20 year old g26-edc

[longbow]

Should I replace all springs and other small internals or just get a new one? It was my small gun edc carry.

My wife says clean it up and retire it to just target shooting / spare and get a new one.

Round count for that gun is around 4,500.

 

[chezuki]

Should I replace all springs and other small internals or just get a new one? It was my small gun edc carry.

My wife says clean it up and retire it to just target shooting / spare and get a new one.

Round count for that gun is around 4,500.

Lol, it's fine. Replace the recoil spring if you want for [STRIKE]piece[/STRIKE] peace of mind, but it's fine. My carry gun saw more than twice that number the first year.

 

[Vigilant]

4500, it's just now broken in! RSA's I replace at 5000. Haven't had to replace any other parts except magazines and sights. My newest Glock has 2500 give or take, and hasn't been cleaned yet.

 

[WebSnyper]

Keep it, and keep carrying/shooting it. But, since the wife says go get a new gun... do that too

 

[possum_128]

It's junk, way pass it's prime, I will give a 100.00 for it to be used as a wall hanger.

 

[pitbulld45]

Keep it, and keep carrying/shooting it. But, since the wife says go get a new gun... do that too

What he said^^^^^^^^^^

 

[mrortega]

Dang, man! As soon as she said get a new one you should have been out the door so she would be just standing there wondering where you went.

 

[Expatriated]

My 19 is 25 years old.

Has probably 60k+ rounds through it.

Broke an extractor a few months ago.

I have put 4500 rounds through it in one week before.

Youve plenty of life left in that.

 

[DapperDan]

^ 4500 rounds in one week? That sounds like a blast, no pun intended. I recently picked up a g27 and am very pleased with it. OP sounds like you're in a win win situation, the trusty edc is still ready for many more years of use and also have the green light for a new purchase

 

[Cowboy1629]

I agree with the wife, it's wore out. Just put in in the safe and go get a new one before she changes her mind!

 

[NHT3]

Replace the RSA and complete disassembly and cleaning is what I would suggest.. After that it's good for another 20 years.

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[STEEL CORE]

I have a Glock-27 (2.5 gen) I carried since 1996, we were issued a Glock-22 and Glock-27 as BUG, so, I carried it like a second coat of skin, fired thousands of rounds through it, in 2013, I vacationed with the family in Florida, (Hi Mickey), and on the way back home stopped by the most holy of places, Glock INC in Smyrna Ga.
I wanted Glock Night Sights put on my old boy, and since I was in the area, just dropped in.

Sad to say, the Glock tech, informed and showed me a slight hairline crack on my frame just above the top pin, and offerd to replace my frame, no charge. He said it was no big deal, but I decided to keep it as is, just not shoot the be-jezzus out of it, as I normally did, and to keep carrying it as usual.

Fast forward to December 2015, was at the range one afternoon, and decided to shoot up the Winchester PDX-1 180 gr ammo I carried out of it, and put in fresh.
Draw, Point, Pull trigger, (long silence) nothing. I knew it was loaded, and since I was at the range, I just removed un fired round, looked it over, put it back in the mag, reloaded the mag, Re-Point, Pull trigger and this time BOOM.

After the range session, I took ol boy home for s detailed strip and clean, looks OK, but I replaced all springs and, knowing I had his twin brother in 9mm a Glock-26, I hesitantly swapped them out.
It's all about having one when you need it right?
Take care of yours, but be aware someday they do wear out.

 

[Slawburger]

Replace the Recoil Spring if you want to feel like you did something. Give it a good cleaning and look for possible age-related wear. The round count is not a concern. I shot almost twice that many rounds through a Gen 3 Glock in one year... and the next year.

 

[TECKS]

I have a Glock-27 (2.5 gen) I carried since 1996, we were issued a Glock-22 and Glock-27 as BUG, so, I carried it like a second coat of skin, fired thousands of rounds through it, in 2013, I vacationed with the family in Florida, (Hi Mickey), and on the way back home stopped by the most holy of places, Glock INC in Smyrna Ga.
I wanted Glock Night Sights put on my old boy, and since I was in the area, just dropped in.

Sad to say, the Glock tech, informed and showed me a slight hairline crack on my frame just above the top pin, and offerd to replace my frame, no charge. He said it was no big deal, but I decided to keep it as is, just not shoot the be-jezzus out of it, as I normally did, and to keep carrying it as usual.

Fast forward to December 2015, was at the range one afternoon, and decided to shoot up the Winchester PDX-1 180 gr ammo I carried out of it, and put in fresh.
Draw, Point, Pull trigger, (long silence) nothing. I knew it was loaded, and since I was at the range, I just removed un fired round, looked it over, put it back in the mag, reloaded the mag, Re-Point, Pull trigger and this time BOOM.

After the range session, I took ol boy home for s detailed strip and clean, looks OK, but I replaced all springs and, knowing I had his twin brother in 9mm a Glock-26, I hesitantly swapped them out.
It's all about having one when you need it right?
Take care of yours, but be aware someday they do wear out.

why would you not get the frame replaced?

 

[MemphisR32]

why would you not get the frame replaced?

X2

Then again how would they do that? The frame also has a serial number. Would the frame need to go through a FFL? Assuming your from Indiana.

 

[snorko]

My wife says clean it up and retire it to just target shooting / spare and get a new one.

She just wants more baskets.

 

[STEEL CORE]

I just didn't, kept it original, and retired it. Got a letter from Glock saying they would replace the frame anytime for free, by the time my replacement (grandson) gets old enough to have it (In twenty-one years as he is due in the first week of May 16), it will be a relic, and I won't be here anyway.
I will also pass down to him (if not confiscated in the future), plenty of antiques by then that do go boom to add to his Star Wars collection of firearms by then, and yes I will write down that its one old Grand Dad carried back in the day and has a hairline frame crack, so don't shoot it.

 

[Never A Victim]

Should I replace all springs and other small internals or just get a new one? It was my small gun edc carry.

My wife says clean it up and retire it to just target shooting / spare and get a new one.

Round count for that gun is around 4,500.

You carried this gun for 20 years and it only has 4,500 rounds through it? Am I missing something here?

 

[Crbn79]

You carried this gun for 20 years and it only has 4,500 rounds through it? Am I missing something here?

That comes to 15 rounds per month.

 

[Mustang1911]

If the wife has already given the blessing for a new gun GO BUY ONE BEFORE SHE CHANGES HER MIND

On a serious note, have it completely disassembled (if you're not comfortable doing it, have a Glock armor do it) and cleaned, throw a new recoil spring in it, and enjoy for another 20 years! Its a glock, if you average 4,500 rounds every 20 years it will last long enough for your kids to carry it and maybe even their kids. Only reason to replace it is because the wife lets you buy a new one, but that's a good enough reason for me.