I am looking to send off one of my two smaller Glocks to get milled and have an RMR installed by one source tactical…
A Glock 26 or 30S, I like them both a lot and just cant decide which one to do first! Its a pretty expensive upgrade for me so it’ll be a while before I get around to doing the other.
Personally I am indifferent when it comes to 9 vs 44 but the price of 9 sure is nice in comparison. But the 30S has a rail that I can mount my Surefire x300 to if I ever feel like it.
So random internet strangers give me your advice/suggestions and it would be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps there is another advantage I have failed to see in going with one over the other?
I hadnt ever thought of that. They looked to be damn near identical in the rear when holding them side by side.
None the less I placed my order and sent off my Glock 26 slide a few hours ago. I know that it will work no issues with the 26.
Ammo price and holster availability helped sway my decision too.
Perhaps if I remember I will post pictures of it when it gets back.
First time buying anything from onesourcetactical.com but it seems they have a pretty good reputation so I have high hopes.
Thanks!
Call and ask them about doing it on the 30s. Or you could post on their message board. I haven’t seen on there but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been done.
Got my slide back a few days ago and went to the range with it last night.
Took about a week and a half from the day I shipped it to them until it was back in my hands.
Overall I am satisfied with the end product but I feel like having sent off a 17 or 19 would have been a better decision.
My only complaint with the job was that the milled section of the slide was left unfinished so I put some cold blue on it for some rust protection.
my experience with the OST setup is that it needs a lot of dry fire and a lot of trigger time to wring out the value of a RDS… 9mm will be less expensive for 500+ rounds of familiarization
I did a G19 and wish I had done a G26 instead… Have fun!
What does the tape accomplish, I assume to try and waterproof it? I ordered the mounting plate OST offers and with that in plate the rmr’s oring does not overhang off the slide.
You can see in the picture here what I mean.
I figured its going to take some practice to familiarize myself like you said, it took me a while to get used to my previously owned M&P core when I first put the RMR on it.
But after a few hundred rounds it really started to shine hopefully ill experience the same with this setup.
Why do you wish you had done a 26 and not the 19?
The practical side of me feels like having the 26 done was the smart choice because its the pistol I always have on me while others sit in a case except when I go to the range.
Yet I sure do feel like a RMR mounted on top of a 17 would be a very fun setup.
We are reading off the same sheet of music.
I found the G19 with RMR a little big for IWB. I wish I had gone with a 26 instead as I am a smaller guy and the length of the G19 grip did not work for my centerline carry. A regular G19 works but not with an RMR on top.
On the tape, that is to prevent early battery failure. My initial battery went three months on a RM07. OST recommended a dime sized strip of insulating tape under the battery a few years back. No battery issues after that.
Great you have the eye training down already, you’ll destroy it from here on out.
