If the Gen 5 G17 and/or G19 do not have finger grooves, then I may buy a 'new' Glock.

My Gen 2 17 and 19 are my favorites.

What are you going to do with those old things 1lowlife? And wheres the finger grooves and tactical rails?

When Gaston first made those like this, couldn't they be snuck through metal detectors?

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Originally posted by David Lee:
What are you going to do with those old things 1lowlife? And wheres the finger grooves and tactical rails?

When Gaston first made those like this, couldn't they be snuck through metal detectors?

I don't need no stinkin' rails.

I'm an anti-rail snob.

Oh those are all just dandy.

Para told me in another post, "just go buy a Glock". This thread hasn't helped either.
I now have a Gen 4 19 & 26. Sights were replaced with aftermarket tritium right off the bat.
So now I have a 19, 21, 23, 26 & 30s. Thanks Para. :/ Hahahaha

I just went shooting today and had the opportunity to try a Glock 19 and I really started to like it so much that I want to pick up one used or new if found cheap enough. Again I just missed out on a 26 where the seller flaked and I don't have any sub compacts and heard it shoots just like the 19.

Prices on them are so tempting but a few things always got to me, like the slide release was kind of small or too tight to release. Can get a slightly extended release to fix that problem but the one today was shot enough nice and smooth guess they need to be broken in. Also the mushy trigger on a new one out of the box but a nicely used one broken in, didn't even feel it at all.

Was my first time shooting a Glock in 9mm in that past all I ever got to shoot were 40 S&W models.

The only thing I will do immediately if I buy one is get rid of those awful U shape solid line factory rear sight. Been shooting 3 dot's since I was 9 years old and even though I was still hitting where I was aiming at but they make it a little slower and less accurate for me and my cousin who said the same thing and it was his first time shooting.

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The only thing I will do immediately if I buy one is get rid of those awful U shape solid line factory rear sight. Been shooting 3 dot's since I was 9 years old...

I believe Glock's factory night sights are 3-dots.

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Originally posted by joatmonv:
Para told me in another post, "just go buy a Glock". This thread hasn't helped either.
I now have a Gen 4 19 & 26. Sights were replaced with aftermarket tritium right off the bat.
So now I have a 19, 21, 23, 26 & 30s. Thanks Para. :/ Hahahaha

Uh, where's the 17? That's a must in every collection.

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Originally posted by dfens:
The only thing I will do immediately if I buy one is get rid of those awful U shape solid line factory rear sight.

I hate, HATE the factory Glock sights! That "ball in a bucket" look does not fit my eye at all.
They are the first thing that gets changed. In a pinch, (like when my ordered sights haven't gotten here yet), I will turn the rear sight around.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:

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Originally posted by dfens:
The only thing I will do immediately if I buy one is get rid of those awful U shape solid line factory rear sight. Been shooting 3 dot's since I was 9 years old...

I believe Glock's factory night sights are 3-dots.

They are, and they are inexpensive. GT distributors used to charge $55 a set for them. Now they are either $60 or $65, I forget which. Glock says they make them, themselves, but I believe the tritium is Mepro, someone correct me if I'm wrong. I do know the LE Glocks that GT sells has them fitted on every one. They are sufficient night sights, they just aren't whiz bang like the Trij HD's or Ameriglo Pro Idots with a painted circle around the front sight in orange or lime green.

I prefer that lime green outline on the front sight and the i dot pros can be had on Amazon for $70 a set. I'd easily take the Trijicon HD's as well but they cost a lot more and are a higher sight. The idots are more low profile and they are made where you can do one handed racks off your shoe or whatever with the rear sight.

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Originally posted by joatmonv:
Para told me in another post, "just go buy a Glock". This thread hasn't helped either.
I now have a Gen 4 19 & 26. Sights were replaced with aftermarket tritium right off the bat.
So now I have a 19, 21, 23, 26 & 30s. Thanks Para. :/ Hahahaha

Uh, where's the 17? That's a must in every collection.

I think the 19 is the must have IMO. I looked at an all gray 17 but opted for the 19 instead.
The 21 is my Winter carry as I can't conceal it in warmer weather. That's my full size. I don't *really* need another full size but you never know.

Yep

Just did a G19 Gen 3 made in the USA

I am keeping one G19 for now, but will be picking up three CZ P-10c's as soon as they are available.

Ok Para. After 423 pages, I have finally purchased a Glock for personal use.
a 43 followed me home a few weeks before the presidential election.
43 as a number has a significance for me and the easy carry aspect is a pleasure.

Curses!

You will buy a Glock... then do something stupid to it.

I had never warmed up to Glocks. They give me slide bite, Glock knuckle, all of the bad stuff.

I think I posted in this thread when I got my Gen4 19 - lefty mag release and beavertails got me to bite the bullet on a cheap pawnshop model that hadn't been shot much.

I've slowly been turning it into a pistol I'll use. Gen3 G17 trigger/bar to clean up the Gen4 trigger and have the smooth face, filed the safety tab flush, and now I've gone and taken a Dremel to it.

I'll be darned if this thing doesn't actually feel like a shooter now.

Zipped off the finger grooves, widened the undercut of the trigger guard, beveled the undercut and frontstrap sides, abbreviated the medium beavertail. All that's left is a set of sights - looking at the Ameriglo Hackathorn - and she'll be put in carry rotation with an XC1.

I'm actually going to leave it rough. The factory nubs are there on the front strap and the rough sanding barrel left it with a pretty rough and decently grippy texture.

^ I too dislike the finger grooves on a Gen 3 & 4 compact Glock, so I favor my Gen 2.

But whatever works for you is great in my opinion.

Glad you got it to suit your needs.

If the legendary Gen 5 G19 has no finger grooves, then it will be one of the first new G19 I've ever bought..

I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that I will NOT buy a Glock.

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Originally posted by Miataguy:
I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that I will NOT buy a Glock.

Oh, it's that time of the month again already?

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Originally posted by Miataguy:
I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that I will NOT buy a Glock.

But you drive a Miata?
How embarrassing...

It ain't over till it's over, and you ain't dead yet.
You'll come around, but thanks for chiming in...

Bless your heart and Merry Christmas.....

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Originally posted by Miataguy:
I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that I will NOT buy a Glock.

Well, probably not a Gen4 anyway.