Originally Posted by
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Who besides Brownells and Zev makes a Glock slide with the little posts that the mounting screws screw into? I am fairly new to the Red Dot pistol and I bought one of the Brownells slides to try and I really like it though it is pretty "basic" but their mounting system seems bomb proof, more so than the usual screw in attachment units. Anyone else make a slide like this? I guess it's called the "Zev Cut"?
I have dealt with both the Brownell's as well as the Zev slides. The Brownells slides are way rougher finished, and definitely fit the bill of a work-horse style aftermarket slide. You can even get them cheaper than Glock OEM slides nearly all of the time. They are rough, might have some milling chatter marks on the slide, but from my experience they work. RMR cuts seem to mount up well, with good fitament, and hold zero. No complaints there.
The Zev slides are more refined out of the box. Great milling, even finishing and you get that Gucci-Glock aesthetic. They 100% look better, and the Zev coatings hold up very well. I have their SOCOM slide for a DPP and it's my favorite slide I own. Good optic mounting as well. I don't see Zev getting much love for that, but the ones I have used mount up very snug.
I personally love the aesthetics on the Zev slides, but I think you could inspect a Brownell's slide and finish it with a really good completion kit and barrel and have same performance. YMMV.
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