The MHS requirements did not dictate this configuration as the only option.
Find it, read it.
The requirements called for either one full-cap full-length pistol AND one shorter pistol, or one pistol that met the short slide with full-cap grip criteria.
Glock chose to submit, not two different pistols that met the criteria, but one single pistol that met the criteria.
The 19X was built for submission to military trials, it was not built (initially) for us.
That's very plain & very simple.
Glock has just removed the safety & offered it to the civilian market.
Glock had the R&D done, and had the capacity to produce.
Glock would have released this model to the public regardless of whether or not military contracts were forthcoming.
They already had a leg up in what they had to do to enter those trials, why not release the model & see how well it does on the regular market?
I am astounded at the degree of belly-aching over this gun.
It will either sell, in which case Glock will keep it in the catalog, or it won't, in which case Glock will remove it from the catalog.
This is all a matter of business.
Glock put the gun together in hopes of military contracts.
No contracts materialized, so Glock is selling the thing in an initial release to see if it's worth continued production.
The Glock 19X was not created just to piss people off.
It was not created to be a concealment pistol.
Cheeze whiz- move on!
You don't like it, don't buy it.
I carried an issue Gen 1 in '88.
I've worked with several Glocks since, in several sizes and calibers.
I have never had any difficulty whatever in concealing a 17, and I did it off & on for years.
I finally gave up on Glocks for carry because I despised their grip.
Still own my '88 17, and three other older Glocks.
They do run well, just dislike that grip.
Got an assignment to cover the 19X, first Glock in quite a while.
When it arrived, and I did the testing, there was something about it that refused to go back to Glock.
And there was something about it that worked its way into displacing another brand as the regular carry pistol. The regular CONCEALED CARRY pistol.
The grip is very slightly improved, it shot well, the sights are good, the full grip & capacity are plusses for me, and the shorter slide I like.
I have decided to give it a year & then re-evaluate for carry beyond that year.
Understand this quite clearly-
I am no Glock fanboy.
I have 30 years of intermittent Glocking, but my carry guns are selected at various points in life based on certain criteria & needs. Neither fads nor brand loyalty are among those.
There are things about the company that I am not happy with.
I had not planned to ever again carry a Glock, or to buy another one. I had not planned to sell those I have.
But- this 19X has changed that.
It's a rare phenomenon with me. I don't like the grip at all, but I can't let the pistol go.
There are obviously others who are buying it, because they like it.
What's the problem with that?
Why all the hate, even BY Glock fanboys, on this model?
It's just another variation. Like or don't like. Buy or don't buy.
And did nobody notice the "first" in this sentence on their website: "Glock's first-ever crossover pistol..."?
With all the noise about "We really wanted a long slide/short grip!!!", you think Glock won't eventually build one?
If this crossover idea floats, it opens the spillgates to all sorts of possibilities.
Give it time.
And when that long slide/short grip crossover does show up, I will have exactly zero interest in that configuration, but you won't see me incessantly griping all over the Internet about "What was Glock THINKING? It's too LONG to conceal!!!!!"
I simply won't care about Glock introducing another model I don't want to buy.
Jeepers!!!!!!!
Give it a rest on the negativity, huh?
I can't be the only one who's sick unto death of this "It's backwards!" BS.
Denis
