I only have two P365 with the FCU and I don't plan on changing them around anymore. I got them where I like them. I'm just going to buy a Glock in the size I want. With the price SIG was charging for FCUs or exchange kits, it made more sense for me to buy another gun. lol

I'm going to email my distributor and ask them to hold a blue label gen6 45 as soon as they get one in for me. I sold my 45 to a coworker last month. Or maybe get a gen6 19 instead of the 45.

I like it! I'm sure I'll pick one up.

The texture reminds me of what Walther did going from the PPQ to the PDP. The only thing that I dislike about the Gen6 offhand is the interchangeable backstraps. They sit on top of the grip instead of being more integrated. I had the same criticism (which I think I even mentioned on a thread here at one point) about the Gen4 and Gen5. The backstraps also fail to go up to the grip tang (they're less likely to be effective changing length of pull) like many other designs. But even designs that do often leave that awkward lip hanging over the tang. The HK CC9 is the most clever in this way; I was actually hoping Glock would adopt a similar solution or just leave interchangeable backstraps in the dust altogether. Who actually even uses them?

The beavertail grip tang also seems unnecessary and I wonder if it'll break off like the one on the Archon does sometimes.

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Originally posted by MacGyver:
I was actually hoping Glock would adopt a similar solution or just leave interchangeable backstraps in the dust altogether. Who actually even uses them?

If you're talking about them as a whole, then I do. I've put one of the factory beavertail backstraps on every Glock I've owned since they were an option, and used aftermarkets on my Gen 2's and 3's. Like Rogue, I have beefy hands and without a beavertail, I have to accept that I'm going to get slide tracked like crazy every range session. If you mean just the standard backstraps without the beavertail that just add thickness from front to back, I've never used one of those and wouldn't opt to.

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Originally posted by MacGyver:
The beavertail grip tang also seems unnecessary and I wonder if it'll break off like the one on the Archon does sometimes.

I guess we'll find out, but I'm glad it's just a standard feature now. To add a beavertail to a Glock before now, you were adding extra thickness from front to back and losing the nice "short frame" dimensions that came standard since the Gen 4. Now I get to have both. It's a win for me, especially with the added palm swells and the texture fully wrapping around the front strap.

It doesn't look like a traditional Glock, but the beavertail and trigger guard undercut are a big step in the right direction. They're acknowledging that the gun wants to be gripped high and they're making it easier for people to do that. I actually had to take a break from dry fire and range sessions a couple months ago because I haven't done a trigger guard undercut on any of my pistols and I developed such severe Glock knuckle on my middle finger that I developed a split under the callous that wasn't healing. There are far more ergonomic guns on the market and they needed to make some changes. This does that without compromising what actually makes it a Glock.

Hopefully the modified switches that worked for the new V series pistols will work for these Gen 6 models as well. Not that they’ll be legal but I just love to reinforce the futility of machine gun bans, especially in the modern era. I know it’s unlikely but I still keep hoping that someday it will sink in that banning any sort of firearm for law abiding citizens will do nothing to prevent the use of firearms of any type in crimes.

The new grip configuration has my attention. Never had a problem with the Gen. 4 or 5s on hand but want to try it (Gen. 6 G17) out.

Updated grip config and texture looks good. I'll have to wait and see how it feels, but I will be an improvement, no doubt. Trigger config looks good too.

My only potential gripe from looking? Well if you going to go to the trouble of modifying the extractor, then cut the slide deeper for the optic. Looks pretty shallow.

Put sights on it that'll clear the optic from the factory and IMO it would be "perfect" OOTB.

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Originally posted by Blackwater:
Put sights on it that'll clear the optic from the factory and IMO it would be "perfect" OOTB.

Well, which optic is "the optic"? Because there's no standard optic height out there.

There are short optics like the SCS that don't require anything taller than standard factory height sights.

There are medium height optics like the RMR or 507 that require suppressor height sights, to varying degrees. And some folks prefer an ultra low cowitness while other prefer more of a lower 1/3 cowitness, which further require different heights.

Then they were ultra tall optics like the SRO or DPP that require the very tallest suppressor height sights in order to get even a low cowitness.


So if you put some sort of medium height suppressor sights on it, they're too tall for the short optics and too short for the tall optics, and they may not be the buyer's preferred height for any specific medium height optic.

If you put tall suppressor sights on it, they're too tall for any of the low or medium height optics.

Therefore, they just leave the factory height sights on it, for those who use no optic or low height optics, and then buyers who want to use a medium or tall height optic can replace it with the aftermarket suppressor height sights of their specific height preference.


(Besides, we all know the factory plastic sights on Glocks are just rudimentary "dovetail protectors" due to their fragility, and should be replaced by swapping in metal sights for any serious use. So most users are going to be replacing the sights regardless.)

