Glock 19x

Hi everybody!  As we begin to enter the new year I am sure everyone is looking and hoping that it will be a prosperous and exciting year.  I am guessing that if you are involved in the firearm training world like myself you are beginning to plan an make arrangements for what you would like to do and accomplish.  I am sure that the year will be fill of new and exciting guns and gadgets that will be on everyone's wish list.  And, I am also sure that there will be products that will be introduced that you will just look at and shake your head.  Most of the time the manufactures wait until the annual Shot Show, (which generally kicks off the up coming season) to unveil their new models and additions to their existing lines.  For some reason this year one of the biggest players in the business, Glock, is jumping the gun, no pon intended, and releasing their new model Glock 19x.    

Basically, this new model is a 17 frame fitted to except a 19 slide.  It has a lot of the Gen 4 and Gen 5 features as well as some of the features of the FBI M model.  Glock says that this is very similar to the design of the pistol submitted to the Army when Glock was biding for that contract.  The one big difference between this model and the Army version is that the external safety that was on the Army version has been removed.  Good thing!   I am not going to get into any of the features because this is not a review of this pistol.  The purpose of the this feed is to basically state that this is not really anything new.  A 19 slide on a 17 frame.  I have shot this configuration and can't tell you how many times.  Your probably saying to yourself how is this possible the gun did exist prior to now.  Well get ready cause I am going to splane it to you.  And no I did not miss spell explain!  

If you are a Glock shooter then you know that any of the larger capacity 9 mm magazines will work in the smaller 9mm pistols, with the exception of the model 43.  That is to say that you can take a 19 mag and utilize it in the 26. There is a company called A&G and they make what is called a grip extender.  The extender gets fitted over the 19 mag and fills the void on the larger 19 mag.  By doing this you now have a 19 size frame with the shorter 26 slide.  This can also be done by fitting the 17 mag with the appropriate sleeve which fills the void on the 17 mag.  When this combination is inserted into the 19 you now have a 17 size frame with a 19 upper.  oo-lah the Glock 19x.  Not magic folks, just utilizing some equipment.

This could reasonably been done up and through the Gen 3 models.  Not really sure if it can be done with the Gen 4 & Gen 5.  I am not really concerned because all of my Glocks are Gen 3's and a couple of Gen 2's.  I never cared for the Gen 4 and the 5's as the 2's and 3's have always served me well.  

I am glad to see that Glock is keeping up with the needs of it's customer base and hanging right in there and probably leading the pack as far as the competition goes.  Can't wait to see where this moderation is going to take us.  All said and done I really like this new 19x.  I love the finish and the way it looks.  Combat ready!