I have had some high-end pistols that were finicky with ammo, the Glock shoots everything I’ve thrown at it.įor cheap plinking, American Eagle is always a solid pick. You can bury them in the ground, drag them through the mud, even hold them underwater, and they will still work. While Glock isn’t the most beautiful firearm in the world, it is one of the most reliable. All this aside, the Glock Marksman Barrel is supposed to be capable of putting up 4-inch groups at 50 yards. With any luck, if I’m shooting that far, I’ll have a rifle in my hands. I have hit man-sized targets with my Gen 4 Glock at 100 yards. And for those who are left-handed, the Glock can be converted to suit you! That being said, the newer generations of Glocks do a great job of fitting a wide variety of hand shapes. I find the MOS system allows me quicker sight picture and recovery after recoil.Īs I mentioned above, I have had other guns just fit my hand better out of the box. On the G17 it was slightly left for some reason and I still punched an ever-growing, ragged hole in my target. On the G19 it was dead on and I punched a ragged hole in my target. I use this micro-red-dot on my Gen 4 G17 duty carry and am very familiar with it. Pistols at Ten Paces!Ĭall me a fanboy, but at this point in my life if Glock made something that didn’t just perform I would be surprised. Regardless, Glock has you covered as the fit is adjustable. With the G17 frame, this is less of a problem. My gloves are 2X, and this means if I don’t use at least the “M” size backstrap add-on piece with the extended beavertail (since Gen 4) I will be experiencing some slide bite. However, when it comes to grip, size is critical. The G17 Gen 5 MOS FS has a slide of 7.32 inches… roughly half an inch longer so we’re not talking enormous differences. For specifics, the slide on the G45 is 6.85 inches according to the Glock website. The gun is black, unlike its predecessor, has the frame of the G17, and the slide of the G19. It is a wonderful combination that is largely targeted to that law enforcement market. The G45 takes the idea of the G19X crossover, combines it with the upgrades common to the Gen 5 series, and then enhances it with forward slide serrations. The FBI still selected Glocks to fill their 9mm needs and this chain of events may have inspired Glock to reach out to one of its larger markets, law enforcement. The Army ultimately selected the Sig P320 with what can only be described as mixed results due to a drop safety concern which Sig ultimately corrected. In response, many people professed to want a blending reared of the opposite values, namely a long slide with a shorter handle. Why? The idea was you’d get the concealability of the G19’s shorter slide with the expanded capacity and grip of the G17, a marriage made in heaven. Glock called the G19X a crossover, a combination of the G19 slide with the frame of the G17. This gun was the result of Glock attempting to fill the requirements for the U.S. When the new Gen 5 Glocks released, another impressive idea from the Austrian gun manufacturer came out simultaneously-the G19X. The G45 is an evolution from the G19X appealing to the needs of law enforcement. But while we’re here in Distractionville, check out the G41, it is a tack-driving, 230-grain delivery system. Glock has never produced a model number that coincided with a caliber of the same number.

This is an issue for some people though it is lost on me. This is as opposed to racking the slide (support hand) from the rear with the gun hand driving forward, forcing your support hand to recover grip from being further behind the gun. With a reload, the shooter simply grabs the slide up front, pushes the gun forward, releases the slide, then marries up grip with both hands. If you’re unaware, some shooters enjoy forward slide serrations because they allow the user to press check and even reload with their support hand not dropping the rear of the slide. They are still essentially the same, the G19 being the compact version, and the G17 being the full-size, though they benefit from the Gen 5 enhancements and something new – forward slide serrations! The Trijicon RMR Type 2(left) and Burris Fastfire 3 (right) are great MOS options.

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