Glock for a Wilson Combat!!!!

laytonj1 · January 21, 2013, 02:28 PM

Now I know the black gun craziness has reached new levels.

A coworker listed his Glock 19 with a couple 33rd mags on a popular gunsite. A guy contacts him that he's got a Wilson Combat he'll trade even up for the Glock!
Coworker says he really has no interest in 1911's so I offer to buy it from him for $1100 if everything checks out. They exchange pictures, we get the serial number checked and they meet and trade.
Coworker ends up with $1100 for a Glock 19 and I get a Wilson Combat for $1100.

And the guy who traded the WC... he didn't like the full size gun and low round capacity...

Jim

Tactical Jackalope · January 21, 2013, 02:33 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!

Guy who let that go has some serious, serious issue! lol congrats to you buddy!!! Awesome!

chris in va · January 21, 2013, 02:35 PM

What the...

You gotta be kidding me. He must've been very misinformed at some point.

laytonj1 · January 21, 2013, 02:48 PM

Well, the gun wasn't perfect.
It's an older model, it was filthy, no lube anywhere, missing grips and grip screws and although you can't see it there are a lot of handling marks on it.
That said, it was still an incredible deal.
The guy who traded it knew it was worth more but he really, really wanted a Glock 19 (which are hard to find right now) and the 33 rds mags go for big bucks.

Jim

flotter390 · January 21, 2013, 02:59 PM

You got a sweet deal, a little work and a $100 and you have a BARGIN!!!

Fred

smee78 · January 21, 2013, 03:36 PM

I would of traded my G19 for that. No questions about it. Congrats on the deal.

ET. · January 21, 2013, 03:50 PM

Your co-worker did very well also. A G19 & a few 33 round mags for $1100. I'd make that deal every day of the week ...except today. It is Obama's inauguration day. It would just be rude to buy or sell a gun without a federal background check while he is being sworn in. I couldn't do that and have a clear conscience afterward.

Xfire68 · January 21, 2013, 03:50 PM

What a bunch of goofballs! Really?

A glock of just about any model is a $500-$650 gun anyway you look at it?

Tell that guy if he has anymore high end 1911's laying around I have a glock for trade! LOL

By the way congrats on a great deal.

JWT · January 21, 2013, 04:41 PM

You got the best of that deal by far. A Wilson Combat for a Glock is a steal any day.

Coltman 77 · January 21, 2013, 04:42 PM

Great looking Wilson! You made out like a bandit, congratulations.

Alabama Shooter · January 21, 2013, 04:43 PM

I will give you $1200 for it. You could turn an easy $100 profit right now.

1stmar · January 21, 2013, 05:01 PM

Wilson sells their slides and frames at brownells, do you know if it is Wilson parts or a gun made at Wilson's? I don't recognize the rear sight, but I'm not a Wilson aficionado so it may be standard. Either way I think you got a good deal, how good a deal is dependent on the smith. Which model is it?

laytonj1 · January 21, 2013, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Wilson sells their slides and frames at brownells

It's a "Protector" with a WC serial number so it came from WC.

Jim

Stevie-Ray · January 21, 2013, 05:35 PM

I'll trade you my Glock 26 for it. Comes with 3 mags.

Yeah, I realize I'd be giving up a carry gun, but we all have to make sacrifices.

1stmar · January 21, 2013, 07:22 PM

Awesome deal Jim...that's one for the books

NWPilgrim · January 21, 2013, 08:59 PM

Very nice trades all around. What a great way to rescue a Wilson Combat from an unloving home! Great buy to start off 2013.

TripIII · January 21, 2013, 10:15 PM

Nice...really nice. What else is there to say? Darn those low capacity, large, heavy 1911's?

bigghoss · January 21, 2013, 11:03 PM

Dang, maybe I should list my glocks in exchange for some 1911's. I can still find Glocks new for $550.

TheNocturnus · January 21, 2013, 11:18 PM

Man, the guy that got that Glock got a heck of a deal!

dp509 · January 21, 2013, 11:49 PM

How did it shoot ?

Pictures, or can you not get any ammo, LOL

BigJimP · January 22, 2013, 12:34 PM

You were just in the right place at the right time....congratulations !

I have a Wilson Protector - all stainless 5" in 9mm ...that has been a great gun. I'm sure you know that Wilson can clean that gun up for you - if the handling marks aggravate you....for a fairly small investment. The gun itself is warrantied for the life of the gun...

Joe_Pike · January 22, 2013, 12:54 PM

Heck, I've got four 33 round Glock mags. I wonder if i can get a Les Baer on trade.

laytonj1 · January 22, 2013, 06:24 PM

Quote:

How did it shoot ?

These targets were fired from 20 yards. The left one is 10 shots, the right is 5 shots. One flyer on both.
I'm happy.

Jim

laytonj1 · January 22, 2013, 06:36 PM

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I'm sure you know that Wilson can clean that gun up for you - if the handling marks aggravate you

I actually considered that, but the marks don't bother me... yet.

