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Letter Re: Glock Grip Reductions and Replacement Frames
Dear Jim:
A very attractive option to make your Glock pistol
point like a M1911 (and
reduce the grip size) on your Glock is the CCF
Race Frame.
This is an aluminum, titanium and stainless steel replacement for
your Glock polymer frame that can keep the traditional Glock grip angle,
or change it to 1911 angles and reduce the grip size.
Plus they have tweaked the frame for many other ergonomic
upgrades, plus an alloy frame gives a crisper trigger pull. (See the
website.)
Alas, they aren't out for the .45 caliber Glock, but they are "studying
the G21 market." We can only hope. :-)
A major caveat is consistency. Don't switch one Glock to 1911 angles,
and leave your "other" carry gun unchanged, i.e., keep all the
grip angles on all of your carry pistols the same
A consistent grip
angle for consistent muscle memory to point the pistol the same every
time, is crucial.
E.g., If you carry a 9mm Glock 19, I would not convert your full-size
9mm until they have the compact Glock 19 compact frame out. They don't
plan to handle the tiny sub-compact models, such as the G26, G27, G30
or G36, so if that's your main carry gun, you're out of luck.
The big question for multiple Glock owners is - do you want to drop
~ $300 per Glock to convert?
The final caveat is that you have to buy these replacement frames from
or through an FFL dealer, as the frame is treated just like a complete
pistol. If
you
bought
privately,
you may not want to now endear yourself to the gun owner databases
being (illegally) collected!
If you only own one or two Glocks, bought from an FFL - I'd go for
it just as soon as it has been around long enough to demonstrate that
it doesn't reduce any of the legendary Glock reliability.
Would anyone be so kind as to get one, test it for 1,000 rounds, and
be a guinea pig for the rest of us? :-) Regards, OSOM - "Out of
Sight, Out of Mind"
