Trey Veston
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Bought a new G19 Gen 5 MOS for concealed carry and promptly mounted a new Burris Fastfire III red dot on it. With the optic, my leather IWB holster wouldn't work and only an OWB kydex I happened to have worked.
I ordered an IWB kydex holster that I then modified to work with the optic and tucked it in and went for a walk with my dog today. Within a few minutes, I felt a sharp pain in my side.
Got home and found a red mark where the rear sight was rubbing.
My pistol is an MOS version, so the space between the rear sight notch and the end of the slide is significantly shorter. It's fine for the factory plastic sight and adjustable sight, but mine came from Glock with night sights. They are too big and hang over the back of the slide just enough to create a very sharp edge that will dig into your side if carried IWB.
Way to go Glock!
So I promptly ordered new Ameriglo suppressor-height sights for it today to eliminate the issue and have back up sights in case the red dot fails.
Another thing that I find funny is that when Glock released the first Gen 5 pistols, the new slides came with the beveled slide front. But the frames were not beveled to match. It looked silly and I find it hard to believe that a major gunmaker would release a pistol with such a cosmetic flaw. But they did.
They have since corrected the issue, but on Glock forums, it raised quite a ruckus. Many argued that it was only cosmetic and no serious shooter would worry about it. Myself and others argued that it was sloppy and looked bad...
The above photo shows not only the non-beveled frame, but also another phenomenon that sometimes occurs with Glocks; the pig nose.
Notice how the slide to frame gap is inconsistent? The frame actually is slightly warped upwards and hits the slide. It's another cosmetic issue that bugs a lot of folks and sends the Glock faithful into fits of rage if you point it out.
Thankfully, none of my three Glocks have this issue and are flawless, as you would expect a $600 polymer pistol to be.
I ordered an IWB kydex holster that I then modified to work with the optic and tucked it in and went for a walk with my dog today. Within a few minutes, I felt a sharp pain in my side.
Got home and found a red mark where the rear sight was rubbing.
My pistol is an MOS version, so the space between the rear sight notch and the end of the slide is significantly shorter. It's fine for the factory plastic sight and adjustable sight, but mine came from Glock with night sights. They are too big and hang over the back of the slide just enough to create a very sharp edge that will dig into your side if carried IWB.
Way to go Glock!
So I promptly ordered new Ameriglo suppressor-height sights for it today to eliminate the issue and have back up sights in case the red dot fails.
Another thing that I find funny is that when Glock released the first Gen 5 pistols, the new slides came with the beveled slide front. But the frames were not beveled to match. It looked silly and I find it hard to believe that a major gunmaker would release a pistol with such a cosmetic flaw. But they did.
They have since corrected the issue, but on Glock forums, it raised quite a ruckus. Many argued that it was only cosmetic and no serious shooter would worry about it. Myself and others argued that it was sloppy and looked bad...
The above photo shows not only the non-beveled frame, but also another phenomenon that sometimes occurs with Glocks; the pig nose.
Notice how the slide to frame gap is inconsistent? The frame actually is slightly warped upwards and hits the slide. It's another cosmetic issue that bugs a lot of folks and sends the Glock faithful into fits of rage if you point it out.
Thankfully, none of my three Glocks have this issue and are flawless, as you would expect a $600 polymer pistol to be.