The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Does stippling a gun add or decrease value for resale?

scoobysnacker · January 7, 2017, 02:34 PM

Just my input- I'm not a Glock owner or a fan of polymer guns.

Stippling is a permanent alteration of the frame. Every image I've seen of "stippling" on a polymer frame, looks like somebody took a hot nail and melted a bunch of dots into it randomly. It's not the same as a uniform checkering or grooves, engraving, or anything else I'd perceive as (potentially) aesthetically attractive.

Since a lot of proponents of polymer guns tout the guns as "tools" that function, rather than "pretty works of art", I'll view this as buying any used tool.

If I looked at two used drills with plastic frames, identical, and one had been "stippled", the other in original condition, I'd pay less for the one that had been stippled. It's an alteration I can't change.

January 7, 2017, 02:34 PM	#71
scoobysnacker Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2015 Posts: 235	Just my input- I'm not a Glock owner or a fan of polymer guns. Stippling is a permanent alteration of the frame. Every image I've seen of "stippling" on a polymer frame, looks like somebody took a hot nail and melted a bunch of dots into it randomly. It's not the same as a uniform checkering or grooves, engraving, or anything else I'd perceive as (potentially) aesthetically attractive. Since a lot of proponents of polymer guns tout the guns as "tools" that function, rather than "pretty works of art", I'll view this as buying any used tool. If I looked at two used drills with plastic frames, identical, and one had been "stippled", the other in original condition, I'd pay less for the one that had been stippled. It's an alteration I can't change.