Lots of info here and here. New features:
- Ambidextrous Slide Catch Lever
- Interchangeable Back Straps
- Beveled Magazine Well
- Reversible Magazine Release
- New Sights
- New Disassembly Routine (no more dryfiring to disassemble)
- New Texture
- New Recoil Spring Assembly
Things That Will Not Be Seen on Gen 4 Glocks
- magazine disconnect safety
- external safety lever
- grip safety
- ambidextrous magazine release (button on both sides rather than interchangeable)
- slide serrations forward of the ejection port
- metal frame
Hat tip to Unc.
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Wow. That means I might start thinking about buying some. Current Glocks have many virtues, but they hurt my hand.
A Glock 19 is always on my “next gun to buy” list. I think I’ll wait for the 4th gen. Looks much improved. Now if they could tweak the trigger just a wee bit.
[rq=1203655,0,blog][/rq]Scott Johnson on Obama’s trip to Japan
“Interchangeable Back Straps”
…and Glock moves boldly forward into the late 1990s!
Good to see. Gaston offers a good product, but he’s sat on his laurels long enough that it was really starting to cut into his market share.
Good call on the G19; maybe the best all-’round pistol on the market.
[rq=1209162,0,blog][/rq]Unsolicited product endorsement.
Yeah, the XP and M&P were riding up his butt, big time. Time to improve. Good old free market competition nudges progress along again.
P.S. One thing I’d like to see in the new Glocks is a better way to install CrimsonTrace LaserGrips. They’re sort of bolted on in the current generation.
S&W’s M&P has them as an alternative backstrap that’s way slicker.