Will this plastic weld hold on a Glock?

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One of my Glocks developed a crack in the front of the frame. I glued it back together with JB Weld which held for a surprisingly long time. But then it started to open up again.

I had bought a inexpensive plastic weld kit off of Amazon awhile ago to fix a few little plastic things so decided to try it on the Glock. I put a wire squiggle thing in on both the top and bottom and then covered it with some plastic melted from the strips supplied. The squiggle wires are pretty straightforward but I'm not so good with the plastic finish melting stuff yet. I'm pretty optimistic this will hold for a long time though!


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I'm sure it'll hold just fine strength-wise. The rail dust cover is pretty low stress and the melt-in wire staples do a pretty good job of closing gaps and remaining solid. You can always add/shape plastic filler rod later for aesthetic clean-up once you have gotten the hang of the iron.
 
Wow, I did not know such repair kit even exist !!!
What is the round count on your Glock ?? Is the frame the "registered" part ???
 
I wonder if it would be kosher to remove the serial number plate from the original frame to a new frame?

Either by 3-D printing a new frame or getting one from Glock and have them switch it out.

And no I’m not suggesting doing anything illegal or building an actual “Ghost Gun”.

I’m suggesting on how to keep one’s lower polymer frame handguns in the game of a tyrannical and communistic Liberal Government who wants to take away our handguns, and eventually all the firearms from law abiding Canadians.

Apparently they do not care if the criminals have firearms. It’s kind of an honour amongst thieves, if you will…..:)
 
Thunderhog said:
I wonder if it would be kosher to remove the serial number plate from the original frame to a new frame?

Either by 3-D printing a new frame or getting one from Glock and have them switch it out.

And no I’m not suggesting doing anything illegal or building an actual “Ghost Gun”.

I’m suggesting on how to keep one’s lower polymer frame handguns in the game of a tyrannical and communistic Liberal Government who wants to take away our handguns, and eventually all the firearms from law abiding Canadians.

Apparently they do not care if the criminals have firearms. It’s kind of an honour amongst thieves, if you will…..:)
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Tampering with a serial number is 100% illegal. I'm not sure if removing a serial plate and installing it on a new frame would be considered tampering but I'm not sure if it would be legal either. Maybe if Glock themselves did it to "repair" a frame it would be cool.

I'm somewhat fortunate as my business license still allows me to purchase handguns. But the plastic welding staples are much less expensive. :)
 
Gatehouse said:
Tampering with a serial number is 100% illegal. I'm not sure if removing a serial plate and installing it on a new frame would be considered tampering but I'm not sure if it would be legal either. Maybe if Glock themselves did it to "repair" a frame it would be cool.

I'm somewhat fortunate as my business license still allows me to purchase handguns. But the plastic welding staples are much less expensive. :)
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Unfortunately no way for Glock to repair that frame, not having seen the original crack it’s hard to tell if it’s usage or a crack at the parting line

gadget
 
Gatehouse said:
One of my Glocks developed a crack in the front of the frame. I glued it back together with JB Weld which held for a surprisingly long time. But then it started to open up again.

I had bought a inexpensive plastic weld kit off of Amazon awhile ago to fix a few little plastic things so decided to try it on the Glock. I put a wire squiggle thing in on both the top and bottom and then covered it with some plastic melted from the strips supplied. The squiggle wires are pretty straightforward but I'm not so good with the plastic finish melting stuff yet. I'm pretty optimistic this will hold for a long time though!


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Which model / generation plus what is the approximate round count?

gadget
 
I have one of those plastic welding kit. They come up with new stuff all the time. It is really strong. You could even dremel the edges down a bit and put some black hot glue over it, so the repair won't be visible.
 
I'm a stainless mesh fan for plastic repairs, grab a spare Glock back strap and cut some strips off to use as donor plastic instead of the mystery meat plastic they send with the tool. the more jb weld you can remove the better the original plastic can melt back together. it will hold at least 2x as long as the jb weld repair would be my guess. covering up the metal squiggles to prevent rust is a good idea
 
might want to drill the tip of the crack (and fill it with bonding agent?)
Spreads the stress over the hole and not the point of the crack

Never mind looks like the crack goes into the hole for the serial number doing the exact same thing.
 
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Gatehouse said:
One of my Glocks developed a crack in the front of the frame. I glued it back together with JB Weld which held for a surprisingly long time. But then it started to open up again.

I had bought a inexpensive plastic weld kit off of Amazon awhile ago to fix a few little plastic things so decided to try it on the Glock. I put a wire squiggle thing in on both the top and bottom and then covered it with some plastic melted from the strips supplied. The squiggle wires are pretty straightforward but I'm not so good with the plastic finish melting stuff yet. I'm pretty optimistic this will hold for a long time though!


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1dgSX5w.jpeg
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Bought one of those tools for some plastic repair on a vehicle, works surprisingly well. - dan
 
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