Q5 vs standard 5” PPQ slide weights.

[MemphisMechanic]

I broke the scale out today. This is interesting...

 

 

No wonder the “lightened” slide of my Q5 always felt slightly softer, yet slightly flippier than a standard 5” PPQ does.

 

Difference in mass is only 5.4% but it isn’t in the direction that you’d expect.  

 

Edited January 20, 2019 by MemphisMechanic

[MemphisMechanic]

[goshimu]

Can you not remove the part to put an optic to essentially cut even more weight?

[PokerNGuns]

3 hours ago, goshimu said:

Can you not remove the part to put an optic to essentially cut even more weight?

Then you would have no rear sight as they are attached

[Honeybooboo]

Isn’t there an actual standard 5” PPQ too without any slide cuts?

[MemphisMechanic]

36 minutes ago, Honeybooboo said:

Isn’t there an actual standard 5” PPQ too without any slide cuts?

 

Yes. Doesn’t have the six ports.

 

I’d be shocked if it doesn’t have even more internal milling to keep it roughly the same weight.

 

The engineers know how much  slide mass they need for optimum reliability (slide speed) without the gun beating itself to death because it’s plowing right through the recoil spring and battering the locking block.

[goshimu]

On 1/21/2019 at 1:19 AM, PokerNGuns said:

Then you would have no rear sight as they are attached

Ok thought perhaps was separate. Good to know 

[threat]

On 1/20/2019 at 12:16 PM, MemphisMechanic said:

 

Yes. Doesn’t have the six ports.

 

I’d be shocked if it doesn’t have even more internal milling to keep it roughly the same weight.

 

The engineers know how much  slide mass they need for optimum reliability (slide speed) without the gun beating itself to death because it’s plowing right through the recoil spring and battering the locking block.

This. People seem to forget this.

The interesting questions then would be as to why they made the Q5 Match have a heavier slide in a gun that will probably be shooting lighter loads.