Anyone shooting a Gen-5 Glock 19 MOS?

[vash]

I think I want one!

My eyes are heading in one direction. Old.

A reflex sight seems like such a game changer. For shooting fun! I’ll probably mount one to my .22 Browning Buckmark Contour since the OEM sights are so lacking for me.

Now to see it it is California compliant.

[vash]

Nope. Not compliant. Delete thread

[dlockhart]

Originally Posted by vash

Nope. Not compliant. Delete thread

How the heck is a G19 not compliant everywhere. If I recall correctly Mat Best from BRC said something like in Texas when you get your license at the DMV, they hand you a Glock.

I'm kinda interested in the Sig M18. It looks cool and for us old eyes it is optics ready.

[flatbutt]

Lenny MaGills Glockstore is in Cali, San Diego I think. He's a YUGE Glock guy.

https://www.glockstore.com/

[Porsche-O-Phile]

CA requires “drop tests” for all handguns (unless the laws have changed since I lived there and I suspect not, or else they’ve only gotten more onerous...) Of course most manufacturers don’t bother going through all the nonsense required to obtain that certification (the intended effect) so most are therefore de facto illegal. Of course the bureaucracy deliberately slow walks it too.

[dlockhart]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

CA requires “drop tests” for all handguns (unless the laws have changed since I lived there and I suspect not, or else they’ve only gotten more onerous...) Of course most manufacturers don’t bother going through all the nonsense required to obtain that certification (the intended effect) so most are therefore de facto illegal. Of course the bureaucracy deliberately slow walks it too.

The military Sigs M17/18 should be good to go. They have a ambidextrous thumb safety.

https://www.sigsauer.com/store/p320-m18.html

[Eric Coffey]

So, is it just the G19 MOS specifically that's not on the "approved" list? Or is it no bueno for all red-dots on pistols?

If it's just the specific model, there are several places that you can send the slide of a non-MOS G19 to get milled for a red-dot (assuming a non-MOS G19 is approved).
There are lots of aftermarket optics-ready G slides out there as well.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

So, is it just the G19 MOS specifically that's not on the "approved" list? Or is it no bueno for all red-dots on pistols?

If it's just the specific model, there are several places that you can send the slide of a non-MOS G19 to get milled for a red-dot (assuming a non-MOS G19 is approved).
There are lots of aftermarket optics-ready G slides out there as well.

check out the Glockstore

[vash]

It’s the gen-5. From what I understand. Glock has to pay an exorbitant fee and donate a few for testing. I think the gen-4 also

Whatever. It I could I’d buy a Ruger M-4 first.

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

check out the Glockstore

Good stuff. Not a big Glock guy here, but the two companies that I hear most often from the Glock fans are:

Zev Technologies

Agency Arms

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I highly recommend calguns.net - very good forum with a bunch of really knowledgeable guys over there.

[aigel]

Yes, and Calguns also has a great for sale section where you can buy 'off roster' guns. These are no longer on the list of certified guns for CA because they were not renewed. So they are no longer sold new but are okay to sell in a private sale. Your Glock wish seems to be new, so probably doesn't apply, but if you find something else that's older and not on the list, you can buy it used. Yes, usually at a small premium. "off roster" is like "air cooled" on Calguns.

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[Rick Lee]

I recently got a Glock 19 in a parking lot trade. I didn't want one, but it was a fish gill slide version, which was the only Glock I wanted and so I had to do it. I took it to the range and loved it. I'll eventually do some mods, but it's a sweet ride. All the other Glocks I've had were in .40 cal, which, IMHO, is just too much bang for a plastic frame. 9mm is a lot more tame.

[sc_rufctr]

Think outside the box

(Anti stress trigger and drop safe)

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I recently got a Glock 19 in a parking lot trade. I didn't want one, but it was a fish gill slide version, which was the only Glock I wanted and so I had to do it. I took it to the range and loved it. I'll eventually do some mods, but it's a sweet ride. All the other Glocks I've had were in .40 cal, which, IMHO, is just too much bang for a plastic frame. 9mm is a lot more tame.

You know your pistols a lot better than me but from my limited experience w other guns, my Model 23 (.40), shoots like a dream. When I’ve handed it off to others at the range, they always want to keep shooting it.

I would imagine that the 9mm versions are even smoother.

[speeder]

And I bought it legally in CA., fwiw.

[Rick Lee]

I've had two Glock 23s and liked, but not loved them. They're accurate and indestructible. I just find anything bigger than 9mm in a plastic frame to be too snappy. I'm getting out of .40 altogether now and will stick to 9mm, .357SIG and .45ACP. Well, I have a .22 and .44mag, rarely shoot and never carry them.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I've had two Glock 23s and liked, but not loved them. They're accurate and indestructible. I just find anything bigger than 9mm in a plastic frame to be too snappy. I'm getting out of .40 altogether now and will stick to 9mm, .357SIG and .45ACP. Well, I have a .22 and .44mag, rarely shoot and never carry them.

I have the same experience with my G4/19. It is hard to stay on target for the second shot. My Beretta .40 however is much much better.