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1/24/2015 10:17:31 PM EDT
I have a gen 3 glock 21, purchased in end of 1999 or early 2000, it has about 4,000 rounds thru it but is not that beat up, never carried , and always cleaned.

I'm finding I would much rather the gen 4 mag release.  If i'm able to find someone that will swap me guns for a gen 4 g21 how much money should i add on top of the trade to make the deal fair?  I'm not sure what the relative value of each should be.


thank you for your time.
1/24/2015 10:54:10 PM EDT
[#1]
Just going from what I see on the Fbook swap pages it's hard to find someone to trade a Gen 4 for a Gen 3. I would try to just sell it out right for $450-$465 and buy a new or used Gen 4.
1/25/2015 12:09:34 AM EDT
[#2]
You can just do the mag release mod and keep the gun. I've seen many people take a gen 4 mag release, which you can buy online for a few bucks, and mod the gun to accept it. It does take some simple skills in using a wood burner and cutting plastic but it's not really that hard to do. There should be some people along soon to show you how to do it.
1/25/2015 1:10:04 AM EDT
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Just going from what I see on the Fbook swap pages it's hard to find someone to trade a Gen 4 for a Gen 3. I would try to just sell it out right for $450-$465 and buy a new or used Gen 4.

thank you that may be the route i end up going.

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You can just do the mag release mod and keep the gun. I've seen many people take a gen 4 mag release, which you can buy online for a few bucks, and mod the gun to accept it. It does take some simple skills in using a wood burner and cutting plastic but it's not really that hard to do. There should be some people along soon to show you how to do it.


I thought about doing this..but the few i've seen guys on youtube that needed to stipple to cover up there work  I figured if i can just upgrade for 100$ or so then I get the feature i want, with out it looking like a hack (me) got ahold of it.

that said, professionally i'm a machinist, i run a 7 million dollar cell system making things that if fail airplanes crash...but i don't know that i trust my hand with a wood burning iron.


with all of this said, thank you for your opinions and help it is appreciated.
1/25/2015 1:47:30 AM EDT
[#4]
Sell your Gen 3... buy a Gen 4!?

- Clint