What was the theory behind the breech face cut? Something related to ejection?
What was the theory behind the breech face cut? Something related to ejection?
I bought mine in July-2019. No serrations, does have front cutout, no slide cut. Is that considered early?
It's a blue label gun purchased from a high volume dealer. A dealer that probably has the stroke to buy direct from Glock, though I don't know that for sure. I do know they can write a check at any time for a few hundred $K for inventory to stock.
I have one of the early gen 5 guns with the cutout in the grip and without front serrations. I had it milled for an optic and have put a couple thousand rounds through it without a hiccup. I knew those two features had changed but had no idea about the others.
Steve
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The breechface cut is the big change. Believe that was standard across the G5’s once the G45 was released. Picked up my G5 17 & 19 right when they came out (no front serrations, no breechface cut, grip cut) and picked up a 19X later. The 19X came with a different ejector than my early G5 17 & 19. Picked up a G45 and it came with the G19X ejector and the breechface cut and other updates. It *launches* brass compared to my other G5’s...it’s like my AKs. Zero percent chance of brass to the face. I’m not going to sell my other G5’s, but if I were in the market for a new G5 9mm I’d make sure it has the front serrations and breechface cut. Well worth it.
How badly is the resale value of the early Gen 5's diminished compared to the newer versions? I've got one I was thinking about selling to fund something else.
Steve
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IIRC, all Gen 5's have the "Marksman" barrel, so I would think accuracy would be similar across all iterations. Unless this was somehow improved by the breechface cuts?
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