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2 pin to 3 pin glock conversion? sorry if this is a stupid question

#1 User is offline   Evil Timmy 

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 10:48 PM

is it possible...i want to build an Open Glock but only have a 2 pin G17. Can the locking block just be swapped, and the new hole drilled? Thanks , Tim

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 11:43 PM

View PostEvil Timmy, on Aug 29 2009, 01:48 AM, said:

is it possible...i want to build an Open Glock but only have a 2 pin G17. Can the locking block just be swapped, and the new hole drilled? Thanks , Tim

The three-pin locking block has different dimensions than the two pin locking block. At a bare minimum it would require milling of the frame --- and I'm not sure that's really possible. It's certainly not economically feasible -- by the time you factor in the expense of the parts/work and the potential for it not working out....

Open minor could be done on a two-pin Glock; open major i'd buy a newer 17....
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 12:19 PM

I actually posted that very question today.
My idea was to get the hole drilled and change the
locking block completely to that of the newer version.

I think that theroretically it might work :unsure: .

Want to shoot open with my gun that has brought me this far...dont wanna change it!

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 01:03 PM

I wouldn't do it. Just get a new G17.
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 01:34 PM

It isn't as if new G17s are rare and expensive. Or even used ones.
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 01:36 PM

Since your old G17 is old and busted, send me a PM and I will give you my address so you can send it in for proper disposal.

Or I might buy it for the right price .;)
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 02:58 PM

View PostG17Racing, on Oct 13 2009, 03:19 PM, said:

I actually posted that very question today.
My idea was to get the hole drilled and change the
locking block completely to that of the newer version.

I think that theroretically it might work :unsure: .

Want to shoot open with my gun that has brought me this far...dont wanna change it!

Any more views.

It wont --- the two locking blocks are dimensionally different, as are the frames internally....
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:26 PM

Oh i didnt know that...guess thats what the forum is for...lol

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:27 PM

Ne one know of an optic mount that doesnt
require the third pin at all for installation.

I think the SJC just needs another hole drilled by an armorer..ne other???
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:50 PM

View PostG17Racing, on Oct 13 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

Ne one know of an optic mount that doesnt
require the third pin at all for installation.

I think the SJC just needs another hole drilled by an armorer..ne other???

If you go that route --- buy several spare locking blocks and have them drilled at the same time....

But really the right move is to go to a three pin gun. I cracked a slide at the ejection port on a second gen 34; it looks like the stress is transferred from locking to slide right in that area. With the change to the 3-pin frame/locking block, it looks like they moved the area of stress into an area where there's more meat on the slide. That's pure conjecture on my part as I'm not a firearms designer/engineer/gunsmith....
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Posted 14 October 2009 - 11:41 AM

Sell it and purchase a new/used 3rd generation gun.

I know some people, myself included, prefer the old 2nd gen guns so finding a buyer shouldn't be much of an issue.
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