 - 4 boxes of random .410 on the shelf every week that I went there. I hoarded it all happily! *early gun owning fond memories activated*This guy (Hunter Gibby) is local to me. I had him do the laser lettering on the 1911 builds, so I haven't had him do anything fancy, but his FB page has lots of pics of his work. He is kind of unique in that he does laser engraving, Cerakote, and Hydro dipping. He has made some pretty cool pieces combining the three.
Limitless Laser
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That gun was/is on my radarThe Glock 28 was a 26-size frame in .380ACP. This snip from Bud's shows OOS and the last review was a week ago. LINK I didn't think they were ever available in the US.
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Still doesn't solve my threaded barrel deficit tho.
I would send them an email about once a month. Keep it on their radar. I did that once in the days before computers when you had to actually write a letter. It worked for me. Squeaky wheel and all that.Ah ha, I've heard of the manufacturer, and I know they are well respected in the industry, but I'm still too new to the firearms world to have had any opportunity to interact with any of their guns. I will keep the REFLEX on my radar. It looks very intriguing!
Horsepower was a gunbroker find. It was a buy-it-now, reasonably priced considering the work that must have gone into it, and yes there was more than one available. Of course the listing page has now been removed. Story was it was a local (to them) custom cerakoting artist in Louisville, KY (hence the horse theme) that did the job. Unfortunately I can't read the description any more, and I don't remember who the company was, which is a shame because they do beautiful work. I wouldn't mind having their contact info myself.
People who aren't into horses don't know how cringey bad depictions of horses are. Even talented artists can easily make a horse look offensively ridiculous if they haven't studied correct proportions. I've seen some ugly doozies on even very expensive engraved guns. That's absolutey not the case here, the horses are very well rendered.
If you really think your daughter would appreciate it, try contacting Gunbrokerer TheCastle2, and send them the picture of the gun, I know they know who the cerakoter is. It was just the end of October when I bought it.
TheCastle2
Thank you for all the research!
I have spoken to Lone Wolf over the phone. The gal was non-committal about when or if they'd ever have them in stock again. She just said to "watch the website" which I've been doing. She didn't give me much hope because she said they don't get much call for them, and I countered with "but now that there's a can that actually makes sense for that gun, you could have a cornered market!" Maybe my gun dreams are just too big, lol.
The other finds are new to me. ZFI looks promising if I get desperate. Thx again
The person on the phone I'm sure is not privy to the production schedule, which is planned well in advance. They could very well have it on the schedule, or at least on standby for when they are caught up on the higher volume barrels.
I would send them an email about once a month. Keep it on their radar. I did that once in the days before computers when you had to actually write a letter. It worked for me. Squeaky wheel and all that.
The person on the phone I'm sure is not privy to the production schedule, which is planned well in advance. They could very well have it on the schedule, or at least on standby for when they are caught up on the higher volume barrels.
I did similarly with ArmorAlly regarding a G20 slide cerakoted in "Bottomland" pattern. When I bought the frame, I didn't get the slide (mistake). It took a year or two! But they finally did it!
It remains unbuilt, but I'm calling it "Rebel Yell."
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I'd love to hear reasons! I'm not very creative with names. BTW, the Boss already named this one but you are welcome to take a crack at it:MUNCHKIN GRIPS??? I love it!
For reasons.
Try contacting Bar-Sto Barrels to see if they can make your barrel. I think they manufacture their stuff in house from steel blanks.
It seems like Shapeways is defunct.
I last used them a couple of years ago.I can spare a G29/30 Gee Plate for the cause. It would be awesome if you could get someone to produce them again! Maybe even out of aluminum? And while I am wishing, it would be nice if the 2.0 version were more rounded and less pointy for a little more support. I don't know why the original producer made them pointy. The M&P subcompact magazine with a full size baseplate is where I first experienced how much additional control it gives to have that ledge. Make GP 2.0 rounded like the M&P, but long, like the Gee Plate.
I experienced the same thing but with 10mm Auto being the only ammo in the whole aisle in my part of the world. This happened week after week! It is what spurred me to start acquiring that caliber handgun. I had thought of it as an oddball, niche cartridge. My thinking in the before times was that all I need is 22lr, 9mm, 5.56 & 12 gauge guns because that will always be available... right?!? Experience is a great teacher, that summer I found out that diversity really is our strength.
At least when it come to the chamberings available in my collection. 
So now I have almost every configuration of 10mm Glock clone imaginable, except for the G29. That and it ilk such as the G26, G43 and M&P 2.0 Subcompact just don't carry well on me. They are nicely proportioned guns, the G29 seems to hit it best and Horsepower is a grand specimen! Hooper Gun Works has a cut called the Titan Lightening Cut that looks best in G29 proportions, it catches my eye every time I go to their web store.
HGW Complete Upper for Glock 29 Gen3, Titan Lightening Cut RMR 17-4ph Stainless Slide, 10mm Stainless Barrel
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So far I have managed to avoid giving a home to that one. And the inevitable parts that would make it complete.
ie: "the Boss already named this one" What did she name it?
The second "name" that popped into my head was "littlegripbig". The first was a little too long by four letters I concluded...
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I'd have to call it "over-reach" or maybe "overcompensating".