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Originally Posted by Sidnne
That's the question we should all be asking. Nobody should be accepting lesser quality from S&W. Even if with the plastic guide rod, you might get 6,000 rounds or more out of it, but sooner or later those tabs are going to break off from the wear. It wouldn't be a very big deal if the tabs were replaceable, but it seems to require an entirely new frame when they break.
Do the tabs appear to be replaceable on the Glock, or are they part of the frame like the S&W?
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No, they're molded-in and as I said look identical to the ones in the SD9VE. I could take a close-up picture of the tabs in both frames and I'd have to tell you which one is a Glock and which one is a S&W.
I have never heard of this ever being an issue in Glocks, so I suspect the guys here who feel that the aftermarket guide rods in Smiths are stopping the slide short and transferring the recoil energy to the guide rod and ultimately the plastic tabs are onto something.