Levan9X19
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I always was a die hard Glock fan. I always had gen2 or gen3 Glocks and considered them the best handgun design in the world. Few weeks ago I bought gen4 Glock and let me tell you people at Glock got lazy or the Glock handguns entered phase when quality and reliability declines.
In 1996 Walther came up wih Model P99, Cesare Morini worked with walther on the grip design so you got nice grip on P99 and super slick replacement back-straps which untrained aye cant distinguish from the frame. Beautiful and elegant. Back-straps on gen4 is a joke. A silly joke. Looks like someone in Glock sad, ok lets put something on grip that qualifies as a replacement back-strap so peasants will no more complain. Beaver-tail is a complete joke. It is huge, ugly, unproportional and too big and thick for G19 grip.
Than I noticed someone awkward on the locking block. Quick check on the internet proofed that now gen4 Glocks come with MIM parts, locking block, extractor, firing pin safety and firing pin itself all are MIM parts. Looks like Glock compromised on the most crucial parts. Some say milled parts in most pistols are overkill but evolution means becoming better not worse. I dont want to wonder if Glock got it right with MIM, hence there are plenty examples when Glock got things wrong. Like with G21 SF.
Now the RTF3 texture. Again its ugly. Is this the best Glock can offer? Not impressed but well at least it does not destroy your shirts and pants like RTF2.
The one I got has this horrible dark gray finish, the gun already exhibits signs of wear and have scratches all over the slide. As I understand it is not used on Glocks anymore.
Dont get me wrong, the gun shoots and hits just how it is supposed to but I have this awkward feeling that I got cheated.
The only improvement on Gen4 is the bigger magazine release. Thats it.
I think that every gun which is produced long enough has three phases, the first when the gun is evolvong and changing, the second when the firearm reaches its zenith in terms of reliability, dependability and the phase when the manufacturer ruins the great gun trying to figure out where they can compromise and get more profit. I think the Rem870 can be a good example of that. Lets see how Gen4 Glock will hold up but again I think Glock got something wrong. VERY wrong.
To me perfect Gen3 would be a Gen2 frame with proper texture and picatiny rail, oversized mag release, rounded trigger guard and steel guide rod for return spring. I would be happy if Glock will get rid of the plastic joke sights it puts on its handguns and replaced them with some proper sighting system. I think Ruger SR9's have very nice factory combo of front and rear sights, both dovetailed, with ability to adjust for elevation on rear sight.
In 1996 Walther came up wih Model P99, Cesare Morini worked with walther on the grip design so you got nice grip on P99 and super slick replacement back-straps which untrained aye cant distinguish from the frame. Beautiful and elegant. Back-straps on gen4 is a joke. A silly joke. Looks like someone in Glock sad, ok lets put something on grip that qualifies as a replacement back-strap so peasants will no more complain. Beaver-tail is a complete joke. It is huge, ugly, unproportional and too big and thick for G19 grip.
Than I noticed someone awkward on the locking block. Quick check on the internet proofed that now gen4 Glocks come with MIM parts, locking block, extractor, firing pin safety and firing pin itself all are MIM parts. Looks like Glock compromised on the most crucial parts. Some say milled parts in most pistols are overkill but evolution means becoming better not worse. I dont want to wonder if Glock got it right with MIM, hence there are plenty examples when Glock got things wrong. Like with G21 SF.
Now the RTF3 texture. Again its ugly. Is this the best Glock can offer? Not impressed but well at least it does not destroy your shirts and pants like RTF2.
The one I got has this horrible dark gray finish, the gun already exhibits signs of wear and have scratches all over the slide. As I understand it is not used on Glocks anymore.
Dont get me wrong, the gun shoots and hits just how it is supposed to but I have this awkward feeling that I got cheated.
The only improvement on Gen4 is the bigger magazine release. Thats it.
I think that every gun which is produced long enough has three phases, the first when the gun is evolvong and changing, the second when the firearm reaches its zenith in terms of reliability, dependability and the phase when the manufacturer ruins the great gun trying to figure out where they can compromise and get more profit. I think the Rem870 can be a good example of that. Lets see how Gen4 Glock will hold up but again I think Glock got something wrong. VERY wrong.
To me perfect Gen3 would be a Gen2 frame with proper texture and picatiny rail, oversized mag release, rounded trigger guard and steel guide rod for return spring. I would be happy if Glock will get rid of the plastic joke sights it puts on its handguns and replaced them with some proper sighting system. I think Ruger SR9's have very nice factory combo of front and rear sights, both dovetailed, with ability to adjust for elevation on rear sight.
