With factory +P loads as well....
Its a myth, like unicorns and Santa Claus.
For the love of God..stop stippling your Glocks!
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Its a myth, like unicorns and Santa Claus.
I put an ice cream cone on a horse once... argument invalid.
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I think that applies to most firearms.....but some people never seem to learn.....
lmao... speechless.
Granted I have my ear to the ground in many places most people don't...but I haven't paid over $400 for a 9mm glock in years. Actually, I think the most I ever spent on a 9mm glock was about five.
You don't do your buying on the EE, ok spill it, where ya gettin them? PO no longer has the IOP program, thats that cheapest ive gotten.
Not in a million years would I mention on CGN any secret source of cheap glocks...but two did come from the EE here. Same place I bought a German 226 for $600 with 4 mags.
But usually it's just that I get a phone call or email from someone or other who's changing up for a PPQ or VP9, something like that.
If you hang around in circles where stippling is normal, then chances are you hang out with shooters, not gun owners. Then life gets pretty different in regards to guns.
But usually it's just that I get a phone call or email from someone or other who's changing up for a PPQ or VP9, something like that.
If you hang around in circles where stippling is normal, then chances are you hang out with shooters, not gun owners. Then life gets pretty different in regards to guns.
I'm not saying this isn't true - in fact technically I'm almost certain it is true. But I have yet to see a stippled glock catastrophic frame failure. I've seen maybe five cracked slides, usually in the 75-100,000 rounds range. Mike K had one go to 135000 before the slide failed.
So while I don't disagree...I think it's probably weakening the frame 1%, when it's got a 50% margin of error.
Clobbersauras
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I stipple everything I need more grip on. I'm a ninja with a soldering iron. 
Skateboard tape rolls and moves around for me on plastic frames. The only frame mounted grip tape I ever had any success with was on a 1911 that I was able to wrap the edges of the tape under the grips. If it gets any lube or cleaner on it, the tape will move on you.
Right now I have grip tape on the top of my Glock slide because Glock can't get with the times and put forward serrations on their slides. I've replaced it a few times when I got too much G96 on it.
Skateboard tape rolls and moves around for me on plastic frames. The only frame mounted grip tape I ever had any success with was on a 1911 that I was able to wrap the edges of the tape under the grips. If it gets any lube or cleaner on it, the tape will move on you.
Right now I have grip tape on the top of my Glock slide because Glock can't get with the times and put forward serrations on their slides. I've replaced it a few times when I got too much G96 on it.
heavenIsAlie
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Grip tape feels like garbage, id never use it as my primary gripping surface. None of the plastic guns come with anything resembling enough grip on them for me, so I have to stipple any of them to be happy. I also tend to not sell guns and shoot them till they are worthless, so i have no issues making permanant mods to them
Waiting on 2 imports of silicone carbide modded frames one 17 one 19, it's basically the same grit material that's on grip tape, just bonded directly to the frame. I could care less about resale I don't plan on ever selling any of them. And if I did and you don't like it no big deal just look elsewhere.
I was going to stipple I just didn't want it to look unprofessional or homemade, the company I used does stippling also but I went with the carbide instead. It looks more uniform and professionally done.
I doubt my first attempt at stippling would turn out 100% the way I'd want it
I was going to stipple I just didn't want it to look unprofessional or homemade, the company I used does stippling also but I went with the carbide instead. It looks more uniform and professionally done.
I doubt my first attempt at stippling would turn out 100% the way I'd want it
I stipple everything I need more grip on. I'm a ninja with a soldering iron.
Skateboard tape rolls and moves around for me on plastic frames. The only frame mounted grip tape I ever had any success with was on a 1911 that I was able to wrap the edges of the tape under the grips. If it gets any lube or cleaner on it, the tape will move on you.
Right now I have grip tape on the top of my Glock slide because Glock can't get with the times and put forward serrations on their slides. I've replaced it a few times when I got too much G96 on it.
Talon grips when applied correctly will not move and is a great grip with out fking up the gun.
300Spartans
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Not that there's anything wrong with that. You could even add a Marilyn Monroe wig.
Stipple it....might as well engrave your SIN number on it as well. Pretty much the lamest "mod" bubba can do these days, right up there with tacticooling an SKS....completely looks like dog####.
Can't hang on to your gun, buy one of these instead Nancy....
Can't hang on to your gun, buy one of these instead Nancy....
For guys like Clobb and Heavenis it's pretty much irrelevant - they're not average shooters. It's the guy who stipples the gun and then advertises it as "like new" and "low rounds". Honestly what would devalue a gun more, stippling or 50K rounds? The "average" shooter won't shoot as much in ten years as these guys do in ten months.
