Glock 21 Gen 5 Reports (Also weird jam with mine)

[JAH 3rd]

Sorry to hear about your Gen 5 21s functioning problems. Ammo is definitely too expensive to vet them even if you sent them back to Glock. That problem and fix will eventually come to light, but that time has not yet come. Don't blame you one bit for selling them. It would be hard to put one's faith in either one of them as a self-defense pistol

I have a Glock 21SF gen 3. The only complaint I have about it is the slippery grip. I know I could put tape on the grip but I went a different direction. I'm waiting for my 21 gen 4 to hit my FFL Monday. I have a gen 4 20 in 10mm. I like the improved grip texture and larger mag release button. For me, the gen 4 20 with no backstrap added feels slightly better in the hand than the 21SF. From what I've read, the gen 4 20/21 with no added backstrap supposedly has the same grip dimensions as the 21SF. I just prefer the gen 4 to the 21SF basically for the improved grip texture and larger magazine button. If you can, check out the grip on the 21SF before buying. Also, as a point of reference, I like the grip texture on the M&P 2.0 as well. My M&P 1.0 has a slippery grip texture which was fixed by the 2.0.

[SwampDweller]

Sorry to hear about your Gen 5 21s functioning problems. Ammo is definitely too expensive to vet them even if you sent them back to Glock. That problem and fix will eventually come to light, but that time has not yet come. Don't blame you one bit for selling them. It would be hard to put one's faith in either one of them as a self-defense pistol

I have a Glock 21SF gen 3. The only complaint I have about it is the slippery grip. I know I could put tape on the grip but I went a different direction. I'm waiting for my 21 gen 4 to hit my FFL Monday. I have a gen 4 20 in 10mm. I like the improved grip texture and larger mag release button. For me, the gen 4 20 with no backstrap added feels slightly better in the hand than the 21SF. From what I've read, the gen 4 20/21 with no added backstrap supposedly has the same grip dimensions as the 21SF. I just prefer the gen 4 to the 21SF basically for the improved grip texture and larger magazine button. If you can, check out the grip on the 21SF before buying. Also, as a point of reference, I like the grip texture on the M&P 2.0 as well. My M&P 1.0 has a slippery grip texture which was fixed by the 2.0.

Thanks. Part of me feels silly for selling them, but as you said, ammo is too expensive to vet them even if I send them back to get fixed. Meanwhile I have three G21 gen 4's that have been 100% reliable for thousands of rounds each.

You're right on the G21SF having a slippery grip. I've owned a couple of them in the past that I always ended up trading or selling for one reason or another (had nothing to do with the gun, they were all reliable and accurate). If I do get one, I'll likely put Talon Grips of some sort on it.

As stated earlier, the reason I'm considering a 21SF is because I suspect the 21 Gen 4 will be discontinued at some point, while the Gen 3 SF and Gen 5 will continue on. I'd like a steady supply of continually produced OEM parts and factory support. Eventually I'd have enough spare parts to keep them going for the rest of my life. At the moment, OEM small parts are still available for the Gen 4 (but not slides), so I need to stock up on those before they're discontinued. I do also prefer the Gen 4's texture and magazine release compared to the Gen 3s, though.

[Sensei]

I picked-up a Blue Label Gen5 MOS G21 a few weeks ago. Finally available to begin vetting it. Fired 100 rounds of 230 grain S&B. Did some 7 yard Bill Drills and steel challenge plates. Was getting 2.9-3.3 sec Bill Drills with usually 1 Charlie from a 3 o’clock OWB JMCK under concealment and factory plastic sights. No issues so far except for 1 BTF early in the first box of ammo. I have another case of S&B arriving for next week and will also run some 230 grain AE. Ameriglo Trooper GL-819s also ordered. I plan to run either a Holosun EPS on a DDP plate or wait for the PA HTX-1 release. Regardless, either one of those sights should work with standard irons.

[willie]

Inspecting new magazines might be a good idea. On misfeeds inspecting and measuring the case could rule out ammo as a variable. When I buy a new pistol, disassembly, inspection, cleaning and lubing is the first step.

[JonInWA]

I've stuck with my old stalwart Gen 3 G21-big futt and all. My approach to the receiver's relative slickness is to have gone to a Hogue HandAll Beavertail sleeve, despite it making the big butt even bigger. I index well with it, despite the increased girth.



Other adds: Sights are Warren Sevigny Carry rear, with a Warren tritium front (with a white surround on the tritium's tube back on the front sight, and a black non-tritium rear), Glock extended G37 slide stop, and a Pierce Grip butt plug.

Other improvements are replacing the OEM triggerbar with Glock's improved one that they came out with for LAPD around 2006 (which was eventually standardized in G21 Gen 3 production), and a dot connector

I've fired 10,000+ rounds through it since I got it in 2003 BNIB, with but one hiccup, caused by a deformed bullet in a Winchester White Box 230 gr cartridge that was easily .46 or .47.

Mine has been used for duty, IDPA, GSSF, steel plates, home defense/nightstand and EDC. It's a superb performer, but I have to pay attention to all the fundamentals (grip and trigger control, follow-through) in use-it doesn't tolerate sloppiness on my part, but rewards focussed attention.

Best, Jon

[thatguybryan]

So is the current answer a Gen 3 or Gen 4 g30 or g21?

I really would like to use a GSSF coupon on a .45 glock, and would prefer it to be a Gen 5, but I don’t want to sacrifice reliability.

[Jacksp]

My Glock 21 Gen 5 ran perfect for the first 500 rounds of FMJ and 100 rds of HST. After that, it started having issues feeding FMJ every 2 or 3 magazines. The magazines work in my 21 Gen 4 without any issues. The ammo works in my 21 Gen 4 and Sig 220 without any issues. It's probably going to get traded in.

[Sensei]

Another 100 rounds of 230 grain S&B FMJ. No failures but 3 BTFs.

Total so far:

200 rounds - all 230 grain S&B FMJ

0 FTF / 0 FTE; 4 BTFs

[Sensei]

Got the Ameriglo Trooper sights installed. Will confirm zero this weekend.

[ECVMatt]

Got the Ameriglo Trooper sights installed. Will confirm zero this weekend.

Those look great! Keep us updated.