Well my Ameriglo sights, clear both the RMR and DPP. So I don't care, just some blacked out steel sights.

Then again if you cut the optic recess deeper/deep enough, then standard NS could be used. Think Echelon.



Looks like only High Suppressor sight will work. Just cut the recess deeper, since they went to the trouble of modifying the extractor. Poor design decision IMO and it just looks ridiculous.

I have been casually looking for a Glock 45. This new generation will probably get me to the LGS to get one

Has the trigger been improved?

According to the TFB video, it’s the same trigger as it’s always been, just with a new shoe.

The Gen 5 (and now 6) trigger is marginally improved compared to the earlier gens.

And I assume the Gen 6 is compatible with their Glock Performance Trigger, which is a noticeable improvement over the stock trigger.

For my fellow LEO's...

Safariland states Gen 6 will not work in 6xxx series holsters. They will release an updated version.

Time Stamp - 3:40

Well, that's going to put a big cramp in agency adoption, except for the ones who are transitioning from a totally different platform and would be buying new holsters anyway.

I just hope Safariland actually makes the release of compatible 6xxx holsters a priority. They've been halfway trying (or at least hoping) to spin down the 6 series for a hot minute, in favor of their 7 series or even newer Vault/Ballast holsters, with a big factor likely being they are cheaper/faster to prpduce and therefore have a bigger profit margin. But those have yet to catch on significantly due to them all being inferior to the 6s in almost every way.

I could see them trying to use this as further leverage. "We might have compatible 6s at some point, buuuut we have compatible Vault/Ballast holsters available right now..."

I do have one burning question; how are they making them more reliable than the previous Generations? Caught a little bit about chamfering the barrel, but the oldies were rock solid reliable from all I've heard the past 40 years or so.

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Originally posted by Chowser:
I only have two P365 with the FCU and I don't plan on changing them around anymore. I got them where I like them. I'm just going to buy a Glock in the size I want. With the price SIG was charging for FCUs or exchange kits, it made more sense for me to buy another gun. lol

I'm going to email my distributor and ask them to hold a blue label gen6 45 as soon as they get one in for me. I sold my 45 to a coworker last month. Or maybe get a gen6 19 instead of the 45.

When it comes to the 320 and 365s I like the FCU idea for different manufactures to make grips not really for changing the configurations.
I am a fan of the WC grip modules over factory. Other than that not worried about changing configurations.

As for the new Gen6s what I really love about the 365X Macro is the palm swells.
I am really hoping the Gen6 makes a Glock comfortable in my hand which all best generations have not done. No finger groves helped a little but still the Glock does not feel like it is meant to be in my hand.
If the 6 solves this I will likely get a 19 and a 17 and likely swap the slides.

My two P365s have a Wilson Combat and TyrantCNC frames. I got them how I like them and will leave them alone for now.

I preordered a gen6 45 from my distributor today. Whenever it comes in, I will verify fitment in our 7series duty holsters.

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Originally posted by Chowser:
My two P365s have a Wilson Combat and TyrantCNC frames. I got them how I like them and will leave them alone for now.

I preordered a gen6 45 from my distributor today. Whenever it comes in, I will verify fitment in our 7series duty holsters.

Thanks for this, keep me posted.

Is your duty gear a 6xxx or 7xxx series? Blue Label pricing the same for Gen 5?

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I just hope Safariland actually makes the release of compatible 6xxx holsters a priority. They've been halfway trying (or at least hoping) to spin down the 6 series for a hot minute, in favor of their 7 series or even newer Vault/Ballast holsters, with a big factor likely being they are cheaper/faster to prpduce and therefore have a bigger profit margin. But those have yet to catch on significantly due to them all being inferior to the 6s in almost every way.

I have no experience with the new Vault/Ballast holster but what makes the 6 series superior to the 7?

^^ The 6000 series is made from a single piece of Boltaron (basically a thick kydex-type material with slightly different properties) which is wrapped around a form and thermo-molded in the shape of the gun. The 7000 series is a two-piece clam-shell type design where the two halves are injection molded and attached together (two sides w/ a vertical parting line) to form the holster. The 6000 series is the true 'gun bucket' design and a lot more stiff/robust when compared to the 7000 series which has 'some' give/flex to it when force is applied it. If I were an LEO and potentially rolling around on the ground engaged with someone that was 'resisting' I'd definitely want the 6000 series Holster!

That said, it depends on what is available for your particular handgun. While the world is your oyster, and you can pretty much have whatever holster you want if you've got a Glock, often times that's just not the case for other pistols. As such, in my case I've got one of each...I have a 7000 series holster for a full size SIG P320, and a 6000 series holster for a full size HK USP, and in both cases that's because it's the only holster offered by Safariland for those pistols.