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Yes I'm new here but thought I would post something informative.
When I purchased my first Gen4 19 back in August I already knew what some were saying about issues with the Gen4's but in my mind I was like "it's a glock". I've owned and shot Glocks for years leading up to that purchase. After giving the gun a thorough review of 2600 rounds I decided that yes there were some issues. I did not experience the issues that some reported but I was having erratic ejections with quite a few to the face.
When I purchased it by that time Glock had already issued a couple of different springs. Mine came with the 041. I had heard rumors of a new ejector so in December I went back to the store to look. Sure enough there was. At that time I bought my second one and decided to go ahead and send the first one back.
Below is a collage of pics of the same Gen4 before and after. The top pics are the 336 ejector that has been used in the 19's for YEARS, the bottom pics are the newly designed ejector. Also it came back with the 043 spring that had already been issued in the exchange program for a while.
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Bottom line, the only two real changes internally for the Gen4's were the newly designed RSA's and the addition of the "bump" on the trigger bar, sooooo IMO the new ejector was developed to make up for any misguided designs of the other two parts.
My opinion of the Gen4's is they are still just as awesome as any other, there was just a short coming with those parts that was overlooked. I absolutely LOVE the short frame and plan on buying a 3rd Gen4 in 17.
On a side note after seeing a vid on you tube where a guy filed down the bump on the trigger bar I installed the trigger bar out of my Gen3 27 and it ran just fine and as stated in the vid I saw it did in fact reduce the trigger pull by 1 pound just by swapping that bar.{i measured}.
Hopefully this was informative to some of you. Sorry for the long post but I didn't want to cut any info short.
Mike P
When I purchased my first Gen4 19 back in August I already knew what some were saying about issues with the Gen4's but in my mind I was like "it's a glock". I've owned and shot Glocks for years leading up to that purchase. After giving the gun a thorough review of 2600 rounds I decided that yes there were some issues. I did not experience the issues that some reported but I was having erratic ejections with quite a few to the face.
When I purchased it by that time Glock had already issued a couple of different springs. Mine came with the 041. I had heard rumors of a new ejector so in December I went back to the store to look. Sure enough there was. At that time I bought my second one and decided to go ahead and send the first one back.
Below is a collage of pics of the same Gen4 before and after. The top pics are the 336 ejector that has been used in the 19's for YEARS, the bottom pics are the newly designed ejector. Also it came back with the 043 spring that had already been issued in the exchange program for a while.
Bottom line, the only two real changes internally for the Gen4's were the newly designed RSA's and the addition of the "bump" on the trigger bar, sooooo IMO the new ejector was developed to make up for any misguided designs of the other two parts.
My opinion of the Gen4's is they are still just as awesome as any other, there was just a short coming with those parts that was overlooked. I absolutely LOVE the short frame and plan on buying a 3rd Gen4 in 17.
On a side note after seeing a vid on you tube where a guy filed down the bump on the trigger bar I installed the trigger bar out of my Gen3 27 and it ran just fine and as stated in the vid I saw it did in fact reduce the trigger pull by 1 pound just by swapping that bar.{i measured}.
Hopefully this was informative to some of you. Sorry for the long post but I didn't want to cut any info short.
Mike P
