Gen 4 Glocks

[Traxxis]

I'm trying to figure out why you would want to do that as well?? ?

 

[stepper]

I want one!

Over on glocktalk, the rumor is glock 19 will be out by the summer. I think I may grab one then!

I don't have a glock 17, so I should probably get a 17.

Has anybody seen them in town yet?

 

[bulbboy]

Why try?

 

[perfor8]

The Gen 4 Glocks are out and I grabbed a couple.
Before I bought them I called Glock and asked them whether the barrels are interchangeable between Gen 3 and Gen 4. I was told emphatically no. After I bought them I started comparing parts.
One of the new features is the double captive recoil spring, similar to the spring of the G26/G27. Because of that, the spring cutout on the bottom of the barrel of the Gen 4 is slightly larger, otherwise identical. I question the wisdom of the Glock tech who said that I cannot use my Gen 3 barrel in my Gen 4 slide. I did not have a chance to go to the range yet but hand cycling appears normal. I plan to use the old barrel in the new gun. Any opinions?

Is the grip as slippery as it looks?

 

[Ride Da Fire]

I will get me a 4th gen G19 in 8 days, can't wait.

 

[Kid Glock]

I will get me a 4th gen G19 in 8 days, can't wait.

I've been thinking about getting one. Let us know your thoughts on it when you get it.

 

[GOTOGUY]

I will get me a 4th gen G19 in 8 days, can't wait.

So they DO have a G19 in 4th gen? That's good. I DID NOT like the RTF of the G17. Way too rough. I think they realized this and made the bumps bigger and didn't put any bumps on the thumb depresson. Anyone else feel the earlier RTF's were too rough?

 

[Glock 'em down]

Is the grip as slippery as it looks?

Actually, the grip is more aggressive in the hand than the 3rd gen grip. The cobblestone texture has a kinda sandpaper feel to it. I'm actually kinda wanting one and I haven't wanted another Glock for a LONG time!

One of the officers here got his from Outdoor America for like $425 + tax.

Of course, that's an LE price.

No cop bashing please.

 

[Nraman]

I lost track of this thread and I'd like to reply.
The reason for doing it is that I have several "special" Gen3 barrels that I need to keep using, such as a G34 barrel that I use in my G17 Gen4, a G31 barrel for my Gen4 G22, a G19 barrel for my G26.
I did a lot of checking measuring and comparing of the barrels, I had a high degree of confidence that there was no safety issue.
I took the guns to the range yesterday and tested all of them. They all worked great, no problems of any kind. Nothing different.

 

[Big Bad Wolf]

Question about the Gen 4 Glocks.... the interchangable backstrap... Does it increase or decrease the grip size or feel?

My girlfriend loves glocks but has smaller hands so we went with the M&P 9c for her to getr a better grip but she doesn't like have to buy new hoslter and new mag pouches etc...