When they first announced the G48 I was “meh.”
When I first saw one I scoffed. Who’d possibly want that over a 19?

Then yesterday I shot one at our firearms unit as a TE gun for possible use by investigators and admin. Today I went and bought one. When we finally pull the trigger on switching over to Glocks it’s going to be a hard choice as to which one I take in and qualify with. I absolutely love the 48 now that I’ve shot it. That little gun just feels good in the hand, is stupid flat and easy to conceal, and is a great shooter.

The comparison to the 225 is spot on. Not the smallest. Not the highest capacity. But it’s absolutely going to be a classic.

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That little gun just feels good in the hand, is stupid flat and easy to conceal, and is a great shooter.

It is a Glock 19S and frankly should have been marketed as such.

While I own and shoot Glocks I am more HK and HK hammer fired at heart but DAMN I am liking the 48. It is probably the most comfortable gun I've ever carried while also having a barrel length long enough to get the most out of most 9mm, a good sight radius, a fighting grip and really not much recoil making it shootable as all get out. The fact that its so light helps too.

In 2024 if it doesn't hold a box of ammo in something the size of a Pez dispenser we are suddenly ill equipped to handled any possible situation and will surely die simply because of this. Not very long ago a 10 shot uber slim Glock 19 (slim) would have been absolutely fawned over.

I like being able to load magazines easily by hand as well also.

All in all I sort of came into the Glock 48 to have a sort of do all 50 state pistol but I am finding it to be just a great pistol period.

Now am I saying its the bestest handgun evers!!! Hell no. Not even remotely so. That said I do feel like its more then the sum of its parts or specs lead one to believe it is.

I am pretty sure HK just sent me a cease and desist letter after this post and someone will be by shortly to take them away from my unwashed, dirty commoner hands.

Meanwhile, in HK headquarters…

“Hans, someone in America has spoken well of Glock. Activate the remote destruction of their ejector. And raise the price of magazines another 15 percent…”

HA!

Speaking of mags. What do you think the over/under is on Glock having something using metal mags for the next Shot Show. I got to thinking about the new Mec-Gar offerings and just find it odd that one of the most established and respected mag makers is all of a sudden dipping into Glock mags after like 40 years.

With Gaston dead I wonder if that opened up some locked away project or projects that might use metal factory mags made by Mec-Gar.

Just seems odd for them to dip their toes into Glock out of the blue after so many years.

I might be completely off the reservation but I half expect a true Glock competitor in the “micro 9” market using a metal mag (made by Mec-Gar) at Shot or some other industry event in the near future.

So, basically this is where I’m at after shooting micro guns a lot for the past 4-5 months.

The 19/48/43x are all about the same in my hands out to about 7 yards. From 7-15ish, the 19 and 48 pull away. Beyond about 20, the 19 is king. At 50 and beyond, the 47/17 is king.

The metrics I used on this was USPSA stages, bill drills at further distances, doubles out to about 40 yards.

Do I think I could bring the 43x and 48 along a little further? Yeah, with some modifications, sure.

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Do I think I could bring the 43x and 48 along a little further? Yeah, with some modifications, sure.

What would those modifications be?
Longer barrel and I think you’re defeating the purpose of a “Micro” pistol.
Tighter lock up?

The G48 and G43x aren't "micro" anyway... The G48 is exactly the same height/length as the G19, just 0.24" thinner. And the G43x is the exact same height as a G19, and same thickness as the G48, but .86" shorter in length than those.

Only the G43 (non-X) fits into the "micro compact" category. The others are just slimmer compacts.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:

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Originally posted by jljones:

Do I think I could bring the 43x and 48 along a little further? Yeah, with some modifications, sure.

What would those modifications be?
Longer barrel and I think you’re defeating the purpose of a “Micro” pistol.
Tighter lock up?

Trigger and stippling.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CPD SIG:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jljones:


Trigger and stippling.

Amen and Amen!
Reduce the trigger guard where it meets the grip, scallop out the mag release just a little too.

Don’t get me wrong, I loves me some Glocks! They just plain old work. Talk about a damn near perfect gun right out of the box.

I don’t know why Glock hasn’t figured out something with their trigger yet. Just a little firmer, a little more positive on the break.

