Opinions on my new Glock 23

Takis48

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Hello everyone, I just purchased my 1st Glock 2 weeks ago and was very excited. I called Glock to find out some history behind it, and was informed it was a imported in April of 96 and issued to a PD in upstate NY in June of 96. Seeing as where it has probably gone though thousands of rounds, I am considering sending it to get refurbished but am not sure where to do so. My options are to send it to Glock and have to wait 6-8 weeks or bring it to Four Seasons (where I bought it). What do you guys, who may or may not have experience with this, say is the best choice?
 
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A PD gun will not have gone through thousands of rounds. They usually have the lowest round count of any used guns.

Most are fired only as required by the department once a year to re-qualify and then maybe a few other times. Could be no more than a box or two of ammo per year.

Being a 96 just get the technical cleaning from Four Seasons. Any gun that was carried will have lint and other crud that finds its way in. If there is a spring or something else worn they will replace it.

But really with a Glock just shoot it.
 
Cops are not known for being range rats with their issued weapons. Municipalities can't afford the ammo, range facilities, or to pay the officers to spend any more than a few hours a year there, just enough to CYA and say they trained their employees in case of a in the line of duty shooting. That is why PD turn ins are sought after. There were truckloads of Detroit PD Glocks dumped on the market a while back, many had never been issued.

In the real world, cops are some of the worst shooters out there for just that reason.

If you have ever seen some of the "tests"people have put Glocks through, you'd be amazed at the abuse they can take and still fire.

A good cleaning is all it should ever need
 
Send it back to Glock. Exceptional service and well worth the wait.

The G23 I had was one of the older ones that did not have the integrated metal in the frame. The frame rails were splintering. I sent it back for a safety check and they said the frame was FUBAR'ed. Glock found me a replacement 2nd gen that they refurbished and it was like new. They actually gave me a choice on what model I wanted back! Should have requested a subcompact but I just told them to give me the same model.

Just last year I sent them a G27 for a slide refinish. I could not believe it was the same gun. It looked like it just rolled off the assembly line. All the internals were replaced and all the aftermarket parts were returned to me (was going to replace them anyway). New mags came back as well.
 
Maybe I have missed something allong the way...but I see this come up quite a bit (the should I send my used glock back for refurb)...If it works, and when you field strip it its isn't "f'd" up, why would you (send it back)??? Its a modern gun made in 1996, Christ sake I have plenty of guns A LOT older than that (actually by defualt all my MG's are at least 10 years older than that) I don't send my guns back to the factory for a refurb every 15 years...when parts break, replace them...if the gun is "f'd" and you can't fix it send it to someone who can (such as PJ150's 23 mentioned above), but why waste time/$$$ refurbing a perfectly functional gun???
 
securityboy said:
Maybe I have missed something allong the way...but I see this come up quite a bit (the should I send my used glock back for refurb)...If it works, and when you field strip it its isn't "f'd" up, why would you (send it back)??? Its a modern gun made in 1996, Christ sake I have plenty of guns A LOT older than that (actually by defualt all my MG's are at least 10 years older than that) I don't send my guns back to the factory for a refurb every 15 years...when parts break, replace them...if the gun is "f'd" and you can't fix it send it to someone who can (such as PJ150's 23 mentioned above), but why waste time/$$$ refurbing a perfectly functional gun???
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Well, depending on when it was made, there may have been factory updates for it.... but any local glock armorer can figure that out, more often than not.

-Mike
 
If you are happy with the cosmetics do not send it to Glock. Have a local armorer inspect it and replace the springs if needed. If they inspect properly they will show you if the frame is a problem and show you which parts need replacing and which you might want to replace for another 5k trouble free rounds.

PD guns shoot maybe a couple hundred rounds a year, much less than most civvy owned guns.
 
I wouldn't send it out to Glock. I would youtube some videos, and you can figure out how to completely strip it down in under 5 min, clean it, and your all set. Everything on a Glock is user replaceable!
 
andypieces said:
(snip) Everything on a Glock is user replaceable!
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AND it is top rack dishwasher safe! [grin]

My G-21 stopped working recently. Luckily I have a good friend that is a Glock armorer. The failure to fire was caused by the striker safety tab breaking off of the trigger bar. He checked it for needed updates and rebuilt it for me. It turned out to have a broken locking block and slide lock as well. [shocked]

No way of knowing how long it had been running with those 2 broken pieces in it and if I had removed the striker plunger, it would have kept firing! [smile]
 
Takis48 said:
Hello everyone, I just purchased my 1st Glock 2 weeks ago and was very excited. I called Glock to find out some history behind it, and was informed it was a imported in April of 96 and issued to a PD in upstate NY in June of 96. Seeing as where it has probably gone though thousands of rounds, I am considering sending it to get refurbished but am not sure where to do so. My options are to send it to Glock and have to wait 6-8 weeks or bring it to Four Seasons (where I bought it). What do you guys, who may or may not have experience with this, say is the best choice?
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As said, it's a Glock. Keep shooting it.
If you want it to look new, we have some going to Glock for the refurbishing next week and you can save on shipping if your's goes with them.
 
In many cases, police trade ins are re-furbed before being sold. Another option is to find a Glock armorer on NES to give the gun a going over.
 
atmay said:
Dude, Glocks suck. Send it to me, just to be safe.
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+1 to this.

[smile]

in all seriousness, i have three of them and they all run fine. if i ever decide send any of them to glock, it would be for the "feel good" measure of having it done by glock.

otherwise, i'd do it myself (yes, it's THAT easy) or have a glock armorer take a peek at it... unless i learn of a factory defect, i think i'll just do it myself.

when i got my first glock, i detailed stripped it and looked over every part. i was fascinated by the simplicity. if you cruise glock talk you'll see the different thoughts on how often... i probably wouldn't do it more than once every 2 - 3 years or 20k rounds though... others may vary...

Glocks: they work. [wink]
 
There are no big secrets to detail stripping a Glock, but use of a Glock Armorer is necessary if you want warranty service without evacuating the unit to the repair facility in Smyrna. Glock is GREAT about issuing replacement parts at no charge, but will NOT replace parts that require anything beyond "field stripping" to anyone without an armorer's certificate.
 
wolf223 said:
+1 to this.

[smile]

in all seriousness, i have three of them and they all run fine. if i ever decide send any of them to glock, it would be for the "feel good" measure of having it done by glock.

otherwise, i'd do it myself (yes, it's THAT easy) or have a glock armorer take a peek at it... unless i learn of a factory defect, i think i'll just do it myself.

when i got my first glock, i detailed stripped it and looked over every part. i was fascinated by the simplicity. if you cruise glock talk you'll see the different thoughts on how often... i probably wouldn't do it more than once every 2 - 3 years or 20k rounds though... others may vary...

Glocks: they work. [wink]
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I have one. It truly is amazing how few parts there are, and how stupidly simple the pistol is. Even the G18 is stupidly simple.
 
Rob Boudrie said:
There are no big secrets to detail stripping a Glock, but use of a Glock Armorer is necessary if you want warranty service without evacuating the unit to the repair facility in Smyrna. Glock is GREAT about issuing replacement parts at no charge, but will NOT replace parts that require anything beyond "field stripping" to anyone without an armorer's certificate.
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[thumbsup] for the OP - midwayusa usually has the parts... as do a billion other websites. allglock, topglock, glockparts, lonewolf dist ect... a quick google search will yield enless results
 

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