Glock nerd stuff. The Gen 6 deconstructed

[jeff]

 

[Ron Dan]

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Nice dude. How many rounds have you put through it now?

 

[jeff]

Maybe 250 ish. Now that the Acro is mounted and sighted in, I’ll bring it into the rotation for drills nights.

 

[jeff]

I completed the Gen 6 Armorers Course this last Tuesday I’m good for another 3 years

 

[Chiro1989]

Anything stand out in the class with the new Gen 6?

 

[Ron Dan]

Maybe 250 ish. Now that the Acro is mounted and sighted in, I’ll bring it into the rotation for drills nights.

Keep us posted on this. I’d also be interested in how much different this was than the old armorer’s courses. I can’t imagine it would be that much different.

 

[jeff]

Anything stand out in the class with the new Gen 6?

The Gen5 and V models are close cousins and most parts interchange. V has the anti-tamper design (anti-switch) it shared with Gen 6. The Gen 6:

• Anti-tamper features
• New trigger housing. Gen 5 Glock Performance Triggers won’t fit. It was asked/answered in class that there are no plans to market a Gen 6 perf trigger.
• With reduced LOP, minimal palm swell, and beavertail is part of the frame, the included backstraps may be necessary to get the fit you want. I’m now using the large backstrap on mine.
• Channel liners are now machined into the slide. No more plastic straws in the striker channel.
• No more EDP. The extractor depressor plunger has been replaced with an assembly. If you ever had an optic screw that was too long and locked up the EDP, or put too much locktite on said screw and it dribbled down into the EDP. That won’t happen anymore.
• Gen 6 barrels have a notch in them to clear the vertical extension in the trigger bar for drop safe’ness. For instance, you shouldn’t install a Gen 5 Radian Afterburner/Ramjet into a Gen 6. Barrels are NOT interchangable for that reason.
• Optic Ready System (ORS). For the most common optic footprints, its almost direct mount at this point. The Glock ORS “plates”’are more like gaskets than a mounting plate. Obviously, the way the Acro’s mount, it still requires and aftermarket plate.
• I think most gen mags should function in the Gen 6. My Gen 4 and 5 magazines work flawlessly in the 6.

That’s probably the highlights. A little comment about the switch issue. We all saw videos of a switch on a Glock V within a very short time. Some may argue the anti-tamper feature a failure. Glock argues that they had to physically modify the gun, with a
dremel. It was/is not just a drop in part anymore.

I was the only civillian/ gun nerd in class. The rest of my class were all Oklahoma LEOs and they shared some stories about the proliferation of the switches. We might not like Glock “bending” the knee so to speak. But, they did try.

Hey Sig Sauer..