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EzGoingKev
06-11-09, 19:22
and tell me what the piece is in between the frame and the slide right over the take down lever.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Kybyq3n1q3w/SjGcIlqZSzI/AAAAAAAABIg/TPMlDhB7lYg/s800/SS08014.jpg
JackOSU
06-11-09, 19:35
Looks like the rail from the frame that should not be seen, but appears to be bent.
Bravo30
06-11-09, 20:00
The photo just makes it look like something is protruding from between the slide and frame. In actuality there is a notch in the slide and the silver metal is inside.
ballistic
06-11-09, 20:08
It's the slide stop notch, clearly visible on any Glock. What you're seeing is the squared breech block inside the slide.

Hi-Res Photo (http://olivier.quenechdu.free.fr/spip/IMG/jpg/glock23-hr.jpg)

The angle, reflection and lighting are creating an optical illusion.
SarcoBlaster
06-11-09, 20:10
It's the locking block.
JackOSU
06-11-09, 20:14
It's the locking block.

bingo. I forgot the rail would be slightly forward on the frame. Looks like it's still bent between frame and slide though correct and should be replaced???
MarshallDodge
06-11-09, 20:25
Looks like a 45 GAP kB to me.
M4arc
06-11-09, 20:28
Part of what you're seeing is a reflection.
sgtrock82
06-12-09, 08:49
Its the notch thats is always there and a section of the frame's rail underneath. Because of the lighting and flash there is no shadow to show the depth that you usually see.
EzGoingKev
06-12-09, 09:11
So you all are saying that it is just the cut out in the slide but do to the angle/lighting/whatever is only looks like there is an additional piece there?
csheehy
06-12-09, 10:37
The whatever-it-is eclipses the lower portion of the slide, so it appears that a part of the pistol's guts is displaced outside the confins of the slide and frame.

Or it's a photoshop because we are talking about perfection here, right? :D

Chris Sheehy
EzGoingKev
06-12-09, 10:41
To me, it looks like there is some extra metal piece there.

When I say extra, I mean my Glock 17 doesn't have anything there like that pistol does.
matthewdanger
06-12-09, 11:16
As others have said, it is just the locking block. There is nothing wrong with that Glock. The part that looks like it is sticking out is a reflection on the slide.

All of the most recent 3rd Generation guns will show this portion of the locking block. The earlier (pre 2006 (I think that is the year)) 3rd Generation guns do not show this portion of the locking block.

3rd Gen frames with the inset serial number plate are the most recent ones that will show the locking block in the same way. This is part of the frame change that you so often hear about in the G22 reliability discussions. The older 3rd Gens with the surface mounted serial number plate do not show this portion of the locking block.
Fire
06-12-09, 13:03
It's called "Flash"....from the camera
varoadking
06-13-09, 08:11
and tell me what the piece is in between the frame and the slide right over the take down lever.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Kybyq3n1q3w/SjGcIlqZSzI/AAAAAAAABIg/TPMlDhB7lYg/s800/SS08014.jpg


I'll grant you that it looks odd compared to the rail locations on my Glocks...but I don't have a G39. The rolled profile on the bottom of that slide also looks odd...
matthewdanger
06-13-09, 09:22
The "rolled profile" is unique to the .45GAP models. It is a result of Glock adapting the thicker slide of the GAP models to the small frame. It is simply a transition area from thicker to thinner.
rat31465
06-13-09, 12:36
and tell me what the piece is in between the frame and the slide right over the take down lever.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Kybyq3n1q3w/SjGcIlqZSzI/AAAAAAAABIg/TPMlDhB7lYg/s800/SS08014.jpg
Hear the Old Sesame Street song (One of these things just doesn't belong here.) in my head?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZIvgQ9ik48
Heavy Metal
06-13-09, 13:52
I vote photoshop gone wrong.
matthewdanger
06-13-09, 13:55
It seems like there are still some who think there is something different or wrong about the Glock in this picture. As I said before, there is absolutely nothing broken on this Glock. There is nothing unique or different about it. I will try to answer every question in this thread. Hopefully this helps. :)

First here is the original pic:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Kybyq3n1q3w/SjGcIlqZSzI/AAAAAAAABIg/TPMlDhB7lYg/s800/SS08014.jpg

Here it is blown up and cropped:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4026/ss08014.jpg

I applied some transparent color to the areas in question so I can more easily point them out. The area is red is the locking block. The reason that many people think that seems like a strange place for the forward frame rails is because it is not the forward frame rails.

The area shaded yellow is a reflection of the locking block on the bottom of the slide. The bottom of the slide is shaded green. The yellow area is not a part that is protruding from the slide. It is simply a reflection of the locking block on the bottom of the slide.

The locking block is only visible on the newest Gen 3 Glocks. Gen 1, 2, and pre-late Gen 3 frame change Glocks do not show the locking block in this way. This is why your Glock (even if it is gen 3) may not show the same thing. The easiest way to tell which Gen 3 you have is to look at the serial number plate. If it is mounted on top of the plastic it is early Gen 3 and will not show the locking block in the same way as the original pic. If it is late Gen 3 the plate will be set deeply into the plastic and it will show the locking block in the same way as the original pic.

Here is one my Gen 2 G17 that does not show the locking block:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3985/img6477.jpg

Here is my early Gen 3 (pre late Gen 3 frame changes) G23s:
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2092/img6475c.jpg

Here is one my late Gen 3 G21s:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2552/img6479.jpg

As you can see, I was basically able to recreate the original pic. In my pic the phenomena isn't as pronounced because time and use has dulled the metal of the locking block a bit, but it exhibits the same reflections in the same place. I think this is proof positive that there is nothing strange going on in the original pic.

As for the "rolled profile" of the slide on the Glock in question that is simply the way Glock makes the .45 GAP models. It is basically a way too have a smooth transition between the slide, adapted from the G21, to the slimmer frame of the 9mm/.40SW models. See the following pic of a G37.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7440/glockg37.jpg

I spent entirely too much time on this. :)
eng208
06-13-09, 22:24
Wow, I would have never thought that, but you sold me on it.