aandabooks Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Is there a limit on the weight or mounting of a frame weight? I'm interested in machining myself one but really don't know much about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspian guy Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 On an open gun no weight limit I am aware of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novock Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I run the sjc weight on my open glock 17 and limited glock 35. it makes a huge difference. It weighs about 6 ounces. I would definately recommend something like the sjc weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 How does that SJC attach? I don't see where the tightening screws are located. I'd like to make one out of yellow brass to match the magwell I recently put on the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noexcuses Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) How does that SJC attach? I don't see where the tightening screws are located. I'd like to make one out of yellow brass to match the magwell I recently put on the gun. "slides" on the frame rail and is held in place with set screws from the underside. It overhangs on the front on a G17/22 length guns but looks great on G34/35 guns. Edited December 10, 2015 by noexcuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraj Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I liked mine on my open 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 You guys who are using a frame weight, what holster are you running? I'm trying to find s holster that will allow me to holster the gun with the frame weight on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noexcuses Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I am using the DAA racer that I ground & filed to fit the weight. Works great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottrallye Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 FYI: A very close friend of mine I've been shooting with over the last year (he's a master now) and a guy I've been squadded with at almost every match we've shot in that year had been shooting a Glock 35 up until a month or so ago. He began running a SJC frame weight with thumb rest back in Feb/March. Since then, he began breaking the main trigger pin in his frame with alarming regularity. I mean, like a couple a month. Several times the break resulted in a zeroed stage and/or a subsequently disappointing match result that could have been avoided. He started carrying several pins in his range bag because they broke so much. Myself and an engineer buddy we also shoot with eventually guessed that because the Glock polymer frame is actually designed to flex during it's recoil cycle, the added weight and torque on the frame was resulting in the forces being shifted to that pin. He later stopped running the weight and the problem disappeared. I wouldn't repeat random hearsay... this is first had stuff I witnessed myself and helped diagnose/fix. Now, he did love the way his Glock shot and performed with the weight in place, so it does have an advantage... but it could be argued that the Glock wasn't designed for a big chunk of aluminum to hang off the front and/or get torqued away on by the shooter. And it begs the question... if you want the advantage of a heavier framed pistol, why not buy a metal-framed pistol? Maybe the weight alone wouldn't have this effect, but in this case he had the thumb rest to go with it so perhaps the issue is related more to that. Just my two cents. Again, he DID enjoy the way his gun shot with the weight, but it did appear that the broken-pin issue was directly tied to that weight/thumb rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011BLDR Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 common Glock problem with a tactical light attached has been an issue since they added the tactical rail to the frame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdug Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 FYI: A very close friend of mine I've been shooting with over the last year (he's a master now) and a guy I've been squadded with at almost every match we've shot in that year had been shooting a Glock 35 up until a month or so ago. He began running a SJC frame weight with thumb rest back in Feb/March. Since then, he began breaking the main trigger pin in his frame with alarming regularity. I mean, like a couple a month. Several times the break resulted in a zeroed stage and/or a subsequently disappointing match result that could have been avoided. He started carrying several pins in his range bag because they broke so much. Myself and an engineer buddy we also shoot with eventually guessed that because the Glock polymer frame is actually designed to flex during it's recoil cycle, the added weight and torque on the frame was resulting in the forces being shifted to that pin. He later stopped running the weight and the problem disappeared. I wouldn't repeat random hearsay... this is first had stuff I witnessed myself and helped diagnose/fix. Now, he did love the way his Glock shot and performed with the weight in place, so it does have an advantage... but it could be argued that the Glock wasn't designed for a big chunk of aluminum to hang off the front and/or get torqued away on by the shooter. And it begs the question... if you want the advantage of a heavier framed pistol, why not buy a metal-framed pistol? Maybe the weight alone wouldn't have this effect, but in this case he had the thumb rest to go with it so perhaps the issue is related more to that. Just my two cents. Again, he DID enjoy the way his gun shot with the weight, but it did appear that the broken-pin issue was directly tied to that weight/thumb rest. I work, train, and compete with Glocks with taclights... I along with my peers have put 100s of 1,000s of rounds through our glocks, and I have only seen one pin break ( That gun was school gun and had 20,000-30,000 rds, pin was changed and went right back to work). It is more common that the barrel fails. The questions I would have: 1.) what gen is it? 2.)what type of guiderod and weight of recoil springs you are running 3.) and lastly are you running OEM pins or ZEV equivalent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottrallye Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Gen 4, not sure on spring weight but I think he ran a 15lb and stainless guide rod, and stuck with OEM pins for months before trying the Zev pins. By then, he was beginning to think he should stop running it and looking at the STI he now shoots (that he immediately had to send back to the factory for 3 months to make it work, lol) so I can't say for sure if those lasted any longer. That's great you've only seen one of those pins break, but I literally saw them break repeatedly over this year, and as surprising as it may have been my eyes weren't lying. He wasn't running a Tactical light either, he was running a frame weight with a thumb rest... and like I said, I think the torque on the thumbrest probably had more to do with it than the weight. Are the tac lights you run equipped with thumb rests? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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