Anyone have/had a chopped Glock? Just to clarify I'm talking glock 34/17 chopped to a 19/26 grip lenth. Are they worth the effort? I love the 19 grip length just wondering if anyone finds a big advantage when combined with a 17 or 34 slide and sight radius.
Last edited by wmu12071; 12-05-2012 at 08:22 PM. Reason: spell checked...
I don't see the advantage of that. I switched from a 19 to 17 because I kept pinching my palm on reloads.
See this thread:
http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?t=2398
My pics are there.
I chopped a 17 to 19 length. It works well for me and I shot it at a class recently. I've never had the 19 pinching issues but I don't have big meaty mitts, either. I usually have a 17 mag as reload anyway.
I think it's about ideal in the AIWB carry position because the grip length is just enough shorter to make a difference in printing, but the longer slide is not a penalty, I might consider it a benefit in that position, actually, due to leverage/mechanics of it.
All that said, I don't know that it provides a huge enough benefit over a 19 to switch if you already had a 19, or if you had to pay someone else for the work. I just happened to have an extra 17 and time and an itch to try it.
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I cut a G22 down to G27 grip length. I personally don't think there is any real advantage over just going with a normal compact or sub-compact Glock. I did it just to prove that I could. It shoot well, carrys like a dream and I have seen no performance degredation compared to an unmolested G22.
I have a 17 chopped to a 19. I think that's about the ideal setup and wish GLOCK would build them from the factory this way.
The one I have is my most accurate shooter or at least I shoot it more accurately than any other pistol I own. Prob a coincidence and not the chop job so I'm not claiming it really "helps". It just feels good and allows me to conceal it just a little easier and utilize my stockpile of 19 mags.
Ben at Boresightsolutions did the work on mine.
Carries like a dream
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That is really clean-looking, nice piece.
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Ben @ Boresight did mine as well, pictured left.Originally Posted by Shawn.L
Ben at boresight did my 17 to 19 cut
DSC_8638.jpg by Willowofwisp, on Flickr
DSC_8626.jpg by Willowofwisp, on Flickr
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Ben looks like he has a long wait. Any suggestion for someone to chop a G19 grip to 26 length?
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