Paul49

I recently held a friend's Shadow 2 in one hand and an STI in the other. The STI was perfectly balanced. The Shadow 2 was very nose heavy. My G35 as depicted is also more balanced given frame weight up front and magwell weight in the heel.

I'm surprised that your G24 doesn't weight more. My G35 as shown above, August 19th weighs 42.75 ounces as depicted with no magazine inserted. I'd image the compensator weighs about the same as your added barrel and slide length? Or does the G24 slide have greater weight reducing cuts to keep it similar in weight to the G35? Still my threaded G35 barrel must be shorter than the G24. I have the standard length tungsten guide rod. The longer uncaptured tungsten guide rod ran into the back bottom of the compensator when the slide cycled. Is there a weight attached to your magwell? My Glockstore magwell comes with either a 3 or 4 ounce brass weight as pictured here. Could that be some of the difference?

Yosturm and I give the same advice, contrary to most of the others in this thread. There are night sights on the market with fiber optics included. Look up the Truglos mentioned above and linked, for example. Let me also disagree that putting a Surefire or other quality light on your pistol's rail solves your night sighting home defense situation. Think about it. The light is at the muzzle, it doesn't illuminate your sights, but leaves them in the shadows. I've shot night matches with USPSA like stages. Some of the competitors at these matches used their daytime competition pistols with fiber optic sights, but wore low brightness head lamps to illuminate their day sights which were otherwise in the dark despite their Surefires or Streamlights. Try it in the dark at home with the lights out and only your rail mounted light on.

Photo please!

Had a captured tungsten guide rod for a year or so, replaced it with an uncaptured tungsten rod about nine months then just restored the captured one because the uncaptured one hit my new compensator when cycling. Neither has been a problem while shooting about a thousand rounds a month mostly in competition.

NOT at all. The frame weight slides onto the accessory rail, then is held in place by two Allen screws through its base that pressure hold it to the rail. See my post from August 19th where the two hex screws in the base are visible. They create a downward tension that does not allow the frame weight to slide on the rail.

Before you buy pure fiber optic day use sights, you might want to consider "how else might I use this G19?" If that answer includes concealed carry and/or home defense, then you might want to look at day/night combinations such as: Truglo which has an evolving line of tritium and fiber optic combinations, with one example being: http://www.truglo.com/firearms-handgun/brite-site-tfx-pro-handgun-sights.asp Or Trijicon who also make high grade day/ night combinations such as their HD and HD XR lines: https://www.trijicon.com/na_en/products/product1.php?id=HDXR If you go this way, then your competition represents intense practice or rehearsal of your HD or CCW weapon, something all the defense experts highly recommend. I have the Trijicon HDs on my HD G22 which I also use for competition on occasion. I got the Trijicons from Glockmeister when they were on sale. At the time I didn't have a sight pusher tool, so sent them the slide and they installed the sights for free and quickly.

You could get the magwell, compensator, frame weight and thumb rest all from Toni Systems with a wide range of colors. Or get their rail mounted system to have a frame mounted red dot in place of the frame weight... http://www.tonisystem.it/kit-accessori-glock-open.html

Like Stuey and I both said! Except, Stuey, no mention of the RMR? Sacrilege! I bought both Deltapoint Pro models, the 2.5 MOA dot on my open G35 and the 7.5 MOA triangle on my wife's XD 9. Wasn't sure which one I'd like, but we each prefer what we have over our spouse's set up.

I started with a Lone Wolf in my G35.3, then a Glockstore Double Diamond in my G22.3. Both are more accurate than I am, AND they were less expensive than KKM, Stormlake or certainly Barstow, and all three were drop in, no fitting required.

This is more personal preference than single best answer, otherwise all the manufacturers would sell the same thing. Everyone will have an opinion. Do you have access to anyone who already has either or both that you could try?

 Yep sure does.  Edited 1 hour ago by usmc1974 Those of you blessed to live in free states could show some sympathy for those of us living in the nine states that limit magazine capacity, I believe all but one of those nine limits magazines to ten rounds. In this context the national level USPSA decided to implement Limited 10 to meet these competitors needs. Per Wikipedia: As of March 2014, Washington, D.C. and nine U.S. states have high-capacity magazine restrictions or bans.[21] California Colorado (on in-state sales of magazines with a capacity of 16 rounds or greater) Connecticut Hawaii (on handguns only) Maryland (on in-state sales of magazines with a capacity of 11 rounds or greater) Massachusetts New Jersey New York Vermont

Limited ten at least in California does does not apply to LEOs, licensed security folks, possibly Hollywood armorers and anyone who truly owned their magazines before the original magazine limitation that included a grandfather clause.

Because they are on the other side of the globe, I usually found an email response waiting for me in the morning of the day after my message. It was rarely more than one day delay.

Limited 10 is necessary for those shooters living in states where magazines are limited to ten rounds. It's just not fair to compete against max'd capacity 140 mm magazines. One magazine change per stage compared to three or four.

See my post in this thread, page 1, March 27th.

If you are referring to the frame weight with attached thumbrest, mine came from Italy. I detailed the easy purchase process in an earlier post on the Enos Forums. It was no more than two weeks from first contact through the Toni Systems website to receipt of my order. That smooth process led me to later order a Ghost the One holster from Toni Systems modified by them to fit their frame weight. Great customer service.

This late 60s guy will not try to follow that photo, but instead post the final outcome of his Open G35 with Toni Systems frame weight and thumb rest, Dueck Defense dovetail mount for Deltapoint Pro, Glockstore magwell, threaded barrel and compensator.

Have you considered trying one of the newer on the market factory 22 round magazines with your blue bullets? Glock should have the right spring for the extra capacity magazine already worked out, so that should test your blue bullets. These magazines are also way cheaper than a standard capacity with a +5 extension.

^^^^ !!!!!

Tell that to Bob Vogel or Shane Coley.

Just unsubscribed from the Talon email flyers. Too much email clutter. Bought one set with the rubber nubs not the sandpaper style and now it's covered by my Hogue grip sleeve. Needed the extra thickness to optimize my grip. Living in California I have to settle for Gen 3 with no blackstrap adjustability.

You guys are going around in circles. Give it up. Try a rubber grip sleeve. It provides friction to your hand on the outside and to the gun on the inside. If or when it moves, you just reposition it. My two cents.

Using a ruler NOT a caliper, they are about 38 mm long, 28 mm wide and 17 to 18 mm deep or tall.

I use a Hogue rubber grip sleeve. The Glock Gen 3 grip is a little too small. I cannot get a Gen 4 in California to get the grip adapters unless willing to pay twice retail on the private sales market. The rubber grip sleeve may shift ever so slightly over time, but I just rotate or slide it back into place.