As far as their stippling goes, the RTF2 was great!
I don’t think they are going to change what they have, which is unfortunate because of all the aftermarket stuff out there.

(And if Kent / Ken from Polymer Refined is reading this: PLEASE GET BACK IN BUSINESS!)

(BTW, in a few days, Happy Birthday to you and your Son! Semper!)

I call the G48 a 90% G19. The thinness is great especially when carrying a spare mag, the trigger reach is a bit better but the trigger guard smacks my finger.

I put a 10-8 Performance connector in it and it’s pretty nice. Not a full Apex kit better but nice. For grip, I just some Howies Hockey tape. It was going to be my summer gun, but I’ve since taken it past it’s sweet spot as I’ve added a PMM comp and a red dot.

I need to get a couple PSA 15rd mags to try for the 48.

I’ve since standardized on the G19 though for mag and holster commonality.

Not worth it's own thread, but I'm rolling something around. I had an RTF2 G22 years ago, and wound up trading it away because it was so damned unpleasant to shoot, and that was an opinion I developed when I was deep in P229's. Really should have just kept it, but oh well. I condensed my collection to nothing but 9mm Glocks and kept it that way for a goodly while.

Then the gun panics, and rolling ammo panics and all that, and it seemed like the one pistol caliber I'd see on shelves was .40. Then, I inherited a rather sizable stash of duty ammo. I mean cases and cases of Remington R40SW1, not to mention a fair bit of UMC range ammo. I thought about selling or trading it off, but it seemed like a hassle, and after going through the prior years with the unavailability of 9mm, I decided it may just be smarter to have a .40 in the safe to have options. So, I traded a Glock 19 to a friend for his plain-Jane Gen 3 G22 (he got the better end of the deal, I know).

I've carried it a little bit, shot it a few times and it always reminds me why I hate Glocks in .40.

So... pick up a 9mm barrel and keep that sweet Gen 3 slide finish that shrugs off everything, or... source a G34 top end because I've never had one? Maybe something with an RMR cut? I'd prefer to keep it all OEM parts, I don't want any blingy shit on my gun with extra holes and weird colors. Can I just drop a G17 barrel in the slide? Is a G34 upper going to change my world? I just want a full size 9mm Glock in the stable that I'll actually shoot. I'm flush with G19's that stay in the safe because I fell in love with the G45, but I wouldn't mind having a little more barrel length for a house gun, and just have the one for carry and the other one I leave a light on at home. I've also started shooting USPSA style events with my friends and have a goal to start shooting some matches at the range a couple miles up the road this year and wouldn't mind having something a little more geared for that. G34, right? Right?

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Can I just drop a G17 barrel in the slide?

Nope. You'd need a 9mm conversion barrel for your G22 slide.

And then if it's going to be anything more than just a casual range gun you'll also want to swap in a 9mm extractor for the slide as well as a 9mm trigger housing/ejector for the frame, as extraction and ejection will be less than 100% reliable with the existing .40 extractor and ejector.

You can simplify it a bit by getting a complete Gen 3 G17 slide to put on your G22 frame, but you'd still want the 9mm trigger housing with ejector for your frame.

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Is a G34 upper going to change my world?

No. It's only slightly longer than the G22 slide. The extra 0.8" or so of barrel length only gains you ~30fps in muzzle velocity over a G17 (or G22 with conversion barrel). And if you're planning to stick a red dot on it anyway, then the G34 gets you even less, since you don't even get the benefit of the little bit of added precision from the longer sight radius.

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I'm flush with G19's that stay in the safe because I fell in love with the G45, but I wouldn't mind having a little more barrel length for a house gun

Then get a G47 or G49 slide and stick it on one of your G45s (or Gen 5 G19s).

But again, much like going from a G22/G17 to a G34, the extra 0.4" barrel length between a G45 and a G17/47/49 doesn't really get you significant benefit. It's half that of the difference between a G17 and G34, and as mentioned above, even that is fairly negligible in muzzle velocity.

If you're using a red dot, then a G45 really is the sweet spot for a full sized Glock.

I have bought a bunch of Glocks! Just don’t keep them long, good shooters though.