Posted: 1/12/2016 7:31:50 PM EDT
| I joined GSSF for the sole purpose to take a glock armorers course, but I am seeing LEO only practically everywhere. The few that are not are at least a day away. Has anyone who is not LEO taken one. Are they worth it. I am a NRA pistol instructor and that is about it. It won't even let me contact the people in my state holding the class to see why there are 20+ seats open. I am thinking I might go to SIG and see about traveling out to NH at least I can plan it. I was planning on using the blue label to buy a 19 and a 17 for my students to use but I am starting to see this might be a headache. |
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. |
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My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? |
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Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you |
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Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you Cool, thanks. I've thought about taking the class in the past, I just wasn't sure how useful it would be to an individual shooter. |
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Don't you want to put "Certified Glock Armorer" in your sig line? Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? Is that what I'm supposed to do??? 
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Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you meh, Google can find the answer to all of those. |
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meh, Google can find the answer to all of those. Quoted:
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? My department sent me. Some people don't like to or aren't comfortable with working on their own guns, and there is more to the course than just taking it apart and putting it back together. I really enjoyed the course and learned a crap ton even though I've been detail stripping my Glocks for years. Can you give an example? I'm not looking to get the whole course for free, I'm just curious what it's like at an armorer's class for a gun that has what, 35 total parts? Differences between gens both internally and externally, what parts can be swapped between models and calibers, different ways to troubleshoot a malfunctioning gun, how to keep your gun in the fight should your trigger spring break mid fight, the proper way to fully function check your weapon, how to decipher all the markings put on the weapon s and what they can tell you, etc. It was an 8 hour class and it felt like he crammed everything into that 8 hours. Very detailed and interesting. Now if you aren't going to be working on multiple firearms fairly regularly the class probably isn't for you meh, Google can find the answer to all of those. Okay, then don't go to an Armorers Course. How hard was that? Like I said, if you're not regularly working on multiple guns it might not be for you. It makes sense for people in my field just for liabilities sake |
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There are also some parts that Glock will only sell to an armorer.
I took my class with a couple other GSSF members, but mostly there were LEO there. Got to handle an 18C and check out a cut-away. When GSSF changed the pricing and rules regarding armorer pistol purchases I let my cert expire. |
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Glock pistols are so easy to work on why would anyone need to attend an armorers course? Honest question. Is this so you can work on other peoples pistols for profit? It's more than learning to work on a Glock pistol. You can actually learn something if you go to learn. Also, the certificate you earn does carry some weight with potential customers, even if it is just a piece of paper to you. |