Chris Bartocci just posted on youtube his great summation of the Gen 5 story. For anybody who is not familiar with Chris Bartocci... I highly recommend checking out more on his channel.
Last edited by Thy.Will.Be.Done; 08-26-2017 at 06:09 PM.
Interested to know if anyone has hit the range with a Gen 5 today. As I posted earlier- I could not be happier. Great thread and definitely appreciate the knowledge being shared.
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I'll certainly take your word on that one. Brings up a follow up Q: do you think that's possibly where the comments about "more resistant to inadvertent auto-forwarding" and "more reliable locking back on empty" come from, i.e. the design of the right side notch has the notch/lever gap in order for it to act as a secondary catch in case the left one slips out of the notch during slide lock?
I did, put a little over 100+ rounds and compared to my gen 4 19. Pretty impressed overall. Trigger is pretty good, I'd mentioned a couple pages back that my other glocks have the apex flat trigger that's comes with the gen 3 trigger bar and the gen 5 action feels almost exactly like it. Some have said better recoil impulse but I really couldn't tell much different. Not sure if because it the rifling in the barrel but I was very accurate with it today..I was an early adopter with the 320 and that for me was a more accurate shooting gun than any of my glocks. I would say that is no longer the case at all with the gen 5.
I stopped up at the local Gen5 gangbang and gave the 19 a spin. Overall, I was impressed - the trigger was great and the lack of finger grooves didn't bother me (I'm normally a fan of them, they fit me well.) I was only able to put 20 rounds through it and had one possible BTF (it may have been a barrier bounce.)
But, the 19 at least has a deal killer for me - the return to the awful mag well scallop. I hated that on my 23 Gen2 and despite years of trying to contour the damn thing a little at a time it always bothered me. The scallop and general ergonomics of the Gen2 actuallyndrove me away to M&Ps for ten years, it took the 43 and Gen4s to bring me back. Just 20 rounds today reminded me how much the freaking scallop bothers me.
With the thicker slide stop, how well do the gen 5 pistols fit in existing holsters?
Does the Gen5 have a shorter trigger reach than the Gen4? (In some pics the trigger looks to lean less forward than older models, plus less pre-travel...)