Re-finish Question

[stash]

The slide on my Glock (27) needs to be re-finished. Can anyone recommend a place to get this done? I would like to have it done as close to the Glock original finish. Would be nice if there is someone in Texas that could do this.

Thanks, Stan

[cougartex]

Companies that do quality work.

http://www.robarguns.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ccrrefinishing.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[stash]

Thanks cougar - I will probably use one of the two you suggested. I was hoping there was one in Texas. Last time I checked there was a long wait for re-finishing which attests to the quality of their work. I was trying to avoid that. This slide was at Glock for 10 weeks (for re-finishing) and I was trying to avoid another 10 weeks or so.

Stan

[NOS]

The Glock finish is parkerizing over tenifer (ferritic nitrocarburizing), so you could redo the park by getting a home-parkerizing kit and doing it yourself - they work incredibly well in only a few minutes.

I've done this many times in the past with great results.

[stash]

Thanks Andy and NOS. I'll look into the park kit.

Stan

[Nicolai]

This company (formerly Burns Gun Repair) http://www.canyonsportingarms.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is at Canyon Lake. I haven't had any work done there, but have talked to the owner (Tip Burns) on a couple of issues and got the impression that he likes to do finishing work.

[stash]

Nicolai - Thanks for the info. I am going to contact him. This nice thing is this business is only about 25 miles from where I live.

Stan

[shipwreck]

Just call Glock. They used to just charge $45 to reblacken a Glock slide. You need not send in the entire gun. It may be more than $45 now, but not by much.

I did it 2 times in the 1990s.

[stash]

shipwreck - I did send this slide to Glock for them to re-finish. Before I sent it to them I was aware that Glock contracts re-finishing to an outside company and the re-finish job could be hit or miss in quality. Well, I got my slide back 10 weeks later and my re-finish job fell on the "miss" side. I don't know how but it seems they forgot to re-finish one side of the slide. On the good side (if there is one) I did not have to pay because it was done under warranty. Don't get me wrong, I like Glock and always will and Glock is my favorite pistola.

Stan