Posted: 8/13/2015 11:26:05 PM EDT
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We had a small house fire today. It was contained to one bedroom but it got hot enough to melt all the mini blinds in the house and distorted a kydex holster I had my G19 in. The Glock seems OK, it had quite a bit of soot on it and had surface rust forming on the edge of the barrel and the rear sight. My question, is this gun still OK or was it possibly compromised by the heat? Action seems fine, mag locks up and drops free.
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| If it didnt damage the plastic on the gun should be ok. A hairdryer will soften kydex in seconds as it is soft so dont use that as guage. You can place gun in holster and use hairdryer to reshape kydex(Dont leave in one spot but wave back and forth). Cheap plastic blinds also take very little heat to melt. |
| I think the type of polymer used in a Glock would deform in the 400s fahrenheit. Those temps should not damage anything. If it were mine i would disassemble, clean, give it a good inspection and if everything looked ok give it a test. But use your best judgement OP. |
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Do you have homeowners insurance? If you do I would replace it. Send it over to Glock, they'll look it over and maybe replace some parts if necessary. I'd probably detail strip it, if the internal plastic parts don't show any melting, I wouldn't sweat it. Edited to remove insurance comments. |
| Most plastics like your mini-blinds begin to melt around 275 degrees. If you don't see any changes to the frame of your Glock, I really doubt you will have a problem. If your Glock was 2 or 3 feet lower than your melted blinds (was it on a table or nightstand?), the temperature it was exposed to were lower than the blinds. This is why fireman crawl on the floor when it's really hot. The lower you are, the lower the temperature. |
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Most plastics like your mini-blinds begin to melt around 275 degrees. If you don't see any changes to the frame of your Glock, I really doubt you will have a problem. If your Glock was 2 or 3 feet lower than your melted blinds (was it on a table or nightstand?), the temperature it was exposed to were lower than the blinds. This is why fireman crawl on the floor when it's really hot. The lower you are, the lower the temperature. That too, but mostly because of smoke. |