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Glock Tips

Poor Glock Gen4! Nobody Likes ‘Em. Maybe It’s the “New Coke” of Guns.

Some of you will remember an episode in American culture in the mid-1980s when Coca-Cola introduced “New Coke.”  Falling in market share against Pepsi, Coke executives had the brilliant idea to almost literally shoot themselves and the whole company in the collective foot.  Based on secret taste tests, the decades-old formula of Coca-Cola was modified [...]

Glock Tips

GLOCK Gen4 Modular Backstrap System at the 2012 SHOT Show

At the 2012 SHOT Show, I asked Dave Mallery to give us the low-down on the GLOCK Gen4 backstrap system. We learn that straight out of the box, the new Gen4s have a reduction in the length of pull of 1/8th of an inch.  Length of pull on a pistol is the measurement from the [...]

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Lone Wolf Glock Frames Coming Soon!

I get tons of questions about the availability of GLOCK frames or receivers.  Shooters want to buy a Caspian slide or mount their Advantage Arms .22 kit permanently.  Well by mid-July for $200.00 you can get one from Lone Wolf Distributors.  Here’s the rundown: Lone Wolf R&D LLC proudly introduces the long awaited WolfPack™ Series Replacement Frame. [...]