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Why not get a more accurate barrel ? This seems like fashion over performance . I would think for the money you would want a more accurate gun . I would love to know what I am missing . I have a Glock 17 coming from a match prize that is going to get modified for a dedicated match gun so I have been reading these and other threads with interest . The gun is going to get some grip mods and trigger work . Barrel color is not even a thought

What I meant by find the one you think looks best is most aftermarket barrels have similar performance. You're not going to get day/night different results. As far as I'm concerned, barrels are black or stainless.

Best trigger setup I have found for me is an Agency trigger with TTI Grandmaster kit.  

I really like Blacklist barrels. Work great with heavier loads, only minimal gains with target rounds. I have become very well aquainted with the owner and he's a really good guy.

did you watch the whole video?

watch at 17:58 on.

"people are actually putting a shoe or a pad, where they can use their thumb of their weak hand to control recoil.... that's starting to work out pretty good"

Just more variety -- something fun to play with. I love G19s, so when I had the chance to trade an absolutely horseshit AK for a like-new factory ZEV 19 Dragonfly, it was a no-brainer.

Do what you want, but it's the functional equivalent of putting a wing spoiler on your Honda Accord and thinking you now have some sort of race car.

Nothing wrong with that if it makes them happy. Not my cup of tea, but some of these look very cool.

I think basically this.

Just like the AR, you pick a basic, common, reliable, and common weapon and make it work better for you.

People have been customizing weapons since weapons were a thing.  1911 mods have been done so many times that there are "standard modifications" now expected on any semi-custom (or higher grade) gun (larger beaver tail, improved hammer, enlarged ejection port, sights).

The Glock makes sense in this light as they are popular, easily obtained at any gun store, reliable, and cheap.  They have a large aftermarket that is capable of supporting many companies putting $ into developing stuff for them (market share is important here......if only 400 people in the nation have a gun, there's not nearly as much profit as if there is 100k people who own a particular make & model).

I have been using Glocks for years and I've done very little to them.  New sights is the only mod that I've done to most all of them.  I have a 19L that I like a lot.  I have GFAs on 2 and skateboard tape on a 34.  I don't really call weapon lights as customization, but they are another standard addition.

I'd like to roland special my G19 & 19L.....probably the next thing that I do.

Ruining a perfectly good Glock, and paying for it.   More money than sense I guess.

I like your break-down.  And it's exactly why I do the first half and not the second half.

I'm a Glock owner/fanatic.  But I feel like these overly modified GLOCK's are the fidget spinner of the gun world

Glocks are cheap. Most people have several. I think a lot of people just want something than the same boring stock gun. Never have understood why people are always so concerned with how others spend their money.

As Memphis Raines would say, "too many self indulgent wieners, with too much bloody money".

Don't get me wrong Glocks are fine. I own a couple. And people are free to do what they want. Especially with their own property and money. A few of these mods are worthwhile (IMHO). But most are silly and have little if any actual value. But that being said, if you like something because it looks cool or you think it's practical. Have at it. :D

Just a fad. It'll probably die in the next few years. Like the shoot me first vest of the 90s. That said I don't care how people spend their money. If it gets more people into guns, good. Optics on handguns will probably be the norm.