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I wish they'd come out with a 48 concept .45 or 10mm.

MS:

Just wondering, but if you were to venture forth into brown bear country whether you would pack your Glock 20 (10MM) or 21 (45ACP). Assume your top-shelf loads in either. I believe you have both, but which one has the edge IYO?

Thanks, in advance.

Mr.sagebrush, gave you shot a new Gen 5 model 23 yet? I just bought one and am looking to putting some of your ammo through it.

I’ve been ready to pull the trigger on a USP45 but lack of RDO option held me up so keep going back to the 21 but the accepted accuracy edge of the Hk over a Glock has had me stalled. Think you pushed me over the edge to buy another Glock.

+1 & 2

I like the looks of that optic from C&H. Did that mount directly to the MOS cut or did it require an adapter plate?

Do you have a pic looking through the optic?

Friends,



Those who are long time Campfire readers and participants are likely to know that I have been an advocate of the Glock 21 .45 ACP for many years, having a couple decades worth of experience with them. I have used the G21 Gen 3 as a duty, competition, hunting and large animal defense gun. To be honest I really did not pay much attention to the Gen 4s when they came out. However I did pick up a Gen 5 G 20, and it had some very interesting upgrades. Enough so that it piqued my interest about perhaps getting my hands on a Gen 5 G21. Plus I had heard a few people make some comments about the Gen 5 G21 being super accurate. Honestly I was curious about this, as I knew from shooting the Gen 3 that the G21.3 is extremely accurate. Far more than most really realize.

Skipping right to it, I finally got my hands on a G21 Gen 5. It definitely was going to need an RDO to eek out top accuracy performance. So it was topped with a C&H Precision Duty, closed emitter RDO.





Our weather here has been not so hot (literally). But after getting the sight mounted I could not stand not shooting it. Schools were shut down due to blizzard warnings, and kids were driving me nuts so it was a good day to take a mental health break and go to the range, even if it was snowing, the wind was blowing and the temps were in the single digits!

I did have to do a little shovel work first..



But morning found me at the range and surprisingly there were no other vehicle tracks going in!



The wind was blowing a LOT more out of town! But I paced off 20 yards, set up a target and decided to see how close I would be on a USPSA target. I was just shooting over my tailgate with a couple of sandbags. I did not have much desire to drag everything out, as it was brisk out..

Not exactly a fancy setup and the wind was blowing hard enough that it was covering my gear and rocking my target a little.




The first 5 shots over the bags with cold hands/stinging fingers and I had a pretty good idea that this was something to pay attention to.



I went back and made an adjustment, to move the point of impact up. Fired another 5 rounds.

Actually, before I fired the next 5 rounds, I literally did 10 jumping jack and stuck my fingers in my armpits for a minute as they were fairly cold, and I needed to warm them up enough to feel the trigger better.



Yep,

This gun shoots.


BTW, the big window on RDO was very nice. It is one of those things where you instantly know it is the right choice.

I had some old 200 grain LSWCs and put 10 in a mag, just to see how they would group.

They were not bad, but I could tell I was not going to do my best work, as my hands were already getting really cold, but here is the group with those:



I shot 2 mags of my heavy 250+Ps at a relatively quick pace, at part of the backstop, just to confirm function. Ran great, not a real surprise there.

I have been a LONG time advocate of the G21.3 but I can tell already that the Gen 5 is going to cause my old Gen 3 to be put into backup, status.

Quite impressed so far.

There will definitely be more to report with this gun. But I knew I was not going to give it a fair shake due to degraded human performance caused by environmental factors.

It does look rather robust.

My Gen 2 21 is probably my favorite Glock. It fits like a glove and has the best trigger of any of mine. Now, I have never shot a gen5 to compare it to though.

The old gen 2 has a factory trigger of 4.5 pounds. I haven’t seen another like it. They are usually 5.5 or some models come with a 3.5.

I'm with Mackay. I prefer the cold to the heat. Additionally, I've done what Mackay describes above many times. I've endured the very cold, less than ideal conditions, to shoot and experiment with a new toy. There end the similarities. I consider myself a good shot. But, when I look at your pictured groupings I think to myself; "self, you can't shoot that well on a completely still, 70 degree day". Well done Mackay and thanks for the report.

What's the capacity?


I like glocks now.