G29 Gen3 vs G29 Gen4

Mookie86 · Oct 3, 2021

Hey yall. Hope everybody is doin wonderful.

Im usually great at fact checking things either from my glock vets or from great resources / knowledge ive acquired over the years about gen3+4 internal differences.
Everybody ive asked icluding myself kinda stuck on this one. Would like to hear your feedback and knowledge.

The 1 thing im stuck on is the rumor i have seen constantly on this statement:

"Gen4 triggers are heavier due to the different trigger bar+ and angle that the housing sits in"

I have all gen3's and two 5's so i havent owned a gen4 yet. Ive put them together but ive never shot nor owned one.
My gen4 29 is arriving in a week.

Have yall found this to be true?
This is in reference specifically for the g29; gen4 vs a gen 3.

Ive tried heavily researching the weight differences and i get a ton of mixed answers.
Cant find anything about this in my G anatomy books or my armorers book to confirm this.
🤔😓

Is is true that the trigger weight is about 1lb heavier on the g29 gen4 than the gen3?

Anybody on here ever owned both a
G29 gen3 + a G29 gen4 ?
What were some differences in experiences you had with them?

vitalibertas · Oct 3, 2021

Mookie86 said:
Hey yall. Hope everybody is doin wonderful.

Im usually great at fact checking things either from my glock vets or from great resources / knowledge ive acquired over the years about gen3+4 internal differences.
Everybody ive asked icluding myself kinda stuck on this one. Would like to hear your feedback and knowledge.

The 1 thing im stuck on is the rumor i have seen constantly on this statement:

"Gen4 triggers are heavier due to the different trigger bar+ and angle that the housing sits in"

I have all gen3's and two 5's so i havent owned a gen4 yet. Ive put them together but ive never shot nor owned one.
My gen4 29 is arriving in a week.

Have yall found this to be true?
This is in reference specifically for the g29; gen4 vs a gen 3.

Ive tried heavily researching the weight differences and i get a ton of mixed answers.
Cant find anything about this in my G anatomy books or my armorers book to confirm this.
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Is is true that the trigger weight is about 1lb heavier on the g29 gen4 than the gen3?

Anybody on here ever owned both a
G29 gen3 + a G29 gen4 ?
What were some differences in experiences you had with them?

The only difference I can tell between the Gen 3 vs. 4 is the grip texture. Obviously there are internal changes like the dual recoil spring assembly but nothing I can really feel. However, the grip texture is much more tacky with the Gen 4 guns. I think it is the perfect compromise. Previous textures were pretty slippery if your hands were sweaty or otherwise wet. The Gen 3 RTF2 frames OTOH would actually chafe me.

Now the Gen 5 guns I do notice the difference in the trigger pull and there is less of a wall before break. You don’t notice it unless you’re slowly pulling the trigger. To me, the tactile response is less crisp.

Also, the Gen 5 9mm guns I’ve shot seem to be slightly more accurate with the new barrels.

I guess that’s a long way of saying I don’t feel any difference between the Gen 3 vs. 4 triggers.

fastbolt · Oct 3, 2021

The last Glock armorer manual I got in a recert had a chart that gave the acceptable range (high/low) of trigger pull weights for each combination of firing pin spring, connector and trigger spring.

Glock revised the connector after the Gen4's were on the market to offset the approx 6 1/2 degree change of the angle of the TMH, creating the Dot connector. There were some complaints of some surprisingly heavy trigger pulls in some of the early Gen4's (according to a Glock employee).

The other change in the Gen4's that apparently isn't widely realized is how the ejector for the .357 was revised, becoming different than the one used in theb .40. It was only briefly mentioned in the class, and all that was said is the engineers decided the ejector for the .357 required a tweak in the gen4 models. The instructor said they usually didn't discuss .357 models much in the classes because so few LE agencies used the caliber in Glocks.

Mookie86 · Oct 3, 2021

vitalibertas said:
The only difference I can tell between the Gen 3 vs. 4 is the grip texture. Obviously there are internal changes like the dual recoil spring assembly but nothing I can really feel. However, the grip texture is much more tacky with the Gen 4 guns. I think it is the perfect compromise. Previous textures were pretty slippery if your hands were sweaty or otherwise wet. The Gen 3 RTF2 frames OTOH would actually chafe me.

Now the Gen 5 guns I do notice the difference in the trigger pull and there is less of a wall before break. You don’t notice it unless you’re slowly pulling the trigger. To me, the tactile response is less crisp.

Also, the Gen 5 9mm guns I’ve shot seem to be slightly more accurate with the new barrels.

I guess that’s a long way of saying I don’t feel any difference between the Gen 3 vs. 4 triggers.

Very true, i can see how gen3 grip/surface can be slipper with sweaty hands. Its happened to me LOL
I dont knock the gen5's at all theyre absolutely great but idk man, one trigger i couldnt get used to, was the 19x trig.break. 😓
and after i used a minus connector straight from glock, it felt even worse. I ended up selling it to a gun shop for another gen3 anyways.

But yet my 26 is a gen5 and i absolutely adore it. It does wonderful with the minus connector. I guess its just little variables here and there throughout the models.

You dont feel a heavier trigger weight pull more in your gen4 29 than your gen3?

Thank you so so much for your feedback 🙌 im so excited about it coming in.

Mookie86 · Oct 3, 2021

fastbolt said:
The last Glock armorer manual I got in a recert had a chart that gave the acceptable range (high/low) of trigger pull weights for each combination of firing pin spring, connector and trigger spring.

Glock revised the connector after the Gen4's were on the market to offset the approx 6 1/2 degree change of the angle of the TMH, creating the Dot connector. There were some complaints of some surprisingly heavy trigger pulls in some of the early Gen4's (according to a Glock employee).

The other change in the Gen4's that apparently isn't widely realized is how the ejector for the .357 was revised, becoming different than the one used in theb .40. It was only briefly mentioned in the class, and all that was said is the engineers decided the ejector for the .357 required a tweak in the gen4 models. The instructor said they usually didn't discuss .357 models much in the classes because so few LE agencies used the caliber in Glocks.

Wow thats great information. Thanks so much! Ill have to go back into the book and see if i see that chart
Yeah they didnt go over many different caliber models honestly. Mainly .9 and a bit of .40 and .45.
But the focus of the class did base itself upon gen4+5 differences. I tried bringing up gen1,2,3s several times but kinda got nothing lol. But i understand that if the main focus is g4+5 on the agenda, thats what they gotta focus on.

fastbolt · Oct 3, 2021

Mookie86 said:
Wow thats great information. Thanks so much! Ill have to go back into the book and see if i see that chart
Yeah they didnt go over many different caliber models honestly. Mainly .9 and a bit of .40 and .45.
But the focus of the class did base itself upon gen4+5 differences. I tried bringing up gen1,2,3s several times but kinda got nothing lol. But i understand that if the main focus is g4+5 on the agenda, thats what they gotta focus on.

It was in the 2016 manual.

Synxx64 · Jul 25, 2023

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