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Introducing the Gen5 family which includes 9x19, .40 S&W, 10MM AUTO, and .45 AUTO models. Gen5 pistols feature over 20 design modifications from their Gen4 predecessors, including the GLOCK Marksman Barrel, nDLC finish, ambidextrous slide stop lever, the removal of finger grooves and a flared mag-well. These changes deliver improved accuracy ...
- A Little History on The G21
- What The 5th Gen Brings to The G21
- Optics Ready
Glock first announced the G21 back in 1990, in a host of caliber changes that offered more than the company's 9mm initial offerings-- the G17 and G19. Announced that year were the aforementioned G20 and G21 along with the .40 S&W caliber G22. At introduction, these were 2nd Generation guns, a series only gently updated from the company's original d...
While keeping the same 13+1 round magazine capacity (although not with backward compatible magazines), and overall rough size and shape as previous generations of G21s, the new model drops the finger grooves on the grip, adds a gently flared magwell for faster reloads, and comes standard with ambidextrous slide stop levers. Glock has tweaked the 5t...
A big bonus on the Gen 5 G21 is that it comes Modular Optics System, or MOS, standard. That is a first for the pistol, as users had to get their slides milled in years past. The only .45 ACP in Glock's catalog that came with the MOS package until this year was the practical/tactical Gen 4 G41 longslide. Whereas Glock pistol models in standard MOS c...
- Chris Eger
Dec 18, 2023 · The truth is, no matter which Glock generation you buy — Gen. 3, Gen. 4, or Gen. 5 — these pistols are rugged and reliable, across the board. Does Glock make small adjustments with each new generation?
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Nov 29, 2017 · One of the more major upgrades to grace the Gen5 is the improved barrel design known as the Glock Marksman Barrel. According to Glock, this new barrel system continues using the same HEX rifling that made other Glock models accurate, but there’s a slight difference.
- Brandon Harville
Jun 25, 2023 · Glock has been bringing Gen5 enhancements to their big bore guns now that they have finished fleshing out their 9mm models with Gen5 technology. The .40 S&W was promoted to Gen5 status in 2021 and the G20 in 10mm Auto and the G21 in .45 Auto were ordained this year. So what’s the Gen5 goodness that the G21 received?
Aug 25, 2023 · Specs. The new Glock 21 Gen5 MOS is the next model evolution of the Glock 21 line. This new Gen5 model comes with the removal of the finger grooves from the frame, front serrations, and the MOS system for easy installation of a pistol red dot.
Aug 24, 2017 · Glock says the G17 Gen5 and G19 Gen5 pistols “were inspired by the GLOCK M pistols used by the FBI,” and include more than 20 design changes compared to it's predecessors; the most obvious include a non-polyagonal rifled barrel, an updated grip with an integral magwell and no finger grooves, a new nDLC finish, and ambidextrous slide stop levers.
