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Unless I'm misunderstanding, Gen5 mags work fine in other Gen's.
I have both, Gen 4 19 & 17 "Summer Specials".
Purchased Gen5 mags, for both guns. They fit & function, perfectly!
No Gen5 For Me
I've been buying and using Glocks since the 1990's. Over the years not only did I buy their guns, but I bought into their system. A lot of interchangeable stuff like barrels, threaded barrels, magazines and other parts easily bought on the market. With Glock Gen5 you have no interchangeable parts with other generations to include barrels with no threaded, no prior generation magazines or other parts. So…no Gen5 for me! The new Glock 19X will take the old magazines, but not the Gen5, but has the new barrel. Consider this when buying it.
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I have both, Gen 4 19 & 17 "Summer Specials".
Purchased Gen5 mags, for both guns. They fit & function, perfectly!
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Yup, true with the 19X.
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This may help. Should be reliable. :dunno:
2). New barrel: The Glock 19 and Glock 17 have always had different barrel lock up designs and one wonders what the Austrians were thinking. The new barrel for the Glock 19 is the same as the old barrel for the Glock 19. And the barrels from older generations interchange. The new barrel for the Glock 17 is basically a long Glock 19 barrel. The Gen 5 17 uses the same dimensions for the lock up as the Glock 19. This is something that should have been done long ago, but you know how much changes in design cost. Barrel makers will simply extend the length of their existing Glock 19 barrels and have a new Gen 5 17 barrel.
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Not really. Pretty simple.
-Gen5 mags., work in all Gen's, accept new GenX.
-All pre Gen5 mags., work in all Gen's, including Gen5 & GenX.
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