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-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
+1 Mine is top notch too. When I used it in a Hackathorn class he called it out as the best pistol Glock every produced in his opinion, circa 2012 or so. Mileages vary. A close friend used RTF2 G22s extensively in the military without any problems including running lights and has recreated that particular set up with a POW.
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I fear it will be a cool day in a warm climate before that happens. And you're right about the difficulty in making a G4 G30S. Took me at least 1 or 2 minutes to take off the G30 slide and put on the G36 slide. Of course I didn't have to walk across the room and that would indeed slow down production.
My real fear is that when they have divested themselves of all the Gen 4s on hand and go strictly Gen 5, we won't see any 45 ACPs. Gen 5 will be 9mm all the time, every day, in every way: with a smattering of 40 S&W for the "out of the loop" agencies and the foreign orders.
Dave
Whille I value my .45 ACPs, I suspect that as time goes on .45 pistols and use will diminish, as from a general duty aspect there doesn't seem to be much that it does that the new 9mm cartridges/bullets dont, and with less recoil, cost and weight.
For penetration and wilderness use, .40 (and .357 SIG possibly) slowly seems to be coming into its own in that niche, due to its increased power/penetration capabilities.
I don't see .45 ACP "going away," but I do see its use gradually receeding-especially as a duty/general use defensive caliber.
Best, Jon