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I am looking for feedback from long term users of grip force adapters. I generally use a beaver tail back strap with all my Glocks and get slide bite without. I found this to be the case with my new RTF 2 framed glock as well.
After reading about these adapters on here and many forums, they seem to be the way to go. Here and there I find posts of users complaining they are not durable. Have many higher volume shooters on here found that to be the case ?
My plan is to try out one of the Gen 123 SC models and see how that works out. I like the shorter cut of that model and the smooth finish. I am a little concerned about the tapered pin egging out the trigger housing pin hole in the frame though.
I understand it is recommended to use some kind of RTV plastic adhesive with these, any recommendations on a specific one ?
I immediately put one on the Glock I bought from you years ago and have had no issues. That pistol has seen more use than any of my other guns as well. Not sure what you mean about the trigger pin, the only thing it affects is the pin for the backstrap.
I also used it as an opportunity to get some stippling on the grip without permanently modifying the pistol.
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Great to hear that man. I'm overthinking the pin thing.
I can't recall when I started using them, but it's been at least 5 years. Possibly more. It's on almost every Glock I own and several have a couple thousand rounds through them with zero issues. In fact, I've seen the pin on the OEM beaver tail walk but not the GFA pin. Except for the baby Glocks (26, 27, 43) I get slide bite unless I use the GFA or the factory beaver tail. I prefer he GFA because is fills in the recurved area of the grip and helps it point more like a Sig/1911/etc for me.
I also have an RTF2 gun (bought the frame and put a 34 upper on it) I use for matches. It's had a GFA the entire time.
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KiloHotelWhiskey13
10-15-16, 20:56
Been running GFAs on all of my Glocks for several years with no issue to alleviate slide bite. The black 19 up top has somewhere between 10-15k rounds through with no problems.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161016/e1051999b5af5dcd4da4441674c9837d.jpg
Have any of you found a need to use any kind of adhesive for yours ? If so, what did you use ?
Have any of you found a need to use any kind of adhesive for yours ? If so, what did you use ?
I haven't. The only mod I've made was to trim a little off the bottom of the GFA's on my G19's.
I have been using GFAs since their inception. I got a few for free to T&E and I have them on almost every single Glock I own. The only time I broke one was when I hit the door jamb of my police car rather hard with my pistol and ripped the GFA off my gun. GFA have reinforced the area where mine broke on their later versions.
I have also been using them since they came out. All of my Glocks that get shot wear them to include duty pistols and training guns that see a good bit of use. To this point I have had zero issues. Wouldn't carry or train with a Glock with out one.
Have any of you found a need to use any kind of adhesive for yours ? If so, what did you use ?
Nope, never had the need.
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Gary1911A1
10-16-16, 05:31
I would just do a search on Glock Talk and other forums to see if anyone has has any problems. I have used the Grip Force, but in the end just didn't like how it made the grip size bigger. I don't remember reading on any forum of anyone having problems with durability, but I do remember a video by Bill Rogers talking of using an adhesive though, but I think that may make going back to the original frame difficult.
I developed a sometimes painful callous that I blame on the GFA.....but hold on. I have unusually large hands and fingers and grip hard.
the two main guns I shoot regularly or dry fire a lot is the G17/19 with GFA and 1911. Where the callous developed does not make contact with the 1911.
I took my GFA and trimmed both sides to be undersized to the frame. That has helped considerably as my callous has seemed to diminish on its own.
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I also did the other side (as I originally was only going to do one side, but it looked goofy). One down side to this, if I were to pull back with some force and hold on this GFA, I think it would crack. This is an older GFA that does not have the supporting web/rib molding underneath like the newer models have. I also removed the exterior ribs, so its thin but holding up well. if I snag it on something, it might go. Until then...I will use the hell out of it.
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my grip on a Gen 4
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SamuelBLong
10-16-16, 22:11
I've got butcher size hands. Shooting a gen4 will absolutely mangle the web of my hand unless I'm using the grip force adapters.
Trigger reach was increased, but with the advent of flat face triggers it's no longer any issue.
I'm attaching the GFA's to my duty guns via RTV or Rubberized Cyanoacrilate from Bob Smith Industries (available from Dawson Precision and elsewhere).
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I actually have smaller hands and still prefer the difference in grip angle to the shorter trigger reach of not using a GFA.
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I immediately put one on the Glock I bought from you years ago and have had no issues. That pistol has seen more use than any of my other guns as well. Not sure what you mean about the trigger pin, the only thing it affects is the pin for the backstrap.
I also used it as an opportunity to get some stippling on the grip without permanently modifying the pistol.
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That pin is the trigger housing pin.
I have had one on my department issued Glock 21 Gen4 for the last 3+ years. It has seen thousands of rounds (2 swat trainings a month, Kyle Lamb Class and Ernest Langdon Class). The only issue I observed was that one of the supplied pin broke. It did not affect the function of the gun and I only noticed it during a cleaning, but to be fair I do use a small amount of Silicone glue under the GFA to keep it in place. I think that is why they ship it with 3 or 4 pins. Honestly on my personal Glocks I prefer the Boresight Solutions grip treatment but for the money and on a gun I can't permanently alter the GFA does the trick.
El_Chingon
11-02-16, 18:23
I was wondering if the GFA changes the grip angle like some people say it does. Can anyone confirm with that?
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Don Robison
11-02-16, 18:52
I was wondering if the GFA changes the grip angle like some people say it does. Can anyone confirm with that?
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For me it did change it slightly, it pushed the nose down slightly. For me it was a good thing because coming from a 1911 background I tend to naturally point Glocks nose high.
I have been using them since the first few months they were released. My highest round count gun using them is a G17 with 60K on it with no issue. I have two others in the mid 20K range with no issues.
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