Glock 34 Gen 5 Extended Mag release

[Makicjf]

Howdy,

               Making a transition from revo to square guns.  I discovered two things at a match yesterday, one I can fix and one I need gear advice on. Issue #1: the 1.150 nominal oal of the 165 grain bullets I had left from my revolver can vary enough from range brass to range brass to bind a mag or keep the slide from going into battery ( at least 6 ammo related issues yesterday).  The charge is low enough I should be able to seat the "long" rounds below 1.150 and fix my ammo errors. 

The second issue was the mag release.  It is a little mushy, but after the beep, I learned it can be challenging to push it in all the way...  I'm looking for an extended mag release that is a bit proud of the grip, but not so big my largish hands inadvertently drop the mag.  Any suggestions?

    I also had a thought/question.  On the MOS Gen 5,  is there any reason I can't remove the milled section of the slide and not install a plate and optic?  Would this simply lighten the slide a bit and reduce reciprocating mass?  I've already got the heavy mag well and guider rod installed, and have a holster ordered that will allow me to run a Streamlight frame "weight" (blinded flashlight).  Would removing the MOS plate lighten the slide and not cause other issues.  The pistol is being shot in Limited.

Jason

Edited February 18, 2019 by Makicjf

[Xanatos903]

1. Yeah, definitely bump the OAL down a bit to run in Glock mags, especially if you're running any sort of extension. 

 

2. I was running a large-frame extended mag release on mine, and it led to exactly the problem you're mentioning so don't do that. I eventually settled on just the Glock OEM extended mag release for small-frame guns. It's a tad proud, and only requires me to slightly break my grip to give it a positive push. 

 

3. Nope, you can run without the plate without any trouble. It's not going to remove a lot of weight, but it will reduce it some. 

[Makicjf]

Both the Dawson and Arredondo extensions bound with the longer loads.  I reset my seating die this morning to a length that allowed 40 checked rounds to feed.  The only downside is I need to re-seat about 700 rounds.  ( the price for not checking oal more completely).   I'll look into the Glock release.

Thanks!

Jason

[Aircooled6racer]

Hello: If you reload to 1.140" OAL you will not have any issues with any bullet profile I have tried. I don't think you will need the flashlight weight with a Glock 34 to reduce muzzle flip. You may want to try some 147's as well. Since you are a revolver guy the Glock will be easier for you to shoot. Thanks, Eric

[Makicjf]

The only " shooting" issue I have is I'll sometimes break a shot ahead of the sight aligning.  Revo triggers stroke and sights align in time with the trigger stroke.  Strikers don't stroke, they break.  At speed I noticed the difference, though I shot 80 % A's yesterday. That is less than Revo, but not awful for the first match with a Glock

[tdp88]

The Taran basepads should be fine with 1.15 OAL.


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