Posted: 4/20/2010 8:29:51 PM EDT
| I noticed that the gap between the slide and the body is not even from front to back on almost all Glocks. It's like it curls up at the front. You would figure they would make it even from front to back, just an observation. |
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet. 
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. |
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I asked this very question a while back and in my thread someone mentioned you could boil some water and dip the end of the frame into the water for x amount of seconds. After the plastic softens you can take it out and flatten it out. I didnt try it and Im not going to.. |
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I asked this very question a while back and in my thread someone mentioned you could boil some water and dip the end of the frame into the water for x amount of seconds. After the plastic softens you can take it out and flatten it out. I didnt try it and Im not going to.. I don't think I would do it either... seems to me messing with the point of contact design between slide and frame is asking for accuracy issues at best and reliability issues as worst. They is what they is.... 
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Quoted: Quoted: Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet. These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. |
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I asked this very question a while back and in my thread someone mentioned you could boil some water and dip the end of the frame into the water for x amount of seconds. After the plastic softens you can take it out and flatten it out. I didnt try it and Im not going to.. That sounds incredibly dumb. Normal tolerances on molded plastics is +/- .005". You can get tighter for critical dimensions. I guarantee you the frame doesn't curve up by accident. |
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet.
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. I know the Glock's along with 1911's are perhaps the best guns ever built but you would think the QC people would fix that. I know they aren't toys and function very well but are they making them so fast that this is a sign of profits over QC? I worked with high pressure injection molding for years and this happens when the part is pulled from the tool to fast and the shrink has not yet stablized, or not placed in a holding jig long enough while it cools to room temp. I will be buying a Glock 17 and will look around until i find one that has less shrink. |
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet.
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. I know the Glock's along with 1911's are perhaps the best guns ever built but you would think the QC people would fix that. I know they aren't toys and function very well but are they making them so fast that this is a sign of profits over QC? I worked with high pressure injection molding for years and this happens when the part is pulled from the tool to fast and the shrink has not yet stablized, or not placed in a holding jig long enough while it cools to room temp. I will be buying a Glock 17 and will look around until i find one that has less shrink. Yet................despite this apparent "QC" issue................they have not suffered loss of sales, contracts, etc. etc. The company remains successful, selling tons of guns. Not bustin' your balls here...........just pointing out that for those "in the know", the end of the polymer frame looking like that really is a non-issue for most folks who use these, day-in-day-out.
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet.
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. I know the Glock's along with 1911's are perhaps the best guns ever built but you would think the QC people would fix that. I know they aren't toys and function very well but are they making them so fast that this is a sign of profits over QC? I worked with high pressure injection molding for years and this happens when the part is pulled from the tool to fast and the shrink has not yet stablized, or not placed in a holding jig long enough while it cools to room temp. I will be buying a Glock 17 and will look around until i find one that has less shrink. Yet................despite this apparent "QC" issue................they have not suffered loss of sales, contracts, etc. etc. The company remains successful, selling tons of guns. Not bustin' your balls here...........just pointing out that for those "in the know", the end of the polymer frame looking like that really is a non-issue for most folks who use these, day-in-day-out. I love Glocks, like I stated I am shopping for one now. Pig nose or no pig nose I will be buying one or two or three. It was just an observation. I had one of the first Gen 1's and sold it. I kick my self all the time for selling it. |
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet.
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. I know the Glock's along with 1911's are perhaps the best guns ever built but you would think the QC people would fix that. I know they aren't toys and function very well but are they making them so fast that this is a sign of profits over QC? I worked with high pressure injection molding for years and this happens when the part is pulled from the tool to fast and the shrink has not yet stablized, or not placed in a holding jig long enough while it cools to room temp. I will be buying a Glock 17 and will look around until i find one that has less shrink. Why are you assuming its a QC issue? They have every capability of "fixing" this problem if they saw it as such. The contact between the front of the slide and the frame could very easily be an inherent part of the design. |
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Yep, it's you. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Exactly. You would think they'd make a highly efficient bullet launching machine, with no regard for aesthetics, so we could have the toughest, most reliable pistols on the planet.
These aren't toys. "What it looks like" means nothing to alot of us. Roger that. I know the Glock's along with 1911's are perhaps the best guns ever built but you would think the QC people would fix that. I know they aren't toys and function very well but are they making them so fast that this is a sign of profits over QC? I worked with high pressure injection molding for years and this happens when the part is pulled from the tool to fast and the shrink has not yet stablized, or not placed in a holding jig long enough while it cools to room temp. I will be buying a Glock 17 and will look around until i find one that has less shrink. Why are you assuming its a QC issue? They have every capability of "fixing" this problem if they saw it as such. The contact between the front of the slide and the frame could very easily be an inherent part of the design. I think it's a QC issue because it is more pronounced in some Glocks. I dont think it has any effect on function. I think what bothers me is that Glock can address this, but they fail to see this as an issue. Some mfgrs of products see a small defect or issue and allow it to be overlooked because it doesn't affect sales and if fixed will slow the product from leaving the plant ($$). I know it will never end up like Toyata but thats an example of QC issues not taken care of. In my book QC is the most important thing. Compromise in QC in any area of the mfg process is a companies worst enemy. |