Forward cocking serrations make cocking the handgun a more efficient maneuver. I do a significant amount of dry-fire training. The forward slide serrations are a welcome addition. It is a very simple thing, but it is a feature that I find very useful. What finally won me over were the forward cocking serrations. This list of changes piqued my interest, but didn’t really push me to purchase the Glock 45.
The internal components are identical to the Glock 19x. The Glock 45 also ditched the lip on the magazine well and carried over the flared magwell from the other Generation 5 pistols. The Glock 45 inherited the G19 length slide and G17 length grip arrangement of the G19x and doused it in a proper black finish. The new magazines are backwards compatible with previous generation pistols, jut not the G19x. What the lip did accomplish is to prevent any of the newer Generation 5 magazines from seating in the handgun due to the redesigned floor plate. However that is a fairly rare occurrence with the Glock 17 length grip. I realize that if you have really large hands, the lip can protect you from being pinched by the magazine. The second issue was the goofy lip at the front of the magazine well. A handgun should blend in with an Officer’s uniform and not many departments are interested in having a tan pistol sticking out of black duty gear. While this is a fairly attractive finish, I prefer black handguns for LE uniformed work and just about anything other than crawling around in the dirt. The first issue is that it was only available in the “Coyote” color. I say that it is “upgraded” because the feature set on the G19x caused some problems that the 45 resolved. The Glock 45 is essentially a slightly upgraded Glock 19x. When I say that the Glock 45 shoots like a Glock, that is to say that it is supremely reliable and consistent. I have shot them in instructor level and operator level classes. I have no idea how many rounds that equates to. I have carried Glocks professionally for fifteen years in both uniformed and off-duty capacity. If you want the short review of the Glock 45, I can sum it up in one sentence “It shoots like a Glock.” The Glock 45 with two additional Gen 5 magazines.
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