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Glock Prices
buddyb
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I noticed on the local market that a lot of people are advertising their Glocks for sale with aftermarket parts or mods and are asking several hundred dollars over what the same gun sold for new.I assume this is younger guys,that could not shoot anyway,think if they drop a few more hundred in the Glock it will turn them into crack pistol shots.Is there a market for overpriced modified Glocks?
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Something I noticed was the experienced (good) shooters did not complain. It was the guys that could not shoot that did all the complaining - triggers were wrong, sights were wrong, grips were wrong, controls were wrong, etc., etc., etc...
Many times I have seen a good shooter take a stock Glock out of the box and out-shoot all the self-proclaimed experts.
It comes as no surprise that after they modify their Glocks they still can't shoot. So they put their (customized) Glocks up for sale and want to recover all the money they foolishly poured into modifications.
They should have paid someone $100 to teach them how to shoot!
When one of these guys try to sell me one of their customized creations I say, "Not interested! Anyone that would screw up the outside of a fine firearm, like you did, there is no telling what you screwed-up on the inside."
They take their gun and stomp off. I don't even have time to say, "Have a nice day."
Anyone with access to youtube can convince themselves they are a Glock Armorer.
A few hundred bucks later a pile of parts show up from Zev and they can impress their friends from Instagram with their newfound mechanical prowess.
Most times they have spent hundreds of dollars that would have been much more wise to invest in range time and ammo with said stock Glock.
I think some basic upgrades on Glock's aren't bad. 3.5# Ghost Trigger, night sights, different recoil spring if shooting something other than run-of-the-mill stuff. Some of the custom slides with cutouts look nice. But, I wonder if that changes the slide recoil pulse speed to a point it can damage the gun. Stippling, I guess if you have small hands, this is one way to get a more comfortable grip. But, I think it looks atrocious. I have wondered when they were going to come up with a manufactured frame already made as small as possible.
Some Glocks are amazingly accurate out of the box. I had a 2nd generation G20 that was awesome. I later sold it because I just had to have the accessory rail. I have now owned 3 more G20's and none were as accurate as that first one I had. Ironically, I never did get an under barrel accessory for it anyway. For reasons I can't fully understand, I also have gotten to where I don't shoot Glocks near as well as I used to. I still shoot my 1911's well and also my Megastar.