Lot's of people recommend Glock clones, but to me they're really not the ideal starter project ...

• Relatively expensive. A quality slide and barrel and OEM parts kits cost as much or more than just buying a good used Glock.
• Obviously not an option in places that restrict the sale of gun parts.
• Too easy to slap all the parts together with zero understanding of how the thing actually works.
• You don't learn much. You're printing one part a…

If you want to build a Glock clone, you may be interested in the Invader PDW or the Mando Corser. They're both PDW style Glocks that give you more versatility than a standard Glock lower. If, however, you go with something a bit bigger than a handgun you open up a lot more possibilities. The Decker 380 is a solid gun that can be built for ~$120 and is primarily printed. The PWC-9 or the DB Alloy are also really good builds that use a MAC-11 …

u/bmorepirate · 2021-03-31 12:19:28 UTC · score 1

But factory glocks have an integral metal engraved serial number under the barrel -- so I'm wondering if that's a requirement somewhere, or if that's an artifact of injection moulded manufacturing and it's just easier for them to do it that way. The ruger P95 also has an embedded metal plate serial in …