Pic of new single stack Glock 9mm leaked (G43). Seriously this time

Status
Not open for further replies.
I can honestly say this looks like a Glock that may just work for me. One of the big things that's kept me away from Glock (even after trying them twice) was how they felt in hand, specifically the finger grooves on the front strap. The way that they force my hand onto the gun makes me feel like I don't have a good hold of the gun with my smallish hands. This, however, being a slimmer gun overall and not having the finger grooves just may work...I'm not sure about the 6 round capacity though.
 
It's fine if you don't already have a half dozen small guns, as many of us do. In my opinion, it gets to a point that it just becomes silly to try and upgrade to every new thing that comes out now.
It seems like there is a new gun every week. And unless it is really that much better in some way, it is an exercise in futility. They are going to do the same thing as last weeks did.
If you pocket carry and something comes out that is that much more efficient that what you are using, then wait 6 months until the bugs are known, and then if you still feel that yu have to have it, then buy one.
 
The single stack is a Godsend to somebody on their feet all day. The weight of the bullets required to fill up a high capacity magazine will pull on the bearer after time. I found that 10 rounds is the tipping point before that weight on one side goes to work on me. Breaking up the bullet load with a low capacity handgun on one side and one or two mags on the other sure makes a difference, especially in long distance walking and hiking.
 
It's fine if you don't already have a half dozen small guns, as many of us do. In my opinion, it gets to a point that it just becomes silly to try and upgrade to every new thing that comes out now.
It seems like there is a new gun every week. And unless it is really that much better in some way, it is an exercise in futility. They are going to do the same thing as last weeks did.
If you pocket carry and something comes out that is that much more efficient that what you are using, then wait 6 months until the bugs are known, and then if you still feel that yu have to have it, then buy one.
George,

I have a 'half a dozen small guns', and more, and I might very well still get the 43!

Yea I have Kahrs, single stack Sigs, a Kel-tec P32 and P3AT, and lots of J frames but the 43 may be my summer gun I've always wanted.

I just hope the NY-1/3.5 lb connector setup works in it. All my other Glocks have 'em.

Deaf
 
At the risk of coming across as a hate I'm not all that interested in buying one. So far I haven't liked any Glocks; the G19 is the closest to a good one (for me) that I've tried. I loathed my G22 and sold it after a few hundred rounds. The one thing they seem to retain from decade to decade and generation to generation is that horrible, spongy trigger!:cuss:

I think it will be a big seller though. Glock is like Apple- no matter what they release there's about a million buyers standing in line with their wallet in hand. Good on 'em if that's what works for them. To me the Nano is a better version of what Glock should have made.

From my perspective there are just too many good single stacks out there for me to be interested:

Nano- Better trigger (unless Glock does a 180 and changes their entire mechanism), slimmer (a guess based on the photo), more streamlined, better sights.
PPS- Better trigger, better sights, better mag release.
LC9s Pro- Almost certainly a much better trigger, slimmer, better sights, easier takedown.
BP9CC- Better trigger, cheaper.
Shield- Slightly better trigger, better grip and ergos (again, unless the new Glock totally scraps the form and trade dress of all the other guns in the line).

Again, I expect it will sell a bazillion but it's likely too little too late for me. However, when the stores get them I'll dutifully check them out.

You need to shoot a custom Glock from someone. I would have never switched to Glock if it wasn't for aftermarket trigger assemblies.

I was expecting more than 6 rounds. 10 maybe. I'll wait for the G19 size grip. The 26/27 is too small for me.
 
This just doesn't interest me. I'll keep the G42 for pocket carry, and the G26 for those times I want something more.
 
Well, the Keltec and Kahr's were around forever. Then the PPS. Then the LC9. Then the Nano. The Shield. You could have said the same thing about any number of them.

Yep and new shooters come of age every single day.


while they are a day late and a dollar short when it come to me personally... Not gonna dump my XDs9 just to replace the name imprinted on the slide and take a round away. It will find its niche, with the fanboys and new shooters...
 
TFB has a pretty good article about the new G43. Apparently they got to shoot it a couple weeks ago but had to keep it under wraps til the official announcement. I will say it appears to be thinner than I thought it would be. The specs as found at TFB:

JKuvPG7.jpg
 
The slide is thinner than the PM9 slide. Barrel is longer--about halfway between the PM9 and the P9/CW9.

Looks like a decent carry gun--wish they had made it a 7+1. Not just for the extra round but also for a little bit more grip length.

I won't be rushing out to buy one as soon as they hit the shelves, but I'll certainly be watching to see what kind of reviews it gets.
 
I honestly can't believe it took them so long. I won't be buying one, but they will sell.
In that niche, I already have a P938, a Shield & multiple J frames.
 
If the Department issues a Glock, then the G43 will be a shoo in for an off duty CCW or back up gun.

Glock may have ignored the consumer market for this model, but they sell primarily to large contract buyers. Evidently there has been enough demand they are now responding to it.

Sure there are plenty of single stack 9's, does a large Metro PD issue LCP's or Kahrs? Not often. And if they do issue Glocks, it's easy to see where the "off brands" might fall off the approved list now that the G43 is out.

If it was common for a detective to carry a 6 shot revolver in the day, would they be a likely candidate for a G43 now? Aren't we seeing doctrinal changes that a high cap gun isn't the optimal choice in plain clothes carry? If it's going to have less than seven rounds, why not a thinner gun with a slightly longer grip, vs a thicker gun with your pinky hanging off or a mag adapter sticking out? Arguably the G43 will be easier to conceal and more comfortable.

