Posted: 11/10/2008 6:29:46 PM EDT
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Anyone else hear about the 4th gen Glock being showed at the International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) convention going on this week in San Diego, CA.
Glock is listed as an exhibitor at the convention (booth 4221). Hey all you Glock fans and maybe even some of you that aren't Glock fans... Glock is coming out with a 4th Generation frame! New for this frame is the noticeably different grip which will have a nice bite to it (skateboard tape fans will no longer want or need skateboard tape) and really nice serrations on the rear of the slide. Something about the frame feels more like the first generation and I felt it was easier to grip up high on the backstrap. They will be starting out with both the Glock 22 and Glock 17 and will eventually have all the Glocks out in this design.
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If it is a "legit" design change perhaps this new series also has the ambidextrous magazine release and uses the ambidextrous magazines that are out for both the 17s and 22s.
Due to the side being shown in the "ad" above, it is difficult to tell if the pistol has the new magazine release design. |
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If it is a "legit" design change perhaps this new series also has the ambidextrous magazine release and uses the ambidextrous magazines that are out for both the 17s and 22s. Due to the side being shown in the "ad" above, it is difficult to tell if the pistol has the new magazine release design. I hope ta hell not! That would keep me from ever gettin' one...................I'm a Fudd like that. 
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WTF??? No, switchable back strap, finger grooves still there? 
IMHO, they kept all the bad egronomics and fucked up the slide serrations.  That's what I was thinking. I wish they'd lose the finger grooves. Also, why not switch the rail to a picatinny like the G21SF? |
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I like the finger grooves of my 3rd gen, but I have smaller hands. The rough texture looks ugly and the slide serrations, well lets say this, take a look at the GTL in the pic, those serrations were designed to match the original ones... Stupid if Glock really made that ad and placed the GTL in there. It's like they are trying to give a custom and rounded look to a boxy gun.
But then again the Kimber SIS has fans... 
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| Looks like the inside of a dead goats ass! Must have been approved by the Obama camp. First the 45 CRAP, I mean GAP, and now this POS. Dr Glock must be loosing his mind. And the thought of an ambi-mag release makes me want to puke. I'm not left handed so I don't give a rats ass! Anyone want to sell their 3rd Gens for that POS, IM me. |
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If its not broke why waste money trying to fix it Because the XD and other quality, but cheap guns are out there taking away potential Glock customers. Its like politics. They know the diehards will eventually try it out and buy it just because its a Glock, but they must woo the center from competitors with change and something new, even if its not really needed. I actually think the fishgill design might be an improvement, especially with gloved hands, and I'm hopeful about the grip texture; but I'll wait until I feel one in my hands before I pass judgment one way or the other. |
I wouldn't get too spun up over the slide serrations because an Austrian member over at GT posted these new pictures and it shows the standard slide serrations:
And this one shows a couple different grip textures: 
I'm guessing there are a couple variations floating around. |
