GLOCK COPIES M&P

[BUSHPILOT267]

The all new Glock 4th Gen has the following features;
changeable backstraps to fit the shooter's hand, reversible mag release, textured grip finish, better gripping lines on the slide.

Say, doesn't the M&P have those NOW?

 

[sw44spl]

it figures they would since they are losing the LEO market

 

[MattB]

Any pics of the new Glocks?

 

[BUSHPILOT267]

NEGATIVE ON PICS OF NEW GLOCK:

Looks the same to me. Just add a backstrap and reversable mag release button (big and square ). There is a new spring inside called a spring within a spring to dampen recoil. ( I do not know - I did not shoot it )
The rest is cosmetic frills.

The first run of these will be the .40 S&W mods for the cops. Later the 9mm's will come.

New mags will have to come out as well due to the ambi mag release with a cut slot on the other side of the mag as now appears on the current mags.

Should be released ( I am told ) after the coming SHOT SHOW where it will come out to the public.

Frankly, it will take a lot to pry me away from my M&P's. They do all this RIGHT NOW.

 

[NCTexan]

But it will fire if you hold it submerged in your toilet... never know when that might be helpful and who else can make that claim????

 

[TippyRacer]

Any news if the grip angle is still as wacky, or have they lessened it a little bit?

 

[MattB]

Frankly, it will take a lot to pry me away from my M&P's. They do all this RIGHT NOW.

Not to mention the Walther P99, the gun that introduced the concept of changable backstraps on a plastic pistol.

 

[FirebirdV8]

At least they are learning, even if they are a bit late to the changeable backstrap game (P99/SW99, PPS, M&P). That was one of the features that sold me on my SW99 and greatly enjoy shooting that gun.

 

[10mm Sonny]

What's your source?

 

[J. Galt]

Glock G22 RTF2: 4th Gen Glock is official | The Firearm Blog

 

[bwh]

I've got a G22 with the Rough Texture Frame. It truly is an answer to a question that was never asked, and I love the old(er) 3rd generation frame. That issue aside, however, I love Glocks for what they are - reliable, accurate, easy to shoot and easy to maintain pistols.

As we all start crowing about S&W (and Springfield, and Ruger, and ...) superiority in the plastic pistol market let's all remember that Glock was in the market a good 10 - 15 years before anyone had a similar product on dealer shelves. Manufacturers sat around mumbling about how plastic pistols were a passing fad as Glock stole more and more market share from them. Eventually S&W woke up and now seems to have hit its stide with the M&P line, but give credit where credit is due - Glock got it right, right out of the gate, long before anyone else.

 

[dennis40x]

New mags will have to come out as well due to the ambi mag release with a cut slot on the other side of the mag as now appears on the current mags.

Ambidextrous magazine release I've seen on a G21SF. The new style magazines have been available to the market place for at least a year. I have examples for both the G17 & G21. There is the standard notch and a cut across the front which makes the magazine compatible for old and new styles.

On who is copying who lets just say S&W followed Glock into the polymer market. I have an M&P9 nice pistol. Not getting rid of my Glocks at this point or any time soon. None the less the M&P9 is a good pistol.

 

[samuelrp]

Indeed, isn't the m & p a copy of the glock ?

 

[10mm Sonny]

Glock G22 RTF2: 4th Gen Glock is official | The Firearm Blog

Proves my point. All that is circulating right now are internet rumors.

 

[J. Galt]

All that is circulating right now are internet rumors.

I didn't consider the quote from the Glock press release, announcing the new "rough frame" an internet rumor. Also, the guns themselves are pretty convincing. But maybe I'm just gullible.

 

[brucev]

Love it or hate it, the Glock series is the standard which every handgun manufacturer must address and to which every handgun design is compaired/evaluated. Sincerely. brucev.

 

[10mm Sonny]

I didn't consider the quote from the Glock press release, announcing the new "rough frame" an internet rumor. Also, the guns themselves are pretty convincing. But maybe I'm just gullible.

Since when is "thefirearmblog" Glock's press release? RTF is an option on some current 3rd generation Glocks. That is what you're mistaking for 4th-gen.

 

[J. Galt]

Since when is "thefirearmblog" Glock's press release?

Obviously it's not, you misread my statement. As to what we will call the next Glock frame, I guess that's still undecided. The current new frame has been popularly called the 4th Gen since it was unveiled at the last Shot Show; maybe the next one will be called 5th Gen?

 

[brushy bill]

I think there is confusion because some people are referring to the RTF as "4th Generation", while others are referring to the yet to be unveiled (maybe shot show) version as "4th Generation".

Does anyone know if Glock's next model (not RTF) will continue with the steel tab inserts in the polymer frame or go to a chassis system as S&W has done?

 

[10mm Sonny]

Obviously it's not, you misread my statement.

Not my misreading. You're misunderstanding.

The current new (RTF) frame has been incorrectly called the 4th Gen

fixed