Custom glock backplates, distraction?

[9mmSMG]

I've never noticed this before, but I was thinking about adding a custom backplate to a G19 and my buddy handed me his. Does anyone find that it is kind of distracting? The second I draw and align the gun my eyes are not drawn to the front sight but rather the image on the back plate. Has anyone ever noticed this? It's safe to say I'm going to avoid adding one.

[shutup&shoot]

I've handled one with a punisher skull. I found it distracting as well. It's an upgrade I won't do.


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[9mmSMG]

I couldn't believe how badly it drew my eye.

[mkmckinley]

They're dumb on three levels. One, they cost money to replace an OEM part that works with pretty much 100% reliability, two, they pull your eye off the front sight, and three they aren't going to help in a courtroom, should it ever come to that. Upside?

[Kain]

I personally think they are ****ing stupid. Just above the morons who want to port the things with Dewalts and polish the slide to a mirror shine removing all of the factory finish.

And before anyone decides to jump me here, I am all for personal style/color choice. FDE, OD green, or what have you. But some things just exude the wrong vibe to me and as has already been stated, it serves no purpose. Painting or color furniture can be articulated to have a practical purpose.

[quackhead]

There are others with the flag and less "aggressive" themes. I don't recommend them as I've had to beat an out of spec one off of a buddy's slide. Checked a couple others, and they were all the same- these were ordered from Brownells( don't remember name brand)

[GNXII]

Funny, I recently bought a never used set of G19/G26 pistols. Both had NiB slides standard black polymer frame, that the previous owner "pimped" out with aftermarket stainless slide release, all manner of sights, any and all type of useless "bling" including a back plate that said something cute like "smile, wait for flash' on the G26 and zombie something on the G19. I fired the guns once with all the flashy parts installed but didn't notice the backplates because of the 3 ring circus going on with everything else, i.e. extended ported bbl, mag release dropping mags for no reason, etc. I stripped everything off and went Trijicon HDs, Vickers slide stop, Vickers mag release and a bunch of standard parts were reinstalled including the backplates. Luckily he had saved all those "plain jane" parts and had done zero "surgery" to frames or slides but as he said that was next in line on his to do list for those guns. I sold all those "bling" parts but absolutely no one wanted those "custom " back plates at all!

[brickboy240]

I think any image on the back of a Glock slide would be a huge distraction.

Won't do it....sorry.

Besides...it really brings nothing to the table....so off my gun it stays.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

I have one that I had custom done. I hit it with some alumiblack. I dont find it distracting at all.


*edit to add mine doesn't have some whitty saying or skull. Just says my holster companies name.

[WickedWillis]

They're dumb on three levels. One, they cost money to replace an OEM part that works with pretty much 100% reliability, two, they pull your eye off the front sight, and three they aren't going to help in a courtroom, should it ever come to that. Upside?

This was what I was going to post as well.