I am not a gunsmith. The closest I can come to that is being a Glock Advanced Armorer. I have put together an AR lower, made minor repairs to some guns, refinished stocks (beautifully I have been told) and mounted sights and glass optics but that's about it. So maybe I qualify as a bit of a home brewed gunSchmidd but definitely not as a gunsmith. I do tinker with my firearms now and then, not to modify them though. Personally, I do not think after-market modifications (like trigger jobs or substituting original parts with after-market ones) except maybe changing sights, adding optics, lights or sling swivels are a good idea but as I said that is personal preference.
That said, I do want to be able to repair at least some of the ones I have, especially the ones I would tend to depend upon for self defense. Thus I've taken the Glock Armorers class twice and their advanced Armorer's class once (wound up being essentially the same class just the advanced having a longer certification period, 2 more years as I recall). I also have copies of many firearms manuals and have several how to books on disassembly & assembly of guns.
Along those lines, a few or several years back I purchased a spare parts kit from Beretta for the 92 series pistols. It came with this stuff:
The Beretta 92 series pistols I own are rather complicated compared to a Glock pistol. I am none too sure I could change all those parts easily but would give it a try following the instructions I have for doing so. Good instructions usually get me there, to getting it right.
Anyway, what I am wondering has to do with my guns other than my Beretta 92 series pistols. That is, I am inquiring about spare parts kits for other makes & models of firearms - mostly ones I have specifically for defense.
Are there spare parts kits (made up to replace parts most likely to fail or maybe get lost - like small springs flying off into shag carpet - yes I am that guy) during maintenance, that are made for the following and if so - is one brand of parts kit more complete than another?
AR-15
AK-47
Remington 870
Glock 19 Gen5
Glock 26 Gen4
Glock 30 Gen 3 & 4
When it comes to my Glocks, I believe I would have to order individual parts (I much prefer OEM parts to after-market). I do not think they make spare parts kits like that one from Beretta. The Glock Armorer instructors certainly never mentioned such kits during any of my Glock Armorer classes. I will be making an inquiry of Glock soon but if someone here aready knows if they make spare parts kits for each of those pistols as opposed to selling individual spare parts, please chime in.
If spare parts kits for any of the above are available- please give me a link to their source(s).
If ready made and high quality spare parts kits for those weapons platforms are not readily available, what spare parts do you more knowledgeable folks recommend for each of those firearms.
Thanks
That said, I do want to be able to repair at least some of the ones I have, especially the ones I would tend to depend upon for self defense. Thus I've taken the Glock Armorers class twice and their advanced Armorer's class once (wound up being essentially the same class just the advanced having a longer certification period, 2 more years as I recall). I also have copies of many firearms manuals and have several how to books on disassembly & assembly of guns.
Along those lines, a few or several years back I purchased a spare parts kit from Beretta for the 92 series pistols. It came with this stuff:
The Beretta 92 series pistols I own are rather complicated compared to a Glock pistol. I am none too sure I could change all those parts easily but would give it a try following the instructions I have for doing so. Good instructions usually get me there, to getting it right.
Anyway, what I am wondering has to do with my guns other than my Beretta 92 series pistols. That is, I am inquiring about spare parts kits for other makes & models of firearms - mostly ones I have specifically for defense.
Are there spare parts kits (made up to replace parts most likely to fail or maybe get lost - like small springs flying off into shag carpet - yes I am that guy) during maintenance, that are made for the following and if so - is one brand of parts kit more complete than another?
AR-15
AK-47
Remington 870
Glock 19 Gen5
Glock 26 Gen4
Glock 30 Gen 3 & 4
When it comes to my Glocks, I believe I would have to order individual parts (I much prefer OEM parts to after-market). I do not think they make spare parts kits like that one from Beretta. The Glock Armorer instructors certainly never mentioned such kits during any of my Glock Armorer classes. I will be making an inquiry of Glock soon but if someone here aready knows if they make spare parts kits for each of those pistols as opposed to selling individual spare parts, please chime in.
If spare parts kits for any of the above are available- please give me a link to their source(s).
If ready made and high quality spare parts kits for those weapons platforms are not readily available, what spare parts do you more knowledgeable folks recommend for each of those firearms.
Thanks
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