padkychas











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Joined: June 2004 Posted: Nov. 01 2010,23:23 I found a airsoft glock G17 frame that looked 100% on the outside that was made from fiber reinforced polymer, (same as a real Glock I think) it is manufactured by Guarder as a replacement frame for the Gas Blow Back Pistol - Tokyo Marui G17, it is made to replace the original ABS frame.

I got a G22 parts kit off of GunBroker and a few small parts from glock.

photo of the airsoft frame with the G22 slide on the frame foreword rail block that I made to hold the foreword part of the slide.



the frame was so close I could slide the frame and a real Glock 22 frame onto long pins that were the same size as the real pins.



First I made the foreword slide rails block and then started on the rear rails, I first had to remove all the extra plastic to have the trigger housing fit with the pin in place, so I cut it out with a small knife and small sharp chisel to open up the grip inside to have room for the rear rails to be epoxy into.



the rear rails were milled down out of about 5mm plate, but could have been cut out of 18 gauge with the top bent over for the slide groove.

next was to get the locking block and slide release in place. I had hold the locking block with the pins (I drilled the 3rd pin hole that was marked on the frame to help hold the locking block while it was epoxied into place, with a release agent on it). the slide release had to have a spring installed and then I made a plate that filled up the slots in the frame across the frame so that the slide release can be moved down to release the slide, epoxied it into place (with a release agent) and the epoxy was shaped into the pocket for the guide rod assembly sits into. (this spot may have to be redone if the epoxy fails to hold up to the stress)

The mag well was tight and required a lot of time with a medium file to open the well up, I covered a mag with a red china marker and pushed it in, and removed any red from the inside of the mag well with the file and repeated may times, now it drops free. the spring for the mag catch is done like the real glock but I used a saw blade to cut a slot into the front of the mag well and then used a hot wire to push a hole into the bottom of the slot and heated the spring some and pushed it in. the mag catch is the same a the glock, not like the airsoft.

The epoxy was LOCTITE .85 Oz. Plastix Bonder Epoxy Syringe from lowes.

Having a real glock to look at is very good to get over small problems in this project.

You can look my photos up on photobucket.com under user padkychas and see more photos of this project.



it shoots and now I need to shoot it a lot to see how it works



Edited by padkychas on Nov. 01 2010,23:28 Back to top