I’m continuing to look at ways to distinguish the 48 from the double stack 9mm guns in the house and cars and holsters...
I’m buying the kydex supplies for this gun in Grey, and the holsters and mag pouches for the double stack guns are all already black or tan.
I’m not too worried about making the gun itself look drastically different, but I would like a way to distinguish the mags.
Right now my plan is to just paint the floorplates grey, but that got me thinking “if I’m going to take them off to paint, is there a *better* product to replace them with?” In other words, if my option is between
A) remove, paint, wait to dry, reinstall (or even if I just mask and paint, there’s still dry time involved)
Vs
B) remove, install new, done
I’d already prefer B, particularly if there’s a product that’s also *better*.
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These are +0, aluminum, $14.95, and come in gray:
https://hyve-technologies.com/produc...the-glock-43x/
Might be an idea if it’s a cosmetic thing (and I get that). I can’t imagine painting or coating a black OEM basepad being very attractive.
I came across those googling. That’s my current plan, but pricier than I’d hoped. Tangodown makes base pads for the double stacks in colors but the pads for the 43x/48 appear to only come in black. It’s a shame because they come to like $5/ea
The Krylon that HD mentions below is a good option I’ve had success with in the past.
Oof. Was hoping not to double the cost of the magazine!
That’s the current plan. But I’d like to find something less... paint-y.
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Got to the range with my wife yesterday to try out her new Glock 48. We had one malfunction, kind of a failure to eject, which I’m atrtributing to limp wristing since I was watching her shoot and saw the grip getting looser and looser until… malf. Shot a couple hundred rounds of the training ammo and a couple of mags of the self-defense ammo, and all good save that one issue.
She did really, really well. And she enjoyed it.
I did install a Tango Down slide stop because she just flat couldn’t get the stock one to drop the slide (and I had issues too). I find myself riding the slide stop when I shoot the gun so it didn’t lock back a time or two but now that I’ve sorted out what the problem is I think we’re good.
The failure to eject
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Training ammo
Self-defense ammo
I took this one just to show her just how much better she did than the guy in the next bay over. I’m just now realizing that the camera focused on her head not the targets, so trust me, she did way, way better.
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