Jim

January 21, 2013, 02:28 PM	#1
laytonj1 Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2005 Posts: 4,443	Glock for a Wilson Combat!!!! Now I know the black gun craziness has reached new levels. A coworker listed his Glock 19 with a couple 33rd mags on a popular gunsite. A guy contacts him that he's got a Wilson Combat he'll trade even up for the Glock! Coworker says he really has no interest in 1911's so I offer to buy it from him for $1100 if everything checks out. They exchange pictures, we get the serial number checked and they meet and trade. Coworker ends up with $1100 for a Glock 19 and I get a Wilson Combat for $1100. And the guy who traded the WC... he didn't like the full size gun and low round capacity... Jim

January 21, 2013, 03:36 PM	#6
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	I would of traded my G19 for that. No questions about it. Congrats on the deal. __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

January 21, 2013, 03:50 PM	#7
ET. Senior Member Join Date: June 8, 2010 Location: Savannah, Ga. Posts: 638	Your co-worker did very well also. A G19 & a few 33 round mags for $1100. I'd make that deal every day of the week ...except today. It is Obama's inauguration day. It would just be rude to buy or sell a gun without a federal background check while he is being sworn in. I couldn't do that and have a clear conscience afterward. __________________ Soldiers are dying every day to protect our freedoms. The least we can do is vote.

January 21, 2013, 03:50 PM	#8
Xfire68 Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2010 Location: Communist State of IL. Posts: 1,562	What a bunch of goofballs! Really? A glock of just about any model is a $500-$650 gun anyway you look at it? Tell that guy if he has anymore high end 1911's laying around I have a glock for trade! LOL By the way congrats on a great deal. __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF Member

January 21, 2013, 04:42 PM	#10
Coltman 77 Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2009 Location: NC Posts: 1,244	Great looking Wilson! You made out like a bandit, congratulations. __________________ "A man can be destroyed but not defeated". Ernest Hemingway Protect our 2nd Amendment Rights -- Join the NRA

January 21, 2013, 02:33 PM	#2
Tactical Jackalope Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2010 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 6,429	WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! Guy who let that go has some serious, serious issue! lol congrats to you buddy!!! Awesome!

January 21, 2013, 02:35 PM	#3
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	What the... You gotta be kidding me. He must've been very misinformed at some point.

January 21, 2013, 02:48 PM	#4
laytonj1 Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2005 Posts: 4,443	Well, the gun wasn't perfect. It's an older model, it was filthy, no lube anywhere, missing grips and grip screws and although you can't see it there are a lot of handling marks on it. That said, it was still an incredible deal. The guy who traded it knew it was worth more but he really, really wanted a Glock 19 (which are hard to find right now) and the 33 rds mags go for big bucks. Jim

January 21, 2013, 02:59 PM	#5
flotter390 Member Join Date: June 19, 2007 Posts: 24	You got a sweet deal, a little work and a $100 and you have a BARGIN!!! Fred

January 21, 2013, 04:41 PM	#9
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	You got the best of that deal by far. A Wilson Combat for a Glock is a steal any day.

January 21, 2013, 04:43 PM	#11
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 886	I will give you $1200 for it. You could turn an easy $100 profit right now. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 21, 2013, 05:01 PM	#12
1stmar Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,378	Wilson sells their slides and frames at brownells, do you know if it is Wilson parts or a gun made at Wilson's? I don't recognize the rear sight, but I'm not a Wilson aficionado so it may be standard. Either way I think you got a good deal, how good a deal is dependent on the smith. Which model is it?

January 21, 2013, 05:35 PM	#14
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	I'll trade you my Glock 26 for it. Comes with 3 mags. Yeah, I realize I'd be giving up a carry gun, but we all have to make sacrifices. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

January 21, 2013, 07:22 PM	#15
1stmar Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,378	Awesome deal Jim...that's one for the books

January 21, 2013, 08:59 PM	#16
NWPilgrim Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,346	Very nice trades all around. What a great way to rescue a Wilson Combat from an unloving home! Great buy to start off 2013. __________________ "The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition." - James Madison

January 21, 2013, 10:15 PM	#17
TripIII Member Join Date: January 24, 2008 Posts: 70	Nice...really nice. What else is there to say? Darn those low capacity, large, heavy 1911's?

January 21, 2013, 11:03 PM	#18
bigghoss Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2006 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 2,664	Dang, maybe I should list my glocks in exchange for some 1911's. I can still find Glocks new for $550. __________________ I don't collect guns, I accumulate them.

January 21, 2013, 11:18 PM	#19
TheNocturnus Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,097	Man, the guy that got that Glock got a heck of a deal! __________________ My EDC: Gun Wallet Brain (Use this one the most)

January 21, 2013, 11:49 PM	#20
dp509 member Join Date: January 1, 2008 Posts: 31	How did it shoot ? Pictures, or can you not get any ammo, LOL

January 22, 2013, 12:34 PM	#21
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	You were just in the right place at the right time....congratulations ! I have a Wilson Protector - all stainless 5" in 9mm ...that has been a great gun. I'm sure you know that Wilson can clean that gun up for you - if the handling marks aggravate you....for a fairly small investment. The gun itself is warrantied for the life of the gun...

January 22, 2013, 12:54 PM	#22
Joe_Pike Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2010 Posts: 1,581	Heck, I've got four 33 round Glock mags. I wonder if i can get a Les Baer on trade. __________________ Stay Groovy

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