Cowboy up and you are good to go.I have a Gen 4 19 and I have fired over 500 rounds through it. It is comfy and sure in my hand ...
Yes. Remove only the "Bumps" between the grooves and leave the checkering between the bumps. That will improve the grip considerably but it won't be as noticeable and will not look as "Modified".I think you mean that you want to remove the "bumps" between the grooves. Doing so will kill the resale value of the gun.
An alternative is to get one of those pachmyr sleeves. It'll help fill i the grooves.
.I did have a gen 5 for a bit.
The gen 5 was nice but I did not like the cutout after a while.
I do not remember thinking wow, the grip is so much better without grooves.
From the sad mods I've seen in pawn shops over the last couple of years, I would say, "Plenty of them!"Resale value? What kind of knucklehead sells their Glocks?
Smartest thing you said. I have the same one and left it alone since the grooves have never bothered me. If they did, I would have traded the Gen4 for the Gen5, but I didn't.I have fallen pray to looking for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. This is a prime example. Lol
I will be leaving it alone as, well, wtf would I change it for
Have these been available for some of the older generations?.
GEN 5 cut out fix, Pearce Model PG-FML mag base plates.
LOL!!! I hear ya!!! I thought long and hard, watched vids, and practiced on an old holster before I did mine. I was prepared to buy another frame if it didn't work out. It worked out for me. Looks "ok" and feels great. It made a significant improvement in grip. Glock should wrap the texture around the front corners of the grip. It's needed there more than the side panels.From the sad mods I've seen in pawn shops over the last couple of years, I would say, "Plenty of them!"
So much this!Leave the pistol alone. I can't figure out this raging obsession so many gun owners have with endlessly accesorizing and altering their stuff.
Obviously, everyone is free to do whatever they want, but this craze is getting really stupid.
I was just looking at an ad on my favorite statewide classifed site, and some genius had
goobered-up a G17 with who-knows-what, and is asking a ridiculous $1100 bucks for it.
He hasn't yet gotten around to adding "price drop" to his ad yet, but rest assured, it's coming !!
But go ahead, grind off the bumps if you want to (and then have it stippled,undercut,cerakoted and ported), but keep in mind, you're going to drastically reduce it's trade/resale appeal with all that nonsense.
If you don't like it as is, then just sell it, and buy a gen2 or gen 5.