Glock 23 Grip Adapter

Last Friday I picked up a used Gen 2 Glock 23 with factory night sights and two extra Glock factory mags.  I test fired it at the Sooper Sekrit Gunstore, and the slide decided to bite me.

I have always used a high grip when shooting handguns, and this time the high grip bit me.  It's not as bad as the hammer bite I get from my FEG P9M Hi-Power Clone, but it's bad enough.

Soooo, I ordered a Grip Force Beavertail Adapter Saturday and it was delivered today.  It came with two different Beavertail adapters and 4 new pins.

The one on the left is smooth up in the web area and checkered below, the one on the right has some rather aggressive checkering and ridges which I don't think I want chewing up my hand.  So I went with the left one on my Glock.

You can see how the rear pin is what is used to hold the adapter secure, with the top being held by the back of the frame.

It was surprisingly simple and yet at the same time frustrating.  The adapter needs to be held very firmly so the pin will fit through the other side.  It took me several attempts, backing the pin back through plus the help of my son Sprog #7 before I finally got it in properly.

 You can see the pin on the right side extends just a little bit more.  I sort of flattened the left side of the pin with my punch, so it shouldn't go all the way through.

Here it is with the slide installed.  You can see how the adapter cups the rear of the frame, which will force my hand just a little bit lower on the grip.  So I SHOULDN'T be getting slide bit any more.

I still have a few more goodies for this Glock, I was planning on getting a Wheaton Arms 9mm Conversion barrel, however they don't have the extended and threaded barrel in stock and said it would be several months before they had them back in stock.  so I looked around and found Lone Wolf had the barrel I wanted in stock, and it was less than half the price of the Wheaton Arms barrel.

I also ordered an extended magazine release, an extended slide stop, slide release and a Hogue Grip Sleeve.  hopefully these will all be in before I head back to the range this weekend.

I'll keep you up to date as I make my modifications, to make this a more comfortable pistol to use.

New Acquisition - Generation 2 Glock 23 - .40 S&W

My local Sooper Sekrit Gunstore had a good deal in the display case.  A Gen 2 Glock 23 with Factory Night Sights and two extra mags for $375.00.  Now it resides in MY gun safe.

They let me test it at the range and at 15 yards, rapid fire I put 49 rounds all inside the 8 ring with one flyer at 3 o'clock in the 9 ring.  Recoil with 185 gr FMJ's was a little bit more than my Hi Power with 124 gr +P's, but not as much as my 3" .357 firing full bore 158 gr JHP rounds.

My only complaint with this is that my high grip caused me to get a little slide bit on the web between the thumb and forefinger of my right hand.  So I'll need to either modify my grip or I will get a grip adapter to force my rather LARGE hands lower on the frame.

I'll be wringing this out with Ken and Sam hopefully this Sunday, so I'll be taking some pictures and shooting some video for posting up on YouTube.  I do need to get some more ammo for this beast though, as Academy only had 250 rounds of the inexpensive brass cased Barnaul in stock for .40 S&W.

My further plans for this particular Glock however involves calling Wheaton Arms and ordering a custom 9mm conversion barrel that is threaded for a suppressor.  I'll also have to replace the extractor so I won't have issues with extraction.  I'm also considering a trigger job, since the trigger on this 23 is a little mushy with a inexact break.  So the trigger will definitely need to be improved.

So if you're a Glock aficionado and have a few ideas and suggestions, please leave a comment.

ETA: Using the lookup feature at MujGLOCK.com according to the three letters on my barrel and slide, they were made April 2, 2002, so, I have a 14 year old Glock.  That after cleaning, because it was FILTHY, looks like it was hardly fired much.  There is more holster wear, than any other type of wear I can find.

However, I ordered a new Extended Mag Release, Extended slide stop for a 2-pin glock and an extended take down pin for it.

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New York Boycott list of Companies that need to be contacted

I'm lifting this from Sean's page so I don't have to type it.

NEW TACTIC: Time to make some phone calls. Glock, SIG, and Smith & Wesson supply all the duty handguns to the NYPD. They haven’t joined the New York Boycott. 
All you have to say is “I would like you to join the New York Boycott. Please don’t sell any guns to police that wouldn’t be legal for you to sell to the people.”
Call the following three numbers and ask (politely) that they join.

• Glock
  • 770-432-1202 – Ask for Law Enforcement Sales
  • Email Legal@Glock.US
• SIG Sauer
  • 603-418-8190 – As for Law Enforcement Sales
  • Email PublicSafetySales@SIGsauer.com
• S&W
  • 800-331-0852 EXT 3627
  • Email dgrier@Smith-Wesson.com

The first few might have to explain, so tell them that the NY SAFE act made it illegal to buy a magazine with more than 7 rounds. All their police guns have more than 7 rounds, so the residents of New York can’t buy them.
IMPORTANT: Be polite, be courteous, be PROFESSIONAL. The object is to impress upon them how serious we are by the number of phone calls they get, not how mean we can be to them on the phone. The people you will talk to don’t make the decisions. There is every reason to believe that they will agree with you. We want the call takers to tell their bosses that they got hundreds of calls asking them to stop selling to police in  New York and other gun ban states.

The link to Sean's page is :  http://www.ncgunblog.com/new-york-boycott/

Make some calls, and send some e-mails.  BUT REMEMBER!!!!  PLEASE Be Polite, Professional and Courteous.