Posted: 5/19/2014 11:41:24 AM EDT
went to the gun store to pick up a 22/45. Then I saw a gen 2 19 tucked in the back of the case for 300 bucks It looks almost brand new, maybe refurbished I can't tell.
I carry a G17 on duty with a G26 backup sometimes. The 17 fits me perfectly, so we will see if the 19 lives up to the hype  I do need some new production mags, fully loaded the 2 that came with it do not drop free but my 17 mags do just fine. Also about to order some trijicon HDs
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Send it back to Glock. They will rebuild it fo' free and install night sights for less than $60. Congrats......looks great!! Don't send it back, if they rebuild it you lose the 2nd gen frame... If you are unhappy with your 2nd gen as it is, don't worry, I'll go $325 for you to help you say, you made some money on the deal... 
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Don't send it back, if they rebuild it you lose the 2nd gen frame... If you are unhappy with your 2nd gen as it is, don't worry, I'll go $325 for you to help you say, you made some money on the deal... Quoted:
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Send it back to Glock. They will rebuild it fo' free and install night sights for less than $60. Congrats......looks great!! Don't send it back, if they rebuild it you lose the 2nd gen frame... If you are unhappy with your 2nd gen as it is, don't worry, I'll go $325 for you to help you say, you made some money on the deal... They rebuilt both of mine......new springs, new trigger assemblys and I still got my original frames back. And, they gave me two Glock factory cases. |
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Top gun pilot most le agencies with glocks teach strip mag do not depend on them dropping!
In addition to nfml mags even glock states fml lined mags are not designed to drop free though most do. Besides mags dirt and malfunctions can cause mags to get stuck so yes stripping them out is a legit method. I have been at countless matches watching people push in mag catches and shaking guns to get mags out ( not just glocks) training to strip it out is a valid idea. It may be a bit slower but faster is not always the right answer |
Nice score!
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Quoted: Top gun pilot most le agencies with glocks teach strip mag do not depend on them dropping! In addition to nfml mags even glock states fml lined mags are not designed to drop free though most do. Besides mags dirt and malfunctions can cause mags to get stuck so yes stripping them out is a legit method. I have been at countless matches watching people push in mag catches and shaking guns to get mags out ( not just glocks) training to strip it out is a valid idea. It may be a bit slower but faster is not always the right answer The part in red is incorrect and those agencies that still do are based on institutional inertia residual from a time when training was forced to compensate for a weapon defect that was corrected twenty years ago. If a shooter goes to slide lock in a gun fight then that means they ran out of ammo before the threat was neutralized, and they need more ammo RFN as efficiently as possible without excess waste movement like a stripping a magazine that will drop free 99%+ of the time. In the off chance the magazine does not fall free, the magazine can be stripped with the support hand index finger upon its return with a fresh magazine just as quickly as stripping the magazine beforehand would have been. This gives you the best of worlds without blindly adhering to antiquated dogma. Mike Pannone of CIT Solutions probably explains it better than I can: "I will not modify my reload for a material failure so I don't strip 100% of the time. That said the way I discard a magazine that has not dropped free is to do my normal reload and when I arrive at the mag well with an empty magazine still present I use the index finger of the hand holding the magazine NOT the magazine edge (you can not feel with the mag edge and therefore cannot positively manually eject the partially released magazine) then continue with my normal reload. To any officer out there with bad magazines... get a crowbar into your wallet and buy some good magazines...it's only your life, the life of your partner and the general public you are sworn to serve and protect. What is your life worth? $100 for 4 or 5 magazines. I'm sure Glock would give you a solid price as a sworn officer. Also, if trained properly up front, maintaining the skills is much easier. YOU DO NOT IMMEDIATLY RIP THE MAGAZINE OUT. THAT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN DOING IT THE WAY I STATED BECAUSE YOU ARE ADDING A LOT OF INEFFICIENT EXTRA MOTION INTO THE SEQUENCE.I put it on the clock both ways and could beat my times ripping it first nearly 100%). Principle is two fold 1. Don't change a proper technique for a material failure 2. Maintain proper functioning equipment if it is responsible for defending yourself and others (if magazines won't drop free then what else won't they do and when?)" I would cite the source here, but links to TOS are verboten. Personally, out of the thousands of reloads with a Glock I've done in training and competition, the magazine has failed to drop free maybe a dozen times. I employed the above technique those times. |
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Quoted: Thanks for the replies. Im headed to the range tomorrow to put some rounds through it. Once i upgrade my sights I will qualify with it and it may replace my G26 as my bug. Several coworkers carry a g19 as backup, so i may give it a try. G19 size guns carry surprisingly well on the side of the vest.
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Shot the 19 yesterday, very accurate. Feels good, I can grip the weapon tighter than my 17 since my hand is kind of crammed on the grip more, no room for the hands to slide/move to under recoil.
I need some sights though…I noticed that my groups were walking from the middle. Then I noticed the plastic sight was moving under recoil  Im debating if I want trijicon HDs or something else
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Shot the 19 yesterday, very accurate. Feels good, I can grip the weapon tighter than my 17 since my hand is kind of crammed on the grip more, no room for the hands to slide/move to under recoil. I need some sights though…I noticed that my groups were walking from the middle. Then I noticed the plastic sight was moving under recoil Im debating if I want trijicon HDs or something elsetrijicon HDs are sweet i like the orange front, check out ameriglo I dots there great too. |
| I have another question for y'all. I have no idea how old this weapon is or how much it has actually been fired. What springs should be changed out, if any? recoil spring feels good, anything that I should replace as a "better safe than sorry"? This will be a carry gun so preventative medicine is important, I don't wanna hear any of that old man "aint broke, don't fix" stuff |
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What is the letter portion of the serial? Will take seconds to date it. Gen2's are the shit. Awesome carry guns, check out the defoor glock sights if you don't need illumination. I will have to get back to you on that, its locked up in the old man's safe at my folks house. You have a gen2 don't you fin? Did you swap out any springs when you got yours? |
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I will have to get back to you on that, its locked up in the old man's safe at my folks house. You have a gen2 don't you fin? Did you swap out any springs when you got yours? Quoted:
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What is the letter portion of the serial? Will take seconds to date it. Gen2's are the shit. Awesome carry guns, check out the defoor glock sights if you don't need illumination. I will have to get back to you on that, its locked up in the old man's safe at my folks house. You have a gen2 don't you fin? Did you swap out any springs when you got yours? Just the RSA. Previous owner changed out all the springs before I got it (good friend of mine). |
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You extractor is no longer made. will have to "upgrade" to a LCI extractor if you ever wear it out.
Check the slide stop spring. Your likely came with the thin tapered design that will break eventually. Get the upgraded G2317 slide lock spring that is the same width the whole spring. If you have a 336 ejector leave that alone. There are two different trigger bars for the G19 so if you replace that part make sure your get the right one. If you have an early non-captured recoil spring assembly replace it. If its captured but lacks the "1" on the end that designates the more heat resistant material improvement then consider replacing. Its like $8.00. Glock parts are so cheap and common I keep a spare everything except frame/slide/brl for each of my Glocks. Go to a GSSF match and they will rebuild your gun there for free. ask for the old parts back too. Some say the current extractor, locking block and firing pin are not as well made. So be sure to get those parts back if they replace them. |
