Five Factory Upgrades Your Glock Pistol Needs

Five factory upgrades your Glock pistol needs
The downside to making the most prolific pistol in the world is the amount of
criticism your product faces from seeing such widespread use. The Glock pistol
suffered its success from ultra large-scale testing, since so many different
departments adopted it. When Gaston Glock began developing the weapon for Austrian
military use in 1982, he probably didnt envision tailoring the grip for the hand shape
and size of both genders of every race on the planet. In all likelihood, Gaston developed
the weapon to fit the hands of his larger Nordic countrymen. Consequently, many
issues impacting smaller shooters came to light. While the biggest complaint dealt with
grip size, shooters accustomed to single action only weapons werent thrilled with the
striker-fired Glocks safety trigger. There are other issues too, but most impact only a
tiny percentage of shooters. Thankfully, with five factory-made upgrade parts, your
Glock can overcome every major complaint against it.
1. Tritium or steel sights: One of the minor concerns shooters have voiced, is with
the durability of the Glocks iron sights. Constructed from high-impact polymer, these
fixed sights are difficult to break and cost less than five dollars to replace. Given, youll
need a $35 sight tool, but you can borrow one from a friend or attend a Glock Sport
Shooting Foundation match and theyll install them for free. Some shooters dont trust
plastic sights, so Glock offers steel replacements for $35. If the sights durability
doesnt worry you, maybe finding them at night does. In that case youll want to opt for
a set of factory-installed night sights on your Glock. These sights have two vials of
tritium in the rear and one in the front sight post, that have a soft green glow which is
visible in low or no light conditions.
2.Extended Magazine: While the original 9mm Glock holds 17+1 rounds of
ammunition in its magazine, some owners want more. Thankfully for them, if a
shooter runs anything other than a .45 ACP or 10mm Glock, they can buy factory-
made, extended magazines. In the case of the 9mm parabellum Glock 17, 17L, 19, 26
and 34 models, they can all use the larger models magazines. While there isnt a
model larger than the 17 or 34, they can use magazines intended for thefully
automatic Glock 18. The obvious downside to utilizing these magazines is that it
effectively destroys the pistols portability and concealability. This is why these
extended magazines make great backup mags. It might seem like overkill, but having a
Glock 17 with a 33-round extended magazine means not needing a reload while
defending your loved ones, even if it makes you look like Neo from The Matrix.
3. Extended slide lock: Shooters with smaller hands often find the Glocks controls
just out of reach while maintaining a proper firing grip. For years, theyve been told to
either shift their grip to actuate the slides release, or simply pull back on the slide to
release it. While racking the slide is the preferred self-defense method of chambering a
round, because it requires less fine motor skills, it shouldnt be the only method
available. Good habits aside, what about a shooter who either doesnt have the use of
their support hand, or lost use during a firefight? Yes, they can rack the slide by
dragging the rear sight against their belt, but simply pressing a lever is undeniably
faster. Fortunately, when Glock introduced its competition line of handguns, the
company added an extended slide release lever to speed up competitors reloads. This
factory part can be installed on any Glock of the same generation. Fourth generation
Glock pistols use their own, but second and third gen models are interchangeable.
4. Extended magazine release: In another nod to smaller shooters, Glock also offers
an extended magazine release button that is normally part of its competition line of
handguns. While larger individuals will find this addition unnecessary and
cumbersome, smaller-handed shooters will enjoy the ability to drop empty magazines
while maintaining a proper shooting grip. Under dry conditions this may seem trivial,
but with a wet or oily weapon, rapidly shifting a shooters grip on a pistol could have
disastrous results. This part doesnt need to be installed by a gunsmith, but is one of
the more frustrating pieces to install.
5. Three and a half pound disconnector: Factory Glocks ship with a five and a half
pound trigger that can make quick, accurate shots very difficult for shooters
unaccustomed to the safety trigger. Replacing the standard disconnector with the
factory-made minus, reduces the trigger pull by two pounds. This makes the trigger
light enough that shooters can speed up their splits, without having a dangerously
light trigger. Though this part is fairly straight forward to install, shooters should
make sure to reinstall the trigger spring correctly. Improper installation prevents the
trigger from fully resetting when the slide is racked.
While none of these improvements can guarantee to make Glock shooters better,
they certainly can make the pistol better fit them. Just like baseball players using a
bat thats too big, shooters with an ill-fitting gun will find it very difficult to hit that
sweet spot. Adding any of these parts is an inexpensive way to increase a Glocks
shootability in a few short minutes. Once a shooters weapon fits them properly, the
only thing standing between them and greatness is practice.
Source: www.guns.com/review/2014/10/13/5-factory-upgrades-your-glock-needs/

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