Leaving the Country!

If you can import a Glock legally I am quite certain you can find parts. Internationally Glocks are as popular as law enforcement as the US(except in countries where the police are national and issued the same gun as the military). I guess that is a lot of countries though. I agree better to just take a second pistol.

If you read online you can register a pistol beware. Many countries allow you to legally own registered guns, but the feat of registering is more about political connections than paperwork.
 
Are you going to Chicago?
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Not Chicago:D
cheezhed, you beat me to it...though I was thinking Detroit
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Unfortunately not Detroit:)

Hummm....Not willing to share where you are going for a month. OK.....your choice. Which begs the question as to the title/subject line. The title/subject is misleading.

Then, with your question on ‘”spare parts” suggests you are going to be using your firearm more than you do in this country.......and for only a month.

Please excuse me, but this doesn’t pass my “Smell Meter”.

Chris
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Is not that disclosing the location is a secret but I didn't think it was a big deal. So to make some people happy, It is in Africa.:)

If you can import a Glock legally I am quite certain you can find parts. Internationally Glocks are as popular as law enforcement as the US(except in countries where the police are national and issued the same gun as the military). I guess that is a lot of countries though. I agree better to just take a second pistol.

If you read online you can register a pistol beware. Many countries allow you to legally own registered guns, but the feat of registering is more about political connections than paperwork.
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You will be surprise that some of the African countries do not have Glock stores that you can just walk in and buy parts. We are very spoiled and priviledge in this Great country. I agree with you that the registration is more about political connections than paperwork.

I guess I could have done a better job with the initial thread but I have more to learn. My Glock has 4,000 rounds through it already and I haven't replaced any parts yet and was wondering the worst case scenario if it became inoperable due to broken parts. I could live without it but why take that risk when I carry here everyday.

While you most likely will not need spare parts in one month, for the Glock they are so inexpensive that it would be good Murphy insurance.

Get all the the springs, with recoil assembly and extractor spring top priorities. Also an extractor. While not likely needed I always have a spare set of pins in case I drop one and lose it while disassembling.

Be sure to take the correct punch along for disassembly, too.
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I will be bringing everything on your list. Perhaps I should bring another pistol and if nothing happens to the first one, I will offer it to my older brother (former marine) or Dad (former army) to battle it out through accurate target shooting and the winner gets the pistol. I wonder who is going to win?

Thanks everybody
 
If you're really worried about a part, replace it now and put a couple hundred rounds through the pistol before your trip. Really no need for spares. A well-maintained Glock with 4000 rounds is barely broken in.
 
Mexico has one gun store that requires a letter from a regional military commander to purchase at.

I could have bought a used Glock from almost any retired police officer for about $550. Individual parts may have been a bit more complicated, but not much.
 
Rather than bring parts just bring a second gun. Seems like a no brainier to me.

This doesn't seem right on the stink o meter. Going somewhere tropical where you need and can carry a gun but it is do secret you can't say where. It sounds like a "job" not a trip and if you are qualified for such a job then why ask advice of random online armchair commandos...
 
Just saw the follow on post. Enjoy your trip and beware so African nations have weird laws prohibiting carrying handguns while hunting...
 
It has been a while since elementary school, but I recall Africa being a continent comprised of many countries with names that change as often as their governments. They may have differing laws as you cross borders. This sounds like a possible one-way trip. Good luck.

Can I be in your will? I'll take good care of your guns and will shoot them as often as possible.:D
 
Bring two.

As they say in training:"two is one, and one is none".

I'd be real careful about bringing guns into any African or third world country. I'd suggest some kind of official document from their embassy stating your are cleared to do so. As mentioned above, governments and rules change. Even if it seems okay, you may be at the mercy of some petty bureaucrat and have no recourse. Usually a fat bribe can take care of problems, so have some 100 dollar bills and 100 Euro bills stuffed in different places on your person. African jails are sometimes a 6 ft. wide and 20 ft. deep hole in the ground with you at the bottom. They don't feed you either. I'd think very carefully about this.

Been there, done that.

Good luck!
 
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