Strykervet
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I sent my G20 frame back because it had the ambi mag release. That design doesn't work too well (in fact, it didn't really work at all!). The problem was that a full mag could not be seated when the slide is foward. Or it wouldn't seat right. The mag would fall out. So would the mag release parts. The only way it works is if the slide is back, which doesn't happen because it won't lock back. A total piece of junk and it must be embarrasing for Glock, the maker of the "AK of pistols".
So I sent it back and demanded a new frame. They took it back no problems, they did try to stick me with the shipping but I knew about that so I demanded they cover that. They did, and now a few weeks later, I have the frame back.
They sent a new SF frame, new SN, which doesn't bother me since I built it from parts and they don't match anyway. They will give you a whole new pistol if you demand that, matching numbers. The new frame works great. They went back to the old mag release design on the SF frames.
I highly recommend anyone with a Glock that has an ambi mag release to go and try to insert a completely full mag without slamming it into a pistol with the slide foward. Chances are it will be difficult, or it won't feel right. The mag has to be full though, the problem isn't as apparent with half full mags or at all if the slide is back.
I tried this and the actual mag release fell out. That is unacceptable. I heard about the problem online before I actually shot the pistol. Problems like this out of the box? That design never should have left R&D.
If you are left handed, I'd say just suck it up, or get something else, because that ambi mag release is the worst thing to ever come out of Austria next to Hitler.
So I sent it back and demanded a new frame. They took it back no problems, they did try to stick me with the shipping but I knew about that so I demanded they cover that. They did, and now a few weeks later, I have the frame back.
They sent a new SF frame, new SN, which doesn't bother me since I built it from parts and they don't match anyway. They will give you a whole new pistol if you demand that, matching numbers. The new frame works great. They went back to the old mag release design on the SF frames.
I highly recommend anyone with a Glock that has an ambi mag release to go and try to insert a completely full mag without slamming it into a pistol with the slide foward. Chances are it will be difficult, or it won't feel right. The mag has to be full though, the problem isn't as apparent with half full mags or at all if the slide is back.
I tried this and the actual mag release fell out. That is unacceptable. I heard about the problem online before I actually shot the pistol. Problems like this out of the box? That design never should have left R&D.
If you are left handed, I'd say just suck it up, or get something else, because that ambi mag release is the worst thing to ever come out of Austria next to Hitler.