Regarding the notion of the Glock magazine being the holy grail of pistol magazines, I find it ironic for a magazine that in it’s earliest inclination has gone through three or more generations of body designs, and 9 or more follower redesigns.
Regarding the notion of the Glock magazine being the holy grail of pistol magazines, I find it ironic for a magazine that in it’s earliest inclination has gone through three or more generations of body designs, and 9 or more follower redesigns.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
If you are responding to my post, what I said was the magazine is integral to the functioning of a Glock pistol, which is different than the OEM Glock magazine being the holy grail of magazines. The advantage of the OEM magazines is they are tested by the manufacturer and then by the public at large, since that is what most people use.
You need to flip your follower, as the number is 6, not 9. The 9 mm follower has been the same for what twenty years, unless you count making it orange as a change?
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
I won't lie and say I wouldn't like more rounds in EVERYTHING I carry, but I'll take lower capacity OEM over untested new hotness increased capacity anytime. I get it, I really do, the idea of a 15+1 shot G43X or G48 is very attractive, but, I'm not going to booger up my guns testing to see if the new stuff works and doesn't cause damage to the pistol. I'm very glad there are a bunch of folks who are more trusting and are going to wring these out - if a good selection of PF regulars shoot a couple of cases through these with no damage to the pistols and full reliability, then I'll be down for a couple. Until then, I'll be back here with my popcorn. And STAY OFF MY LAWN!
I've spent more money on dumber shit than these magazines that's for damn sure.
But i've given up on chasing a better mousetrap when it comes to Glocks because i've never been able to build one out of aftermarket parts.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Because at the end of the day as GJM stated, I value reliability above all. I've never been one to seriously booger with a gun. I have once with a P2000 and managed to reinstall an elbow spring incorrectly. I will never forget that lesson. I trust aftermarket as much as my gunsmithing/part swapping skills and though I really, really want a G43X with 15 rounds I don't think I want to make the possible trade off. Especially since I can't really put enough rounds in it to truly feel confident over multiple samples I think I'll just pass. Besides if I wanted potentially unreliable I'd just carry a Sig and no, I won't apologize like YVK. YVK has some class I don't.
Last edited by Mike C; 09-19-2019 at 02:29 PM.