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4/7/2014 9:01:23 AM EDT
doesn't have an ambidextrous mag release.
It's Gen.3, should it have one or did some ship from Austria with just the left side release?
4/7/2014 9:21:54 AM EDT
[#1]
They stopped making them a few years ago.  They would fall apart and there was no real fix other than a frame replacement.
4/7/2014 9:47:52 AM EDT
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They stopped making them a few years ago.  They would fall apart and there was no real fix other than a frame replacement.
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So what you're saying is I got a garbage Glock?


ETA Just the ambi release is garbage, not the whole pistol.  

4/7/2014 11:10:28 AM EDT
[#3]
Correct... your 21SF is second only to my gen 4 21
4/7/2014 11:57:32 AM EDT
[#4]
Glock's ambi magazine release didn't work, and there was nothing the factory could do to fix it; so they pulled it from the market.  (Be glad you never ended up with one!)
4/7/2014 6:49:01 PM EDT
[#5]
there was 2 types of Gen3 G21SF.  with ambi, and regular.

i had an ambi, and if you ejected a full mag, the button would jam and you had to hit it again from the opposite side.  i took it to glock, and they changed it to a standard Gen3.  i never looked back.

the Ambi had a picatinny rail rather than the standard glock rail, and it was unique... but its uniqueness didnt outweigh the faults of the ambi mag release.
4/7/2014 7:10:33 PM EDT
[#6]
I have a Gen 3 21SF hasnt had any problems.
4/8/2014 6:10:47 AM EDT
[#7]
To add to Redz post, they also made the ambi with the standard Glock rail. I've got one and, although I've had no real problems with it, I'm toying with the idea of sending it in for a frame replacement. Any thoughts on this?
4/8/2014 6:41:50 AM EDT
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To add to Redz post, they also made the ambi with the standard Glock rail. I've got one and, although I've had no real problems with it, I'm toying with the idea of sending it in for a frame replacement. Any thoughts on this?
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It's a free replacement.  

Mine went fine for awhile, then it just started falling out for no apparent reason.