Specifically why don’t they sell MOS slides? I would imagine there is a market of folks who would like to give a dot a try but don’t want to buy a new gun yet still want OEM stuff. Seems like an easy way to make a few bucks and cut into all the aftermarket guys with OEM stuff. Is it just a capacity thing or will they start doing so right after we get the carbine.

Probably a capacity thing where they all go straight to complete guns and ship out.

I buy my OEM slides from BigTex
https://www.bigtexordnance.com...te-g17-19-19x-34-45/

Just keep an eye out for what you want to be in stock.

I’d imagine for what it actually costs them to build a frame vs what it costs them to build a slide, there’s no point in not selling a frame with a slide. Makes sense for a consumer, but for a manufacturer, different perspective. Then there’s the whole serial number convention thing, then product support. Should they warranty a gun that didn’t actually leave the factory as a gun? How do they test a bunch of slides to make sure slides pass a test fire? Imo this is tail wagging the dog stuff if we want Glock to produce just frames or just slides to compete with the aftermarket.

Asking because I don’t know: Does another one of the big manufacturers sell just slides? I think Beretta does, but a friend of mine says Beretta only started doing a Langdon models because he was eating into their sales. I don’t get the impression that Glock particularly care.

I wanted a 29SF second slide to mount an optic. Depending on the situation I could have my Glock with iron sights or the optic. Tried every place know to get one and all I got was the advice "get a seconds weapon and mount the optic."

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
I think Beretta does, but a friend of mine says Beretta only started doing a Langdon models because he was eating into their sales. I don’t get the impression that Glock particularly care.

I love my LTT 92s, but I fear that they will eventually be a thing of the past in terms of being able to buy one.

The 92X RDO is clearly meant to compete directly with the LTT Elite 92s and Ernest's RDO solution, although what Beretta did is inferior compared to the LTT offering. Couple that with the fact that the LTT Elites have been out of stock since last year, availability on them has been pushed back again to late summer 2022, and that the PX4 Carry model is no longer listed on the LTT website. Sadly I think Beretta will eventually discontinue these LTT specific models in the future.

When a gun company decides when (if ever) you get shipments of your signature product, AND they have a product that directly competes with yours, it's pretty clear which direction things are going. It was surprising, but not really, when Langdon introduced their Glock customizations...right around the same time the 92X RDOs were coming to market.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
Why doesn't Glock...

Glock doesn't do anything the American gun buyer wants, because Old Man Glock is a European Fudd that rules with an iron fist. He doesn't understand the gun market in America.

That is why Glock does what it does. He is OLD and will be out of the picture soon. Once he is gone, we might see some innovation and new products come out of Glock.

A Glock carbine should have been released 10 years ago.

Heck a Glock AR15 would have cleaned up and dominated the market. Hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales for an easily set up and mature platform that all the R&D is done on.

I guess when you are swimming in money you don't care to build more pools full of money.