Shawn Knight Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I was thinking of building a Glock Limited gun for the heck of it and I was wondering if a Gen 2 Glock 17 can take a Caspian or Lone Wolf Glock 35 Slide. Will it work or am I asking too much from an older gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It will work just fine. Just swap out the ejector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) It will work just fine. Just swap out the ejector. Hmmm... Frankenpara may take a back seat and I may turn to the dark side of Limited!! Oh yeah... Do you ever sleep Pharaoh??? I work nights so I am awake right now on purpose! Edited April 30, 2009 by Shawn Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 As Pharoah said, it will work, per se, with just an ejector swap. The issue that I see is that the second generation 17 frame is probably a 2-pin gun (One trigger pin, one trigger housing pin). The newer guns (and all of the 40s) have three pins, with the addition of a second pin through the locking block). That gives more rigidity to the locking block, which is needed with the increased slide velocity of the 40s. The side-effects of a 40 on a two-pin gun probably won't be catastrophic, but there will probably be more lift of the locking block when the lower lug hits it to unlock the barrel. When it rises, the locking block taps the bottom of the slide and will peen it a bit. This will probably be more pronounced in the two-pin gun. BTW, Glock doesn't sell Ejectors by themselves now. They are only sold as an assembly with the rest of the Trigger Housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 I was going to buy a Lonewolf or Caspian slide and a parts kit for it from one of the Glock parts sellers. I don't think this gun will be running for a while but I just want to keep my options open. I also have a 3-pin frame but I was hopping not to grip shape it for the Speedway type mod. I usually keep it as an extra gun in case a friend wants to shoot a match. I don't see that happeneing much so I will look into urning that one into the limited gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Oh I sleep...I just get up early to work out and dryfire before going off to teach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Oh I sleep...I just get up early to work out and dryfire before going off to teach Must be a Master class thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Oh I sleep...I just get up early to work out and dryfire before going off to teach Must be a Master class thing. You're close.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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