Think you got rust?

[grahamstein]

Originally Posted by bryant29063

It is obvious that the picture shown next to the mallet (nice use of backdrop) shows nothing more than a stripped down Glock with an obscene amount of WD-40 sprayed over the factory Anti-Seize compund to look like rust.

How can you tell this from this picture? How can you tell thats not a ton of clp over rust rather than wd40 over anti-seize?

Originally Posted by bryant29063

The plastic frame near the muzzle has a rust-looking substance all over it. The recoil spring that was positioned above said plastic frame has no rust on it.

If you look at the "pile of parts" picture you can see that one side of the guide rod is rusted badly.

Originally Posted by bryant29063

And, the pile of parts supposedly sent back from Glock...yeah...right. No one...and I mean NO ONE would send something back like that.

Why is that so hard to believe? Perhaps Glock knew they could not refurbish the pisto and simply returned it the way they recieved it, believing that if assembled this pistol would be unsafe and therefore do not want to be liable for any problems that might arise from further use of this pistol.

Originally Posted by bryant29063

One last thing...I love the picture of the "refinished" (wiped down) slide on the frame with his "new" OEM parts...they're the same parts...just wiped down.

After looking at pictures 1, 2, and 3 in this thread, you honestly believe the slide would look like that after just being wiped down? As for the other parts, yes they are the same parts just wiped down. Remember Glock would not refurbish the pistol? Do you also notice those parts are sitting in the background of the assembled pictures? This would indicate that maybe replacement parts were purchased and reassembled with the old parts?

[bryant29063]

The guide rod in the G26/G27's are plastic...they can't rust...

Show me the packing slip, return and sent correspondence and address labels and I might start thinking some of this could have the possibility of being in the same realm as plausable...

[TobyU]

Originally Posted by bryant29063

The guide rod in the G26/G27's are plastic...they can't rust...

Show me the packing slip, return and sent correspondence and address labels and I might start thinking some of this could have the possibility of being in the same realm as plausable...

That guide rod is not the same as the thin plastic one used on the 26/27.

It does look like there is a lot of factory copper lube in there, BUT I also see clear visual evidence of rust in several areas.
Maybe the original owner had not cleaned the original copper out and got it wet or whatever before storing it.
I would have soaked it slide down in some pb blaster for a day or two.

[ArmyGuy45]

Originally Posted by sixgunsblazing

installed a set of sights today and my new parts

is it just me.. but is there still rust on the slide?

[grahamstein]

I thought the same thing but its hard to tell if its just excess oil/grease or rust.

[Lucky7]

I'm a loyal XD owner, but it seems to me like many of you on the thread here are beginning to act a little childish at seeing a Glock rust. I love my XD, but I also have a huge respect level for Glock. If it was not for Glock, none of us would be so proudly displaying our XD's.

With that said, I'm a little leary of the pictures. How come it took him so many replies to finally state how much he purchased the gun for? Also, I wouldn't mind seeing the paperwork from Glock.

[sixgunsblazing]

Originally Posted by bryant29063

The guide rod in the G26/G27's are plastic...they can't rust...

Show me the packing slip, return and sent correspondence and address labels and I might start thinking some of this could have the possibility of being in the same realm as plausable...

Jeez, I hang out in the AR forum a few days and find this here on my little post.


Anything else you need, Bryant???????

[sixgunsblazing]

Now a few more answers for Bryant:

It took the "obscene" amount of WD40 and the Mallet to break the slide free, it was rusted shut.

the rust looking substance is the WD40 that was running throughout the inside to loosen things up, the recoil spring and guide have no rust on them, only residue.

Glock stripped the slide, possibly blasted it, then re-finished it, some pitting still shows on the outside and the inside frame rails, but had been finished over.

When I received the pile of parts, it did not contain sights or the takedown lever spring.

And I was reluctant to say how much I paid for the gun initially because I like suspense

[GasTiresOil]

I think ppl just got shut down.... I love it when someone gets called out on something and they gladly prove themselves.

[SpringfieldXD.40]

Originally Posted by GasTiresOil

I think ppl just got shut down.... I love it when someone gets called out on something and they gladly prove themselves.

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