Take the slide off the gen5, put a G43 frame next to it, looks the same in design.
So the new gen5 is basically a G43 on steroids...lol, Sheeeez who knew that the G43 would finally wake up the rest of the glock engineers.
The G43 is the only latest NEW innovation from glock, since the late 80`s when the glocks came out... the G5, just another fanboy toy.
I own a bunch of glocks, but i`m NOT a glock fanboy. So, i shot the new gen5, i surely wasnt all warm and fuzzy about it. It didnt do anything different than the glocks i already own. One thing i totally did NOT like, was that half moon opening in the lower front edge of the frame. It was VERY annoying for me to shoot with that there. Glock didnt even bother to chamfer it, so be VERY cautious handling the gun, it WILL slice you open. Nice going glock...NOT. The NEW mag well incorporated into the frame... this design made the grip feel fatter to me... maybe it was just me, i dont know.
The mags did NOT fall from the gun very well either (common with most glocks). Two of the mags i had to actually pull them from the gun to get them out. Elcheapo plastic sights...yes, theres some perfection for yah. The trigger wasn`t bad, BUT, it wasnt anything to really brag about either. The slide looked like it had been painted with cheap black walmart paint... did show blemish`s in the light. Brass ejection was erratic...nothing new there, but i was hopeing glock would have done some better engineering in that area. Overall, the gun worked, but thats what you expect it to do. I`m sure the heck not interested in buying a gen5. Until glock brings something NEW to the table, (not some revamped old design) i wont waste my time going back to look into the gen5. It dosen`t do anything different than the last 4 generations, except cost alot more today than previous gen`s.
One thing that i was glad to see, they got rid of that worthless polygonal barrel. Glock says the new G5 barrel is a MATCH barrel, that remains to be seen... in my opinion, nah, looks pretty standard, and the accuracy was on par with most any decent factory land an groove barrel in the same class. I didnt see much of a change with chamber/case support, but i didnt have anything with me to take some measurements with either. Exact same recoil spring assembly as the gen4`s.
The G5 will sell, but it isnt going to set the world on fire like people are thinking it will, exception to the hardcore fanboy`s. Many people i had chatted with after shooting it, nobody was crying unicorn tears with overjoy about it. Everyone agreed in all that had shot it, that YUP its just another glock.
Anyhow, i hope i didnt hurt any of the fanboy feelings here... i just wanted to offer my own opinion on what i thought after shooting the G5.
I`ll keep the glocks i already have, as i said, the G5 isnt nothing fuzzy & warm for me.
