9mm GLock 17 RTF2 out of the box…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Lots of folks have planned what gun(s) they\u2019re going to buy this year.\u00a0 An Internet friend on a closed forum has taken a different approach: his new year\u2019s resolution is to spiff up the guns he already has.<\/p>\n
I can march to that. Shortly before the end of the last year, I picked up a new Glock 17 with the RTF2 grip frame treatment. RTF stands for Rough Textured Finish, and this one is so aggressive that Glock is only making it now for police holster guns. I found it uncomfortable to wear in an inside the belt holster against bare skin under an un-tucked T-shirt; it\u2019s much more abrasive than the standard RTF treatment on the current Generation 4 Glock pistols.\u00a0 Significant Other likes the way it sits in her hand, though, and she enjoys Glock matches, so this one got some Dawson adjustable sights with bright fiber optic on the front post.\u00a0 She is partial to light trigger pulls on match guns, and this will be a dedicated tournament-shooting pistol, so we\u2019ve installed a 3.5-pound connector from Lone Wolf.<\/p>\n
My favorite pistol since I was twelve has been the 1911 Colt .45 auto. Back in the Time of the Ancient Ones, as my children would call my prime of life years, I tested a then-new Colt Enhanced Lightweight Commander .45. It grouped about two inches for five shots with just about anything at 25 yards, and I don\u2019t recall it jamming. I liked it enough to buy it, and set about making a project gun out of it for carry.\u00a0 I figured I\u2019d have the best masters do each bit of work. The legendary Dick Heinie installed one of his street-concealable speed-reload magazine chutes. Pete Single, perhaps the best checkering artisan in the business, checkered the frame for traction.<\/p>\n
Time went by, and the project slid further and further toward the back burners. I won a Commander-length Bar-Sto barrel and bushing at a match, and will send that to Irv Stone IV for his masterful installation, which should bring it from a two-inch grouper to a \u201cone-inch gun\u201d at 25 yards, without sacrificing reliability.\u00a0 I\u2019m still trying to decide who I\u2019ll ask to do the trigger \u2013 it\u2019s pretty decent right now, but a plastic trigger is just not esthetically acceptable \u2013 and I\u2019m trying to decide between Dave Lauck at D&L Sports and Hilton Yam at 10-8 for the heavy duty fixed night sights. When all that is done, it will go to Robbie Barrkman at Robar for a finish that\u2019s impervious to weather and sweat.<\/p>\n
When it\u2019s done, it\u2019ll be my \u201cgeezerhood gun\u201d for retirement if I ever get that far. Light to carry, hard hitting, something I\u2019m comfortable with\u2026and, yes, there IS a nostalgia factor at work there.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t usually give my guns nicknames, but I may call this one \u201cFreddy the .45.\u201d In the \u201cNightmare on Elm Street\u201d movies, the monstrous Freddie was said to be \u201cthe bastard child of a thousand madmen.\u201d This pistol will kinda be the bastard child of a thousand madly good gunsmiths.\u00a0 (Well\u2026maybe not a thousand\u2026but writers are allowed poetic license, aren\u2019t we?)<\/p>\n
But, enough about my stuff. What\u2019s your <\/em>\u201cgrail gun\u201d you intend to buy for 2012, or your project to customize a firearm you already have in your possession?\u00a0 Share it here!<\/p>\n 9mm GLock 17 RTF2 out of the box…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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