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It's a trap.  Once a year or so my mind tells me I need to swap out my G22s for 1911s or G21s.  Wait a month, it will go away.  If not, buy a used G21 and give it a year to see how you like it.  Glocks are one thing I don't buy new.

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I love mine

Fell in love with this the first time I saw it and finally figured out how to get it home.

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Get it.  It's already an incredibly soft shooting .45, I can't see the 21 being much better. I was able to easily and quickly drill a fit sized hole in the target at 15 yards with the gun.

The big thing though, is you can use existing 9mm Glock holsters with it due to the slide profile.

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I love mine

Fell in love with this the first time I saw it and finally figured out how to get it home.

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If recent events have taught us anything, it that caliber diversity isn't necessarily a bad thing.  I had made a considerable effort to stream line my Glocks to just 9mm prior to the events of SH.  Shortly after 9mm was the first thing to dry up, and was difficult if not impossible to find.  While I had a couple of .45's already, I added a .40 as it seemed to be the easiest to find ammo for.

G41 is great shooter, I've only got a few hundred rounds threw mine, as it came in last week, but it's a great shooter.  I've currently got two G21gen4's, they are great guns... but I'd probably skip it if I was buying now, and just go with a G41 and a set of sights for it.

I'm thinking about running it in CDP once I get sights/mag pouch.  It fits fine in my G17 IDPA holster (bladetech), and sticks out just like my G34 does.  As my accuracy has improved slightly over the years, I can truly see the advantage of the long slide/sight radius Glocks, especially at longer distances.

~g

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Should I wait for a 10mm version?

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I am still trying to digest the need for this pistol???  I cannot see how you can get better than a 21SF, period.

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This is an introduction to the new .45 caliber Glock 41 from the perspective of a shooter who has owned, carried, and shot M1911A1 pistols for the last 40 years.



It’s been 24 years since I owned a Glock.  When my wife and I were first married and I did a lot of TDY travel she asked me to teach her to shoot and get her a handgun.  I trained her on a High Standard .22 and we went through a number of pistols to include the Glock 19 and 17.  Eventually she chose a SIG P226 for the grip and trigger and I sold the Glocks as I never took to the original grip angle or trigger.

Over the last few years many of the students I taught selected the Glock or newer Smith and Wesson M&P pistols.  I read much of the Gen 4’s brass-to-face problems, and of several California police department Gen 4 Glock 22 problems.  

I tried the Gen 4 grip and finally decided to get a Glock to keep for instruction and went through the product line trying the 19, 17, 34 in 9mm; the 22 and 35 in 40 cal; and the 21 in 45 ACP.  

I like the fit of the 17 and 34 in the hand, and prefer the 34.  I researched and found Glock does not recommend using the 34 and 35 for duty use due to the possibility of getting general crud, debris, and detritus in the upper slide cutout locking up the weapon.  Lone Wolf Distributing carries a solid-top 34/35 slide, but only for Gen 3 pistols. Caspian once carried but discontinued Glock slides.

Glock introduced the G41 at the 2014 SHOT Show with a solid-top long slide.  I bought a Blue Label program 41 for $488 before tax.   Two spare magazines come with each gun (total three) and extra magazines were around $25 apiece.

The slide and barrel are thinner and longer than the 21, and its general size and balance make it point similarly to the M1911A1.  The sights on my pistol look like someone dropped the pistol on a table or the floor after assembly.  

The 41 grip is wider and uses the same 13-round magazines as the G21.  The Gen 3/4 “Short Frame” pistol handles much nicer than the original “Fat Body” Glock 21.

I found the standard trigger heavy but fairly clean.  I have since replaced the standard connector with a Zev Tech V4 (perhaps closer to a standard Glock minus connector than the standard Gen 4 dot connector used in Blue Label duty 41s) and a Zev Tech polished safety plunger.

I trimmed the safety tab on the face of the smooth trigger with a file so it is flush once the trigger finger is on the trigger and taking up the first-stage slack.  For those not familiar with a Glock trigger I’ve found they generally run like a two-stage rifle, with slack in the first stage to a second stage “Wall,” where it can break anywhere from clean to creepy and squishy depending on your springs and connector.

I trimmed the trigger guard to cut annoying “Glock Knuckle” as the trigger guard recoils into your finger, and removed the finger hook.

I changed the slide lock to a Glock OEM extended lever.

I’ve shot around 1,000 rounds through the pistol, mostly factory 230-grain Ball, some 185-grain Nosler hollow point match bullets, and plated 200-grain semi wad cutters.  It fed everything well.  I like the recoil impulse of the pistol, with a smooth push rather than the 40’s snappy recoil and recovery.

I have since ordered a Bar-Sto barrel to use for shooting cast bullets.

Overall I’m happy with the pistol – the first Glock I own in over two decades.

Right side view:



Left side:



Positioned with Government Model:



Size comparison (overlayed on top of Colt):



Sight radius -- advantage Glock:



Thin and flat -- advantage Colt:



Grip girth -- advantage Colt:

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Not mine, but...

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I love how the grip is advantage to the 1911 even though the glock has almost double the capacity.

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I am still trying to digest the need for this pistol???  I cannot see how you can get better than a 21SF, period.

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