Magnaporting a baby Glock

Alright... I want to hear from someone that has done this...

I have pawed through many many sites looking for testimonials from those that have actually had this modification done to their baby Glock...no luck so far...

Everyone of the discussions about using a compensated or porting a carry piece warned against it...

Most of the objections dealt with speculation of a night time flash blinding the shooter...hot gasses/flames setting clothing on fire if fired from the hip, darkening of the night sights, or hot metal fragments and debris coming in contact with the shooter...

Magnaport website attempts to dispel these objections with how their process differs from competitors with porting that exits out through the top center of the slide...

I know from personal experience that the best shooting experience I ever had was while using a factory compensated Glock.

Since Glock does not offer a factory compensated baby Glock, I am in search of someone that has done this to one...specifically the .40 model 27...

I welcome comments, but would love some actual testimonials... Thanks!

 

Did you buy a drop in extended barrel with the porting outside the slide, or did you have the factory slide and barrel modified?

Thanks everyone for your input...

 

MagnaPort Feedback

I contacted Mag-Na-port about a few of their services - Just an FYI in case anyone was wondering:

"[FONT=&quot]The 3.5 inch Glock is too short for the 4 port process, so all we would do is just a 2 port. The gold inlay would not work on the Glock lettering, it is too wide and we use a liquid inlay that would wipe out when you clean the slide. The magnaport logo is an electro etch process and only done on stainless steel. I am afraid it we tried to do it to another type of finish it would damage the finish in that area."[/FONT]

 

Awesome info! Sounds like you are already up and going with the same setup I am looking to achieve...

Have you experienced much additional residue to clean up on the internals of the gun since porting?

Yes, please upload pictures!

Thanks a bunch!

 

Awesome!

Nice...!

I already have the same TFO sights... Instead of polishing components, I plan to eventually send my slide and barrel off to UTC Coatings for their "Fail Zero" nickel-boron finish...should ease the clean up process...but have some work to do to it before that happens...

I am working with local shops now to see if any of them have a laser engraver that is beefy enough to cut through the Tenifer treatment to the factory Glock slide steel...

Figured if I was gonna have Magnaport cut some holes in the slide, and make it personal with some engraving, that I should get all that work done before sealing everything with UTC...

Be a couple months before everything is finished on my piece, but you can believe plenty of pics will be making their way onto the forum once it is complete...

 

Fail Zero...

Here is the site for Fail Zero:

http://failzero.com/

I can't wait to get my pieces treated... Easier cleanup AND no need for lubrication in the upper part of the weapon... Score!

UTC is the company that actually handles the nickel-boron coating, but Fail Zero is a brand name for it...

I believe the cost was around $200 for both slide and barrel to be treated.

They would not eleborate why, but they do not treat firing pins or other internals to the slide...

They were willing to coat the ejector along with the slide and barrel for free if someone requested it...

The reviews (even on this forum) have been nothing but good...

 

Thanks...

I will look there again, but last time I glanced on their page it seemed like their engraving work looks more like etching - it does not appear to go very deep...

The Tenifer treatment Glock had done to their slide steel is about 0.05mm thick, done in a 500° C Nitride bath, andhas a 64 Rockwell C rating…

It takes a beefy laser to actually cut something that hardened...