I picked up my gen4-19 on Thursday and despite consecutive 16 hour days at my ‘real’ job, I’ve managed to put 500 rounds through it without cleaning, or any failures. I have to admit that with the problems I heard some people were having with there 17’s I was a little nervous. So far though this had acted like every other 19 I’ve ever owned, solid. I don’t anticipate any problems passing the 2000 round challenge this Sunday, but I’m not going to get too worked up until that last round is fired.
The gen4-19 is my new favorite Glock, and perhaps my favorite 9mm period, (Don’t tell my P7’s I said so though).
I’ve done all my shooting so far with no backstrap installed. The frame is 2mm shorter then the gen3 guns, and it is a noticeable and nice difference. I am not a fan of the way Glock chose to implement their backstrap system, asnd for me personally the M&P design kicks the crap out of Glocks, for most people however I don’t see this being a concern just because the gun really shines in it’s SF configuration. I’m curious to see if crimson trace makes a grip for this gun though I have the feeling their current front activated laser would work fine on the Gen4-19. The front strap of the grip has also been improved somewhat, I don’t have an unmodded 19 to compare to but it seems as if the finger grooves are somewhat wider, also I think there is more room under the trigger guard, which makes for a higher grip. I’ll do some measurements on Sunday when my buddies’ have their gen3 guns out. I’ll still probably end up undercutting the trigger guard and removing the finger grooves, but I think it’s an improvement.
I think the new mag release is awesome sauce. Me and my club thumbs (look it up, people actually have club thumbs) can’t say enough nice things about it. There still needs to be a Vickers model seeing as the standard is a smidge too short, but placement and general design is a HUGE improvement.
The dual recoil setup makes this the easiest Glock to shoot fast I’ve ever played with. I’ll throw it on a timer this coming Sunday, but I felt my splits were signifigantly faster while maintaining tighter groups than with the gen3-19c I’ve been shooting the most lately. My groups in general seemed slighrtly smaller as well, with many of my paired shots landing within an inch or so of one another. I’m guessing this has something to do with a tighter lockup though I’m not sure quite yet.
As many other have mentioned the stock trigger feels a bit heavier now, I dropped in a 3.5 pound connector before running any rounds through it though and was very happy with the trigger, it was heavier than a gen3 with a 3.5 installed, but honestly that was a positive for me.
500 total rounds so far. Some buddies are coming out on Sunday to help me beat this thing to death, or at least try to. I’ll have pics, as well as some accuracy and timed results then.
If you’re on the fence about this gun don’t be. I think Glock has worked the kinks out, and this thing is really a blast to shoot.
