Very cool. Glock-after-shrinkage-in-dryer meets RDS-after-shrinkage-in-dryer. Very very curious about how the mass does or doesn't affect performance and reliability on a 42 vs. 9mm+ Glocks.Originally Posted by JCN
@JonInWA @the Schwartz I found my back plate… in the Tupperware box marked G42….
So was able to mount up the DPP Micro.
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Will test with different ammo if I get a chance today.
Fits in unmodified pocket holster.
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Impressions are that the slide has enough margin for the weight. I think a traditional small optic would work without malfunctioning.
I used two types of wimpy ammo. Gun is stock except for sights and optics.
No malfunctions.
DPP at distance works pretty much like a traditional red dot. I don’t notice the window size limitations at distance.
Close up it’s ghost ring.
Medium range and fast speed is where it would give way to a large window dot but I don’t think give up much if anything to irons.
It’s been 6 years since I shot this gun and I’d have to do a little specific work on my ergos with this gun to bring it up to my full potential, but it’s passable for a “pick up and go” option for me.
This entire thread was amusing. If I ran a G42 I would choose that optic too
I have all kinds of half baked, half finished projects lying around and when I get time or motivation I’ll tuck into one or the other. In this case it was the impending Z32 that got this one out of mothballs.
@the Schwartz and I bought the Glock DPP Micros when they were being closed out for something cheap. I don’t remember exactly how much, but I think it was $170 or something like that. So I bought it and left it in the project room gathering dust.
We mounted one of these up on dad’s G44. He has vision issues and a red dot is the only thing he can see. Not enough testing yet to know if it will effect reliability.
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Good luck. They are, at best, difficult to locate and expensive when you do. If you are frugal like me (I'm a first class cheap ass), another way to go about it might be to check out Zev online for the conversion parts (not sure if it is a straight ''drop in'' proposition or if fitting is required) and have the work done to a brand new Glock 42.
Sometimes they pop up on GunBroker. Rarely.
I think, at some point, Salient might have offered parts for such a conversion, too, but I am not sure if that still remains the case.
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If I recall correctly, I think we picked them up for about $130 + shipping. Mine resides on a G34 that gets a lot of range time as a way of acclimating myself over the long term to use of an RDS. Once the use of an RDS becomes purely reflexive and second nature to me, I will mount the second Leupold micro DPP on my dedicated carry weapon, a Glock 17.3 (my old issued duty weapon that I cleaned up last year, if you recall from our PMs) that still wears Heinie 320C irons 'cause I'm an old war horse.
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Was able to shoot it for 6 rounds before daughter had swimming.
I would have to compare them back to back but it didn’t seem particularly softer than a standard G42.
The magazines look like a proprietary build rather than modified Glock magazines.
It would be interesting if I can come up with a higher capacity solution using a Glock mag. Getting more rounds in a small package seems like the only tangible advantage I can see of getting this over a standard G42.
It's a JCN mods thread. The solid technical info ARE the shenanigans.
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