PD's are more than aware the duty belt contributes to back issues, they have their health insurer reporting that to them regularly. Which is better, a G43 or a G19 in that regard? In terms of Officer protection, I don't see it as a downgrade - having 8 officers shooting a homeless guy on the street doesn't mean you need double stack magazines.

We are now entering the age where a department may need to limit their capacity. After all, it's what the Chief demands should happen to civilian guns.

PD's follow firearms trends, not set them. They are bureaucracies and by definition cannot innovate, they simply react. We've been seeing single stack 9's out on the market since the .380 was discovered to use pricey ammo. Now the PD's are following for plain clothes and BUG, plus they get one action familiarity with the platform across the board. Cops do not train much as shooters, and most need to follow KISS in their firearms assortments.

It's the civilian dilettante who liked to brag about their proficiency with numerous actions and models of guns. PD's can't afford that nor will they accept the liability of widely divergent manuals of arms.

This isn't about the consumer shooter, Glock sees major contracts on the horizon due to a shift in doctrine. And that does not exclude military use, either. It may not be our military, but a lot of others overseas in various countries don't care for large doublestack combat guns. Europe has always preferred smaller ones.

I don't see this as Glock finally caving in to the civilian market, I see it as Glock seeing a shift in duty guns worldwide and moving to meet it.
 
Looks like a decent carry gun--wish they had made it a 7+1. Not just for the extra round but also for a little bit more grip length.
If there wasn't 5 or more companies already working on extended baseplates for this, I'd be surprised.
 
We are now entering the age where a department may need to limit their capacity. After all, it's what the Chief demands should happen to civilian guns.

This isn't about the consumer shooter, Glock sees major contracts on the horizon due to a shift in doctrine. And that does not exclude military use, either. It may not be our military, but a lot of others overseas in various countries don't care for large doublestack combat guns. Europe has always preferred smaller ones.

Apologies if my sarcasm function is just busted on your comments, but it sounds like you're saying that the G43 is going to be marketed and adopted as a duty gun for police (because of... back problems?) and military (because of...)? If so, can you point to examples of this happening?

When you say the Europeans don't like double stack sidearms, are you referring to the Germans with their HKs, the Czechs with their Glock 17s, the Italians with their Berettas? Couldn't be those I suppose.
 
I would think the shield is a better choice, for it's 8+1 round magazine capacity, or 7+1 "standard capacity". It is kind of old news at this point, and honestly perhaps people who have a gap in the single stack 9mm slot, can use one, or new buyers. I don't see anyone trading in their G26 to substitute a 6+1 gun that weighs a couple ozs less.
And unless you are pocket carrying a Glock, which I don't think many people do, in a holster you really aren't going to feel the difference.
By the way someone mentioned bullet weight as being a negative as far as weight is concerned.
there are two ways I found around this, one is use the Corbon 90-100 grain bullet, which weighs quite a bit less when you add up 10 of them, or the Liberty 50 grain 9mm "civil defense" ammo. Which will make you pop out the mag because you won't believe it's full.
That cuts your weight in half. And all of the testing feeding etc, has found them to be very good at 50 yards or less, which is where you are going to be if someone draws down on you and you require your gun.
When I put those in my PM9, the gun feels too light, I have to occasionally tap it to make sure it's still there, lol
Hey I hope they sell a lot of guns, I just don't see another sub compact in my life until something really new comes along.
And as one guy said at a gun show a few years back, if you have an XDS, what the heck are you even looking at small carry guns for, it is a 45, and a small 45 is pretty much always better than a small 9mm. I still like the feel of the 9 better, but everything is subjective, and sometimes I think that we just are over the top obsessing on so many guns that all do the same thing.
Much of this is feeding from the internet which didn't exist 20+ yrs ago, when guys would buy a gun and keep it for 10-30 years and pass it down to their son.
 
The Firearm Blog's writeup of this emphasized low recoil. I also notice that the weight is pretty low for the class (particularly when compared to an XDS).

This won't sell to people who already have and already love a Shield or XDS. But it'll be great for (1) people who don't already have a subcompact 9mm (yes, not everyone already has a gun in this segment, including me) and end up liking this better than the competition, and (2) people who also own a full-size Glock and want a little brother to it with the same grip angle, etc.
 
6+1 is pretty standard in the world of single stack 9mm. The slide is still blocky but being narrower will probably print a bit less than the 26. I might have to see how it feels in my hand.
Wrong, the majority of single stack 9mms in this class are 7+1 with an optional 8+1 with an extended mag. I think Glock screwed up by not finding a way to fit an extra round in this gun. Nevertheless, I will still probably buy one in a year or so...
 
Last edited:
Wrong, the majority of single stack 9mms in this class are 7+1 with an optional 8+1 with an extended mag. I think Glock screwed up by not finding a way to fit an extra round in this gun. Nevertheless, I will still probably buy one in a year or so...
Opinions vary. The Shield, with 7+1, is almost exactly one 9mm round taller in the grip than the G43. To make the G43 a 7+1, they would have had to lengthen the grip, which would have made the G43 less pocketable.

I'd rather have the 6+1 and carry the spare 10 round single stack magazine that Glock has designed to go along with the G43.

Other people think the G43 is too big. If you notice, the first official pictures of the G43, now that the Glock gag order has been lifted on all of the writers who saw it already, show that the first units were made in Austria.

Over at Glock Talk we determined that the G43 is just long enough and just heavy enough to make enough points to qualify for importation. If it were just one ounce lighter, or 1/4" shorter, it wouldn't be importable and would have to be built in the U.S. where factory space is scarce.

So you wanted a bigger single stack, most other people wanted a smaller single stack, and Glock ended up making the smallest and lightest gun possible that could still be imported into the U.S.

G43%2BField%2BStripped.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top