Aftermarket Slides For Carry

[JWH]

What are people’s thoughts on using aftermarket slides for putting an RDS on a carry gun? Are there preferred brands? Any specific caveats? My question is motivated by comparing a $100 mill job to a $200 Brownells slide and not having to deal with shipping, lead times, etc.

Thanks

[Lon]

Brownells slide for the win.

[theJanitor]

I've got both (Jagerwerks, UNITY). The benefit to the milled slide is that you don't need to vet it's operation. If it worked before, it'll work after milling too. Jager turnaround was 10 days, door to door.

[DaBigBR]

What are people’s thoughts on using aftermarket slides for putting an RDS on a carry gun? Are there preferred brands? Any specific caveats? My question is motivated by comparing a $100 mill job to a $200 Brownells slide and not having to deal with shipping, lead times, etc.

Thanks

Not to mention being able to return the gun to factory condition in a couple minutes AND being able to resell the aftermarket slide more easily. I don't think it's a bad plan at all.

[YVK]

I had mentioned this before, I had a bad luck with Brownells G43 slide. Sample size of one and all, of course.

[LittleLebowski]

I had mentioned this before, I had a bad luck with Brownells G43 slide. Sample size of one and all, of course.

Did they make it right?

[YVK]

Did they make it right?

I returned it and they issued a refund.

[GJM]

For $151 including return shipping and cerakote refinishing, Primary Machine will mill your Glock slide for the RMR/SRO/Holosun (or other) footprint. That seems an excellent value with the highest likelihood of having the good outcome of a reliable pistol.

[Up1911Fan]

For $151 including return shipping and cerakote refinishing, Primary Machine will mill your Glock slide for the RMR/SRO/Holosun (or other) footprint. That seems an excellent value with the highest likelihood of having the good outcome of a reliable pistol.

This. C&H is milling one of my slides today for about the same price.

[HCM]

I've got both (Jagerwerks, UNITY). The benefit to the milled slide is that you don't need to vet it's operation. If it worked before, it'll work after milling too. Jager turnaround was 10 days, door to door.

Sorry, I’m glad you had good experiences with milling but you absolutely need to vet slides after being sent out for milling as well as after mounting optics.