Why isn’t the slide polymer?
Why isn’t the slide polymer?
Thomas Davis
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Jacob Lewis
There's literally no good reason for the slide not to be polymer
Connor Wright
I'm not sure user. Why not indeed?
Jeremiah Young
Too weak
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Jason Flores
Probably wouldnt cycle effectively
Aiden Hill
Pressure bearing surfaces. To spite modern design and materials there is no polymer that would withstand the forces in play. Maybe on a .22LR auto you could get away with it but even there it would be questionable.
Ryan Campbell
Are you fucking retarded?
Joshua Hernandez
The five seven does it but you'll still need metal rails, breech face, locks, and probably channels.
Blake Robinson
>decide to take some time off from Jow Forums
>spend almost a year away
>get drunk
>come back in a moment of weakness to see what's up
>see this
Godspeed, old girl.
Dominic Smith
18 U.S.C. § 922. Because the central government is fucking retarded.
Wyatt Ortiz
First, some strength that plastic can't provide is needed, particularly at the breechface and at the front of the ejection port where the barrel locks in. So those areas would need to be a metal insert molded into the slide.
The bigger problem is that the slide needs to have a certain mass for proper operation. Making it out of polymer, you'd have to go up to a big fat hi-point-ugly slide to have the required mass.
If anything, people would rather have slides thinner rather than thicker.
Bentley Mitchell
Use the filter and hide every single buzzword you can think of, it helps.
Camden Jenkins
that's a glock 9 youre looking for
Levi Thompson
Poly80s are the stupidest fucking thing.
Hunter Campbell
But that's wrong, post some fucking proof
Evan Foster
They really aren’t stupid at all.
Hunter Martin
Wrong
>slide just has a poly shell
Sebastian Johnson
Not those anons, but you post proof. You're the one asking why the slide cant be polymer; show that it isn't high pressure or too weak.
Brody Hughes
Maybe steel for the weight. A polymer slide would probably require some crazy recoil spring?
Christian White
dont /b/ my Jow Forums.
Hudson Cruz
Have it your way.
Michael Butler
Why isn't it the slide made of glass.
Xavier Cook
Or maybe you're just a virgin
Julian Roberts
I like turtles
Grayson Cooper
Try it OP. Make one. I'm sure it will be perfectly safe and operate just fine. Use high pressure +P+ loads, take it out, and fire it. Don't bother with a string, it should be safe so safety measures shouldn't be an issue
Matthew Lewis
yeah they totally suck
Charles Wilson
>he doesn't want 18 year olds to have access to handguns
Nolan Evans
because portions of the slide will be exposed to heat and cheap polymers + heat = shit.
there are materials like glass filled nylon and PEEK but the upper temperature ranges for those materials are 150-290 degrees c before they lose structural integrity and they are expensive.
if you were to get a block of PEEK and machine it to be a glock slide it'll probably work but it will be expensive and the surface of the muzzle end may deform based on how hot it gets (iirc peek gets shitty at 290+ degC)
Henry Nelson
The song playing in his head right there:
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Landon Ward
I built one. Overall not impressed.
Some bad design decisions, and I noticed well after I'd been using mine that my frame is slightly out of alignment. Poor QC.
Glocks are mostly garbage. I'm glad they came up with a system that seems ultra reliable, but that doesn't help that the trigger is still shit, and the ergonomics are even shitter.
Too many retards with small hands putting 3.5 connectors in and adjusting the sights to their mis-aiming (instead of zeroing the gun on a rest) and thinking they are good to go.
Then there's the 'tards paying for custom glocks.