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Posted: Tue May 4th, 2021 06:51 pm

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Glock 45 Range Report. This is my first Gen 5. I like the grip almost as much as the Gen 3. I had the red dot sighted in by the 9th shot for 20 yards using a 124gr RN FMJ. The second magazine I had a failure to feed five shots into the second magazine. Nothing looked out of place with the jammed round. I put it back in the magazine and filled the mag back up. It fired without issues. It is a tight gun and gritty with a long trigger pull.

I broke the gun down and put a "Lady Ghost Minus" 3.5 lb connecter in. The next magazine was a 31 round ETS with 124gr Plated Round Nose bullets. The trigger was an easier pull but it is still a long pull. I got another FTF jam with a 17 round ETS mag. Same results as the first, it fed without issue once reloaded into the magazine. I basically went through every magazine I had that would fit that gun. I shot about 160 rounds and had 3 FTF. One with each type of ammo I brought except for the 17 rounds of Hydra-Shock JHP.

The red dot held true from start to finish. I am shooting most shots inside the 4" ring at 20 yards. For a little perspective I also had my S&W Model 65 357Mag and I can keep most of the shots inside the 3" ring at 20 yards. The long trigger pull is something that needs to be addressed. I have polished slides, ramps, plungers, and connecters in my previous Glocks. I had a Glock factory armorer show me how to do all of this. Glock's stance on this now that polishing makes the guns less reliable. This Gen5 is the only new Glock I have had that had FTF in less than a thousand rounds. I will be polishing this and looking at options to reduce trigger pull length.

IMO the Gen3 Glock was the best generation made. The grip was good and with a little polishing it was a very good gun. The Gen4 9mm and 45's had a tendency to pitch brass to your face and the extractor would need to be swapped out on a fairly regular basis. I have had over a dozen Glocks and I can get two a year on the Blue Label program. I have 3 right now. I have seller's remorse on a Gen3 G17 Ported Longslide 9mm and Gen3 G36 45ACP. I sold the G17L to a buddy when I knew I was going to be living overseas for a year. I thought I could buy another one when I got back but any runs on them ends up where they are instantly sold out. The G36 I was able to ship it to Afghanistan. I couldn't ship it back and sold it to a South African security professional for a little more than what I had bought it for.

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