Originally Posted by
Rex G
I regularly carried a 10mm G29, the G30’s dimensional twin, for a short time, in the mid-2004-ish time frame, after I tossed-out the aftermarket RSA that the previous owner had installed. With a stock Glock RSA, it ran totally reliably. Being the original version, it was just too chunky for an ideal fit, which prevented a proper trigger finger placement while maintaining a proper grip, so I sold or traded it, with plans to eventually acquire the Short Frame version, when I could get one, so I kept my magazines and the one holster I had used, a Galco Concealable. (This was before the Gen4, and its swap-able backstrap system, though as I type this, I am not certain whether or not there is a Gen4 G29, as I have never seen one, or noticed a write-up.)
I never got over my mistrust of .40 S&W in Glocks, even after I swapped for magazine springs that provided acceptable reliability, and as soon as I saw and heard good reports on SIG’s DAK, I switched to a P229 DAK as a duty pistol, in late 2004, and soon dumped my several G22 Glocks. (I had to use .40 S&W, while in uniform, during that time.) This put the G29 idea on a back burner, but I never totally got away from the idea of adding a newer-version G29, and this eventually extended to the G30.
By now, however, these would have to be lefty-only pistols, as my aging right thumb, hand, and wrist cannot tolerate the recoil of short-gripped 9mm pistols, such as the G19. I actually shoot Glocks a bit better lefty, even though I still regard my right hip as the location of my “primary” handgun. (Short version: I am left-handed, but right-armed, functionally ambidextrous with most handguns, and chose to carry at 0300, during the police academy, in 1983-1984.)
Final answer: I developed a favorable opinion of the G29, which is the dimensional twin of the G30. As other replies indicated, it carries about like a G19.