I have been discussing with Allen via PM for a bit now some work I was interested in him doing on one of my Glocks. I had picked up a Gen 3 Glock 19 a few months ago and it was to be the project gun.
I just was not sure exactly what I wanted, but I knew that I wanted Allen to work some magic. I knew I wanted some metal work done and that would then require a refinish. Since I am a Glock guy, my priorities were that it had to be ultra functional, and subtle. After that I wanted it to look good. I was interested in doing something that would not be instantly obvious that some work had been done, but rather that someone would pick up and think wow, that is really nice.
So after discussing with Allen quite a bit in private messages (Allen really took the time to discuss what I was after, and I sent him a few pics and he sent me back pics of some of his other work), and looking around on the web and coming up with some ideas I dropped my gun off with Allen on a Saturday morning. We discussed the work to be done for about 30 minutes, and he showed me some of his personal firearms that he had finished in the color that I was looking at.
Unbeknownst to Allen, I had actually brought along a second Glock (26) that I had that had some finish wear from being carried quite a bit. I asked Allen since he would be breaking out the cerakote and heating up the oven if he would also refinish the slide, barrel and extractor on the 26. Allen said no problem. We discussed timing, and I thought it would be a couple of weeks before the guns would be done. I was not in a rush, as I had other guns I could carry.
Wednesday afternoon of that same week, I was heading home and got a call from Allen on my cell. "I've got 2 pistols for you to pick up..."
Here are some pics. I will apologize up front as these were taken quickly with a cell phone and don't properly capture the quality of the work.
The Glock 19 had the slide beveled/dehorned/melted (whatever you choose to call it) front and back, had the stock sights replaced with night sights, and the slide was refinished in Cerakote Sniper Grey. The barrel and extractor were not refinished as they were still in good shape.
I only have a couple of pics of the Glock 26 here, but the slide was refinished in Sniper Grey, and the barrel and extractor were done in Graphite Black. The night sights already on the gun were removed before the finish and then re-installed.
Channel liners on both guns were replaced.
Glock 19:
Here are some comparison shots with my Glock 23 in the pic so you can see the difference and what Allen did. For those that are not Glock guys, a 19 is the 9mm compact and the 23 is the .40 S&W compact, but are virtually identical from the factory as far as exterior and dimensions, etc. Not any more
Here are a couple with the Glock 26 and the 19. I need to get some better pics of it to post, that include the ejection port so you can see the barrel/extractor refinish.
The Glock subcompacts (26,27, etc) already have the slide beveled on the front. I thought for a moment about having the rear of the 26 slide beveled, but there is not much real estate back there to work with.
These pics don't do Allen's work justice.
He does great work, got it back to me well before promised and really took his time to understand what I was after.
I will be going to shoot these hopefully in the next few days, and will report back on that.
I have more Glocks that I may need drop off to Allen in the future
Thanks for reading.
I'll have to drop a couple of pics in the Plastic Gun Show n Tell thread as well.
I just was not sure exactly what I wanted, but I knew that I wanted Allen to work some magic. I knew I wanted some metal work done and that would then require a refinish. Since I am a Glock guy, my priorities were that it had to be ultra functional, and subtle. After that I wanted it to look good. I was interested in doing something that would not be instantly obvious that some work had been done, but rather that someone would pick up and think wow, that is really nice.
So after discussing with Allen quite a bit in private messages (Allen really took the time to discuss what I was after, and I sent him a few pics and he sent me back pics of some of his other work), and looking around on the web and coming up with some ideas I dropped my gun off with Allen on a Saturday morning. We discussed the work to be done for about 30 minutes, and he showed me some of his personal firearms that he had finished in the color that I was looking at.
Unbeknownst to Allen, I had actually brought along a second Glock (26) that I had that had some finish wear from being carried quite a bit. I asked Allen since he would be breaking out the cerakote and heating up the oven if he would also refinish the slide, barrel and extractor on the 26. Allen said no problem. We discussed timing, and I thought it would be a couple of weeks before the guns would be done. I was not in a rush, as I had other guns I could carry.
Wednesday afternoon of that same week, I was heading home and got a call from Allen on my cell. "I've got 2 pistols for you to pick up..."
Here are some pics. I will apologize up front as these were taken quickly with a cell phone and don't properly capture the quality of the work.
The Glock 19 had the slide beveled/dehorned/melted (whatever you choose to call it) front and back, had the stock sights replaced with night sights, and the slide was refinished in Cerakote Sniper Grey. The barrel and extractor were not refinished as they were still in good shape.
I only have a couple of pics of the Glock 26 here, but the slide was refinished in Sniper Grey, and the barrel and extractor were done in Graphite Black. The night sights already on the gun were removed before the finish and then re-installed.
Channel liners on both guns were replaced.
Glock 19:
Here are some comparison shots with my Glock 23 in the pic so you can see the difference and what Allen did. For those that are not Glock guys, a 19 is the 9mm compact and the 23 is the .40 S&W compact, but are virtually identical from the factory as far as exterior and dimensions, etc. Not any more
Here are a couple with the Glock 26 and the 19. I need to get some better pics of it to post, that include the ejection port so you can see the barrel/extractor refinish.
The Glock subcompacts (26,27, etc) already have the slide beveled on the front. I thought for a moment about having the rear of the 26 slide beveled, but there is not much real estate back there to work with.
These pics don't do Allen's work justice.
He does great work, got it back to me well before promised and really took his time to understand what I was after.
I will be going to shoot these hopefully in the next few days, and will report back on that.
I have more Glocks that I may need drop off to Allen in the future
Thanks for reading.
I'll have to drop a couple of pics in the Plastic Gun Show n Tell thread as well.
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