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Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 #17092382 03/23/22
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 908 midwest T tcp OP Campfire Regular
OP tcp Campfire Regular T Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 908 midwest	I am considering a Glock 20 in10 mm. Is there any reason to prefer a gen 3 over a gen 4 or vice versa? I have been satisfied with my gen 3 Glock19 and do not know if any of the subsequent changes are meaningful improvements. Thanks If you can't be a good example, may you at least serve as a dreadful warning

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Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17092504 03/23/22
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,801 Likes: 1 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter
Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,801 Likes: 1 Good Life	Think recoil system was the main change?

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17092667 03/23/22
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efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,664 Likes: 5 Mi.	No but the Gen 5 has a better trigger & sights.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17092869 03/23/22
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WTM45 Campfire Tracker W Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,185	There is no Gen5 G20 as of yet. My recommendation is the Gen3 G21SF. Stay with the single captive recoil spring setup.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 efw #17093004 03/23/22
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The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,874 Likes: 41 USA	Originally Posted by efw No but the Gen 5 has a better trigger & sights. They don't make a Gen 5 Glock 20.

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Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 The_Real_Hawkeye #17093198 03/23/22
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efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,664 Likes: 5 Mi.	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Originally Posted by efw No but the Gen 5 has a better trigger & sights. They don't make a Gen 5 Glock 20. My bad sorry

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17094873 03/24/22
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gunzo Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,666 Likes: 4 Kentuck	I like the bigger mag release button that came out starting with the Gen 4. That is all.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 gunzo #17094990 03/24/22
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The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,874 Likes: 41 USA	Originally Posted by gunzo I like the bigger mag release button that came out starting with the Gen 4. That is all. Yep.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 gunzo #17100449 03/26/22
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high_country_ Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,212 Likes: 3 E. WA / N. ID	Originally Posted by gunzo I like the bigger mag release button that came out starting with the Gen 4. That is all. I put a few hundred 200grs @ 1250 through mine the other day and had to wear gloves as the release was chewing up my hand. Originally Posted by BrentD I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17103539 03/26/22
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Cattledog Campfire Member C Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 340 MT	Is there a difference in RSA or pins, and are there pros/cons of one over the other ? Thanks Last edited by Cattledog; 03/26/22.

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Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 WTM45 #17103655 03/26/22
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10Glocks Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 4,578 Likes: 5 The Old Dominion	Originally Posted by WTM45 There is no Gen5 G20 as of yet. My recommendation is the Gen3 G21SF. Stay with the single captive recoil spring setup. Yes. You want to tinker with a Glock, then Gen 3 > Gen 4. https://vcdl.org/

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17103875 03/27/22
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Ohio7x57 Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,629 Likes: 1 Ohio	I have a Gen 3 G20SF and like it a lot. The only thing that a Gen4 would do for me is give me the option of putting the magazine release on the right side (I'm a lefty). Ron People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Orwell

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17108237 03/28/22
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TX35W Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,390 Texas	Originally Posted by tcp I am considering a Glock 20 in10 mm. Is there any reason to prefer a gen 3 over a gen 4 or vice versa? I have been satisfied with my gen 3 Glock19 and do not know if any of the subsequent changes are meaningful improvements. You need to hold both. They are all bigger than a G19/17/22/23 frame. The trigger reach is not the same.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17108791 03/28/22
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high_country_ Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,212 Likes: 3 E. WA / N. ID	The reach sucks for me. I have been researching triggers that can shorten it up. After a few hundred 200gr loads my trigger finger is blistered from mashing the frame.....non issue on all other glocks. Originally Posted by BrentD I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17113886 03/29/22
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Burleyboy Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,046 Likes: 4 Idaho	I've had a gen 3sf and a gen4 and I likes the gen 3 sf better. I bought an xdm 10mm when they came out and have since sold the glock. I really like my xdm 10mms and look forward to getting an m&p 10mm too. I love 10mms. Bb

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 Burleyboy #17113897 03/29/22
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TX35W Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,390 Texas	Originally Posted by Burleyboy I've had a gen 3sf and a gen4 and I likes the gen 3 sf better. I bought an xdm 10mm when they came out and have since sold the glock. I really like my xdm 10mms and look forward to getting an m&p 10mm too. I love 10mms. XDM in 10mm? I didn't know. They seem to have shorter trigger reach than Glocks in 9mm. Is that true of the 10mm also? I barely carry my G20SF bc it just doesn't fit my hand all that well. The G17s and G22 fit me like a glove. Edit: Looks like the XDM in full size 10mm is gone. But I will be getting me one of them 10mm M&Ps for sure. Last edited by TX35W; 03/29/22.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 TX35W #17115451 03/30/22
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cwh2 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,317 Anchorage, AK	Originally Posted by TX35W Edit: Looks like the XDM in full size 10mm is gone. But I will be getting me one of them 10mm M&Ps for sure. Wow... I see that. News to me, and bad news at that. I suspect they will be replaced with the XDM Elite, but what a stupid move.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 tcp #17115614 03/30/22
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ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,534 Radcliff, Kentucky	But, but, but, I thought Glock advertised "Perfection" from the git-go??????? If they're "perfect", now come they have four or five "generations"?????? You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 ratsmacker #17115745 03/30/22
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UPhiker Campfire Tracker U Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,856 Michigan	Originally Posted by ratsmacker But, but, but, I thought Glock advertised "Perfection" from the git-go??????? If they're "perfect", now come they have four or five "generations"?????? 1911, 1911A1, Series 70, Series 80...

Re: Meaningful improvement from gen 3 Glock 20sf to gen 4 UPhiker #17116251 03/30/22
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ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,534 Radcliff, Kentucky	Originally Posted by UPhiker Originally Posted by ratsmacker But, but, but, I thought Glock advertised "Perfection" from the git-go??????? If they're "perfect", now come they have four or five "generations"?????? 1911, 1911A1, Series 70, Series 80... Colt wasn't claiming they were perfect, though....................... just that they were the best. You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.

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