Glock touts it as a competition pistol, but we think that it may be too big for some league’s rulebook to be a serious contender in that market. Glock has a winner with the Glock G40 Gen4, but the market segment will mostly be handgun hunters, 10mm fans or the Glock collectors who must have one of every model that Glock puts out. The G20 is the 10mm handgun with the longest continuous production history on the market coming up on 25 years and the Glock G40 Gen4 is its younger and bigger brother. They may not have been the first company to build a 10mm, but the G20 was one of their first designs and they have stuck with the cartridge where many others have given up. We believe this mostly has to do with the length and weight of the slide absorbing the brunt of the recoil. The G40 is the softest shooting 10mm pistol we have fired in over 25 years of experience with this cartridge. With a pistol like this running a factory rear adjustable sight, we feel Glock could have gone the extra step with a taller sight to co-witness with the optic. As most Glock owners know, the factory plastic sights are “place holders” until you pony up for metal night sights. Luckily we had a spare old school Glock “ Tupperware box” to stash the extras for safe keeping.Ī minor complaint may be the sights. We have no idea how everything fits in the box, but there’s 3 15-round magazines, paperwork, fired cases, a multilingual instruction manual, spare back straps and beaver tails, a tool for installing them, magazine loader, cleaning kit and 4 MOS mounting plates.Įxtras are not a bad thing, but finding a place to put them can be (lose that 43 mag loader and if you ever try to sell it they will ding you for $50 for not being “ complete”). If there is one drawback to the Glock G40 Gen4 or any of the MOS models, it is a number of extras you get with it. Glock G40 Gen4 Pistol Glock G40 Gen4 – The bad That and you get 16 rounds as opposed to 6. We do not quite put it in the category of the 41 Magnum class, ( although ballistically it would match up to a similar cartridge fired out of a shorter barreled 41 Magnum revolver), but it definitely exceeds the power of a 357 Magnum with a bullet that is 1mm larger in diameter. We regret that we did not get a chance to test with a holographic sight, but that may change in the near future.įinally, the six inch barrel gives enough of a boost to the 10mm cartridge to make it memorable. If the Trijicon RMR does not work for you, swap it out for a Leupold Delta Point in a matter of minutes. Perhaps the most significant improvement is the MOS system giving the shooter an option of a good number of aftermarket reflex type sights without expensive milling and of course being locked into one type. Rather than replace it, we opted for a light polish on the inside. Glock triggers are often lampooned when compared to non-striker fired pistols and are often candidates for replacement, but the Glock G40 Gen4 trigger breaks at 4.5 pounds. The grip frame is the SF ( Short Frame) size to accommodate most hands and two larger back straps and two beaver tail extensions can be used to make it larger if need be. There is a lot to love about this pistol if you are a fan of the 10mm cartridge. Not the answer we expected to hear when the magazine was loaded with sub-41 Magnum loads! Glock G40 Gen4 – The good Both stated that it felt more like shooting a 9mm. They were shooters and only one was familiar with the 10mm round. Tim shooting the Glock G40 Gen4 Glockzilla Karen’s turn shooting the Glock G40 Gen4 Pistol So we were hesitant to mention this in a review until we let a couple of friends try the Glock G40 Gen4. Three decades of shooting on a weekly basis will probably numb you to most handguns, particularly if you shoot 45 ACP, 10mm, 41 Mag, 45 Colt and 357 SIG on a regular basis. It felt like no other 10mm pistol we had ever fired with regard to recoil. We were totally shocked when the slide did not seem to rise at all.Ī variety of loads went through the pistol from lightning fast 125 grain bullets to heavy 200 grainers and not only was function flawless, but accuracy was impressive with groups averaging 1.75” at 50 feet.
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