Joined the Gen5 Club Today

spookshack · Sep 1, 2017

Has anyone seen any Gen 5 19's in the PDX area? I would really like to fondle one. lol

snarlingdog · Sep 1, 2017

Yeah nw armory had one this afternoon.

snarlingdog · Sep 1, 2017

Sorry. The older nw armory

spookshack · Sep 1, 2017

Thanks. Demo model I assume? I thought I got an email from them saying you could pre-order them and that they had demo's on hand. I'll see if I can swing by after work and check them out.

Diamondback · Sep 1, 2017

@No_Regerts Maybe some skateboard tape over the hole?

No_Regerts · Sep 2, 2017

Diamondback said:
@No_Regerts Maybe some skateboard tape over the hole?

Im not sure how well that would work. If it started to wear and colapse, it could interfere with reloads.

xtratoy · Sep 2, 2017

I like my Gen3 G23 with the finger humps removed. It is a simple fix.

KKG · Sep 2, 2017

I really don't care how someone else wants to waste their money but I'd much rather be looking for another nice early Smith and Wesson. I've got my fill of Glocks and none are chambered in 9mm; so sue me!

Now if I can find a S&W Model 39-2 at a fair price then I will add it to my Collection.

Boats · Sep 2, 2017

Five generations and they still screw up the grip, this time with a front strap mag cut out when such things are long proven by everyone else in the industry to work best on the sides of the mag well.

It should be of note that NO ONE ELSE making plastic fantastics has copied the high finger bumps of Gens 3&4, nor this front strap mag cut out brought back from Gen 2.

Both are total fail "features" by Glock.

spookshack · Sep 2, 2017

No_Regerts said:
The biggest issue For me and the Gen5 G19 was the half-moon hole cut out of the frontstrap. My pinky sat firmly over that half-moon and I'm sure that would rub me raw.

Just checked out the Gen5 19 at Oregon Arms and Ammunition and probably would have not paid much attention to the cutout, but after reading your comments here, it's most definitely a deal breaker for me.

spookshack · Sep 2, 2017

Was hoping to do a side by side with the CZ p10c, but it had already sold earlier in the day.

Aside from the cut-out, I like the improvements that Glock has made to the G17/G19 line up.

Diamondback · Sep 2, 2017

No_Regerts said:
Im not sure how well that would work. If it started to wear and colapse, it could interfere with reloads.

Right... I was trying to figure out something more solid to back it with, make a two-tape-layer-outside/solid liner/one-tape-inside sandwich but couldn't come up with anything.

Maybe wrap a magazine tightly in Saran Wrap, stuff it up the well and start layering cyanoacrylate into the hole. (Tear the plastic out once done.) Or if you can mold a plastic plug to the right shape, maybe use a soldering iron to "weld" it into place.

Hell, talk to the guys at Lone Wolf, they seem to make every add-on imaginable so maybe they can come up with something.

spookshack · Sep 2, 2017

Pearce Grips

I wonder if the cut-out radius is the same as the gen2's?

EPS · Sep 2, 2017

spookshack said:
Pearce Grips

I wonder if the cut-out radius is the same as the gen2's?

Those are nice but $10 bucks each lol I hate to reload mags at the range that's why I have something like 15 mags for my glock so that's another $150 Buck's and besides I paid big money for my red bases

EPS · Sep 2, 2017

Any way I would get those if I had a compact gun when I get a chance I'm going to look at the new gen 5 g19 I want another 9mm the one in the picture is a G22 40 cal

LuckySG · Dec 10, 2017

I am going to put this out there especially for members that drive 40 minutes east to a shop, but live 10-15 minutes from me. If you want to have some no pressure time to compare Gen3, Gen4 and Gen5 Glocks just let me know and I will be happy to help you out.

On the plus side for the Gen5 19, if you are regularly shooting with gloves that groove on the front of the grip may not be something you notice at all. I am sure we could come up with a very simple design for a quick 3D print to compensate for that and personalize your magazines at the same time, providing you are then committed to just using them in the Gen5.

RVTECH · Dec 10, 2017

Now if I can find a S&W Model 39-2 at a fair price then I will add it to my Collection.

Yep - always wanted one of these myself but could never find a nice one. I found some sort of 'commemorative' mod 39 a couple years ago in a LGS - in original box and looked unfired but it really felt and looked cheap. Action sucked also.