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The biggest possible risk a Glock owner faces is that the polymer becomes brittle with age.

It may be impossible with the polymer used. But I'm speaking conceptually. Generally speaking many polymers get brittler and weaker as they age.

If that's the case with Glock, the best way to store it may be in a freezer. Since the chemical reactions that embrittle polymers slow down at lower temps.

I'm kind of serious. I don't think there will be a problem with any of my Glocks in my lifetime. But if I wanted to store a Glock so that it was usable for the most time possible, I'd vac pack it in Mylar with an oxygen absorber and put the thole thing into a deep freeze.

[QUOTE="dcmdon, post: 9461740, member: 12555"] The biggest possible risk a Glock owner faces is that the polymer becomes brittle with age. It may be impossible with the polymer used. But I'm speaking conceptually. Generally speaking many polymers get brittler and weaker as they age. If that's the case with Glock, the best way to store it may be in a freezer. Since the chemical reactions that embrittle polymers slow down at lower temps. I'm kind of serious. I don't think there will be a problem with any of my Glocks in my lifetime. But if I wanted to store a Glock so that it was usable for the most time possible, I'd vac pack it in Mylar with an oxygen absorber and put the thole thing into a deep freeze. [/QUOTE]

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