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Lone Wolf Glock Frames Coming Soon!

morgan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:54:14 +0000

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.

If you had the ability to build your own custom Glock frame, this is what it would look like.

The TimberWolf is intended as a direct replacement for your 3rd generation Glock frame or the foundation to build your own custom Glock pistol. It incorporates all of the most desirable features custom builders offer including: a choice of 2 quick change grips, rounded trigger guard, extended beaver tail, round mag catch, improved checkering, higher grip angle and improved rail system. This new, shooter friendly polymer replacement frame works with the following Glock models: G/17, 17L, 22, 24, 31, 34, 35 and 37.

Features:

Must ship to FFL
Timberwolf frame includes, mag catch and two grips.
Round magazine catch provides smoother faster mag changes
Flat grip feels similar to 1911, swelled grip feels similar to Sig.
Multi-Spec rail system fits Weaver or Picatinny accessories
Rounded trigger guard fits all standard Glock holsters
Smallest sculpted grip in the industry
Extended beaver tail eliminates slide bite.
Requires Glock SF Trigger Housing part number GLO-5406.

Frame will ship on, or before, July 14

Stocker or Rocker; Glocks have Style

morgan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:07:11 +0000

First, let me say thank you for your business and I apologize for taking so long to get to your email. You can imagine that I get a lot of questions, and I answer every one.

I’m glad you are getting training on your Glocks. That is something I always encourage. People buy a gun and they expect to simply know how to operate it. Sure, anyone can pull the trigger, but performing optimally always takes training.

One of the many great characteristics of the Glock design is simplicity. But along with simplicity unfortunately, comes non-distinctness.

I am an enthusiast of old Volkswagens. Before it closed its doors, I was a writer and photographer of featured cars in VW Trends Magazine. Glocks are sort of like old aircooled VWs. If you maintain them correctly, they will last forever. They are very reliable (in stock configuration). They are easy to work on yourself. Parts are (were) available everywhere. And, just like Glocks, they all look alike.

So the question becomes, ‘How do I turn my Plain-Jane Glock into something individualistic while maintaining its legendary reliability, toughness and combat readiness?’

In the old days when my father wanted to make the slightest modification to his 1911, he’d have to drive it to his local gunsmith, or pack it up and send it across the country. Want the trigger lightened? Custom barrel? Heavier recoil spring? Reshaped grip safety? Everything was expensive and time-consuming. The only procedure Dad was willing to do himself was to order hand-carved monogrammed grip scales and screw them on.

As I state on the Customize Your Glock website, working with your Glock is like building with Legos. Even sitting at the bench at the range, you can change any characteristic of your trigger. You can swap out firing pins, you can exchange barrels and recoil springs. You can swap out every internal part in your Glock as quickly and easily as you can disassemble and reassemble it. All it takes is a bag of parts and a pin punch. For that bag of parts, both factory and third-party, I recommend Brownell’s, Lonewolf Distributors and Custom Glock Racing.

Of course there are various levels of customization. There are still things that you’ve got to send out for on your Glock just like Dad’s old Colt. If you need machining, chrome, blue or NP3 or if you need the grip reduced or angle changed, I recommend Robar Companies. Robbie, (along with CCF Raceframes) even offers the non-Glock Glock build almost entirely from third-party components. Of course there are guys who attempt this level of work themselves, but I’m not one of them.

Of course Galco is the top of my list for quality gunleather.

So, in the final analysis, you can choose to doll-up your Glock with chrome accents or crayon in the engraving in a few minutes. Or you can give it a kiss and send it away for major surgery. Just remember not to sacrifice The Glockness of your Glock. That is, like your motorcycle must remain a means of reliable transportation, your Glock must remain a reliable weapon. Don’t skimp on your ride or your gat.

Just for the record, I prefer both my VWs and my Glocks stock.

Hope this helps,

Morgan

Morgan: Thank you for the quick response and the offer to sign my book. I am new to shooting Glocks and I am currently taking lessons every Thursday with five other shooters at Midwest Guns in Lyons Illinois. I own several Glocks and I am currently in the market for what I would call the Ultimate Glock. What I am looking for is a complete custom built Glock 17 9MM which would include custom engraving, chrome plating, custom grips, sights, and what ever else can be thought of.

I own several Harley Davidson’s, like my Glocks, but I have one that is a complete custom built bike. So like my Harley’s I am looking for a complete custom built Glock. Lots of flash and style. Of course to back up this pistol I am looking for top of the line leather holster, magazine pouch, belt and carry case. Do you have any suggestions. I appreciate your response and I am looking forward to getting the book.

Sincerely

TR,

Glock Battle Scars

morgan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:29:18 +0000

Hi Morgan hope your summer is going well! i was wondering how much it would cost for Robar to do a slide colouring like your dads G29 but withougt the cerations because every time I look at the right hand side of my Glock there are quit a few wear spots and they are litarly spots!! Plus a two tone Glock would look cool. Thanks!!

Sid

Sid,

The coloring on the 29 is beautiful, but it is not simply a paint job. Robar uses a special and complecated process to coat the slide with what they call NP3, a tough alloy that protects the metal under it. I don’t know the prices. Robar would be very happy to help you with that.

Almost everyone goes through a phase of gun-ownership when they want all their guns to be perfect in every way. They want all the wood unscratched, they want all the metal sparkling, they want all the polymer pristine. In Martial Arts training I’ve seen this too. This is the phase of wanting to look like Bruce Lee or Steven Segal before a fight.

The next phase is training. Real hard training. In martial training, you get hurt. You get tired. Instead of having long lovely hair, you shave your head. Instead of a clean white shirt, you have blood stains on it. It’s the same with your guns. There is now holster wear on the slide, the wood is knicked from dropping it on the gravel. The polymer is scuffed from the cinder block walls of the kill house. Inside there is some carbonization you just can not get off. You’ve shot it that much.

Once you’ve fought, you don’t care so much about the scratches on your slide. In fact, you learn to love them. Like that bony lump on your rib cage where that punch broke your rib. Like that scar under your eye. Like your unfashionably short hair. You know why they are there.

So, yeah, gun bling is awesome. But save the money you would have spent on that and get some training and buy ammo. Shiny guns don’t shoot better. Clean guns do. It reminds me of an old saying that a good paint job makes a car go faster. A well-cared-for car operates better, and a nice paint job may be an indicator of a conscientious owner, but not always. Sometimes it’s just a nice paint job.

Your Glock’s finish my wear, but the metal itself is treated by a process that makes the surface virtually impenetrable to rust. Don’t worry about your gun. Use it.

Hope this helps,
Morgan

Even a rubber training knife can add character!