Massad Ayoob On The Glock 43
Massad Ayoob has taken a look at the Glock 43, over at Glock headquarters in Smyrna, Georgia:
The takeaways:
- Full power 9mm +P.
- Low “pistol course” suitable recoil.
- Issued with 1 “shooting” extended floorplate magazine.
- Trigger reach adjusted “just right” for all finger lengths.
- No gun-related malfunctions; one ammunition malfunction, and one “human error” malfunciton
This is essentially a “laundry list” of features that folks have been hoping for with the Glock single stack 9mm handgun. In this author’s opinion, Glock has used their (considerable) time in developing this handgun wisely to create the best shooting 9mm single stack compact handgun they could, contingent on more extensive and well-documented reviews, of course.
Will this be enough to overtake the lead Smith & Wesson, Walther, and Kahr have over Glock in this category? Only time will tell!
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Nathaniel is a history enthusiast and firearms hobbyist whose primary interest lies in military small arms technological developments beginning with the smokeless powder era. He can be reached via email at nathaniel.f@staff.thefirearmblog.com.
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The desire is out there, only announced acouple days ago and already we have had multiple people come into our shop wanting to see one!
Look at the oz difference between this gun and the original 17.weight to power ratio ,throw in the 19.The 19 is easy to carry.All these new gun people want to forget they have it.Carry is comforting,not comfortable.Even the 26 still makes more sense.