Trey Veston
Member
I bought a Gen 5 Glock G23 a couple of months ago since I am a fan of the .40 S&W and Glock, and wanted the latest and greatest carry Glock.
It is fine. Trigger is OK, recoil is OK, accuracy is OK. Didn't really knock my socks off in any department.
So I bought a Gen 4 G23 to compare it to. The Gen 4 has the thinner slide and just feels like a smaller pistol. I added Dawson Precision sights to it, some trigger work, and it is breaking in nicely.
On a whim, I wondered if the two pistols could swap slides and frames.
So, a Gen 5 slide will fit on a Gen 4 frame, but, a Gen 4 slide will not fit on a Gen 5 frame. Stock. I understand you can swap out a slide plate and it will work. However, the Gen 5 frame does not have the extra pin that the Gen 4 does, which is why the Gen 5 slide is bigger; to reduce the forces on the frame by absorbing more recoil.
So, I took my Glock Frankengun to the range to see if it worked. It did
Uploaded a video on my YouTube channel...
My videos are crude and poorly produced, but honest.
It is fine. Trigger is OK, recoil is OK, accuracy is OK. Didn't really knock my socks off in any department.
So I bought a Gen 4 G23 to compare it to. The Gen 4 has the thinner slide and just feels like a smaller pistol. I added Dawson Precision sights to it, some trigger work, and it is breaking in nicely.
On a whim, I wondered if the two pistols could swap slides and frames.
So, a Gen 5 slide will fit on a Gen 4 frame, but, a Gen 4 slide will not fit on a Gen 5 frame. Stock. I understand you can swap out a slide plate and it will work. However, the Gen 5 frame does not have the extra pin that the Gen 4 does, which is why the Gen 5 slide is bigger; to reduce the forces on the frame by absorbing more recoil.
So, I took my Glock Frankengun to the range to see if it worked. It did
Uploaded a video on my YouTube channel...
My videos are crude and poorly produced, but honest.