little help understanding glocks.

[Guest josh123]

can anybody give me a short explanation on the differences in the glock generations?

just curious in the small changes between the different generations.. i dont need anything super detailed just never really looked into it..

[jeremy155rr]

basically went from:

plain jane

finger grooved grip

finger grooved and rail

gen4

basically...

Glock generation differences image by dantevirgil on Photobucket

There was a gen 2.5 with finger grooves and no rail also

[Guest josh123]

that made it easy.. thank you sir

[Guest carter]

i remember reading some place where one of the earlier gen glocks had an issue with the rear frame rail seperating from the frame or breaking... not sure if your looking to buy an earlier gen but i would take that into consideration, my EDC is a 3rd gen glock 19

[Steelharp]

There was a run of Glocks that had the rails installed backwards, for some reason. I would think that they would have all been dealt with, by now.

[tercel89]

I hate to tell you this , but they went from great to BLAH . I loved the 1st gens , the 2 gens, then the 3rd gens had the finger grooves and I did not like them , and now the 4th gens have PROBLEMS with the damn recoil springs in certain ones . I dont know why Glock didnt just keep it the way it was .

[Steelharp]

I hate to tell you this , but they went from great to BLAH .

Different strokes. I think the 3rd gen is perfect. The grooves fit my hand like a glove. And I like the rail, too.

[eapking]

Wasn't there actually an unofficial gen 3.5 that had the fish gill serations? Or was that an early launch of gen 4? I don't see those fish gills on any gen 4's I've seen lately. I really liked the fish gills.

[Links2k]

Different strokes. I think the 3rd gen is perfect. The grooves fit my hand like a glove. And I like the rail, too.

+1 on the finger grooves and rail.

[JeffL]

Wasn't there actually an unofficial gen 3.5 that had the fish gill serations? Or was that an early launch of gen 4? I don't see those fish gills on any gen 4's I've seen lately. I really liked the fish gills.

That was a Gen 3 RTF. The RTF2 did away with the fish gills. I like the Gen 4's myself if it weren't for problems with the recoil springs. I see a Gen 4 26 in my future.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Has the trigger been refined at all over the generations?

I'm very ignorant of glocks. Fired a first generation nearly-new 17 or 19 many years ago and was not especially accurate with the pistol, and the trigger had a springy toy-cap-gun feel that I didn't like. So didn't pay much attention to them afterwards.

But so many folks admire glocks, I recently got a barely-used gen 3 g17. It shoots about as accurate as anything else in my hand, and the trigger is almost as good as single-action.

Maybe my memory is bad, but this gen 3 g17 seems a much more likable gun than I recall the gen 1 I tried a long time ago.

[JC57]

That was a Gen 3 RTF. The RTF2 did away with the fish gills. I like the Gen 4's myself if it weren't for problems with the recoil springs. I see a Gen 4 26 in my future.

I just took my new G26 Gen4 out to the range yesterday for the first time, ran about 200 rounds through it without a problem. Mostly UMC standard pressure FMJs, but I did run 40 rounds of various defense rounds, both +P and standard (10 each of Federal HST 124 +P, Federal HST 147 +P, Winchester Ranger 147g SXT, and Winchester 124 NATO FMJ).

Not sure what the issues are with the Gen4's, mine have been trouble-free. I have two of them (G22 and G26) and have not had any problems at all with either. I shoot both 40s and 9s in the G22 (Storm Lake conversion barrel) and everything just works.

[Lumber_Jack]

That was a Gen 3 RTF. The RTF2 did away with the fish gills. I like the Gen 4's myself if it weren't for problems with the recoil springs. I see a Gen 4 26 in my future.

I believe the problem was in recoil spring weight. Its the same recoil design used in the sub-compact models now being used in the compact size. I think all of these issues have been fixed and no longer should be a concern.

[gl19gobang]

When you dry fire a Glock they do sound like a daisy red rider bb gun

Has the trigger been refined at all over the generations?

I'm very ignorant of glocks. Fired a first generation nearly-new 17 or 19 many years ago and was not especially accurate with the pistol, and the trigger had a springy toy-cap-gun feel that I didn't like. So didn't pay much attention to them afterwards.

But so many folks admire glocks, I recently got a barely-used gen 3 g17. It shoots about as accurate as anything else in my hand, and the trigger is almost as good as single-action.

Maybe my memory is bad, but this gen 3 g17 seems a much more likable gun than I recall the gen 1 I tried a long time ago.

[TNRat]

Actually they went from blah to great to ridulous to a little bit better but they still have the funky grips.

Apparently there are two different Gen 3's. I did not know that until reading the descriptions of the models. The later Gen 3 is the one I like.

[Glock30]

Good ol' 3rd generation is perfection... also consider the SF flavor!

[JR2ATN]

Has the trigger been refined at all over the generations?

I'm very ignorant of glocks. Fired a first generation nearly-new 17 or 19 many years ago and was not especially accurate with the pistol, and the trigger had a springy toy-cap-gun feel that I didn't like. So didn't pay much attention to them afterwards.

But so many folks admire glocks, I recently got a barely-used gen 3 g17. It shoots about as accurate as anything else in my hand, and the trigger is almost as good as single-action.

Maybe my memory is bad, but this gen 3 g17 seems a much more likable gun than I recall the gen 1 I tried a long time ago.

I don't know the answer but I have had the very same impression as you. I never liked the trigger on my brother's G17...felt like shooting a staple gun. His is probably a Gen1 or 2. The trigger on my new Gen 3 G26 feels much, much better, IMO.

[Guest friesepferd]

only thing you need to know about glocks is that you should get an XD instead

[Guest carter]

i don't care for the springfields... that is one ugley gun, glock on the other hand are well like the sign says...Perfection... it is a striker fire weapon, basically a single action without an exposed hamer, also Glocks are like an I-pod... TONS of aftermarket stuff, i only own one and am about to trade it i think....but VERY nice pistol, will more than likely get another one... what do yall think of the OD frame?

[eapking]

Kinda prefer all black on tupper-guns.

[JReedEsq]

I like the ODs for something different. I special ordered my 26 just to get one in OD.