The Slimline lineup comprises a selection of pistols visually similar to Compacts and Subcompacts, featuring slim frames and slides intended to facilitate concealed carrying and reduce printing. Like the Standard models, the G29 and G30 are large-frame subcompacts, whereas others are small-frame, with the same interchangeability factor. Glock classifies the following models as Subcompacts: The primary purpose of these pistols is deep-concealed carrying, and law enforcement officers use them as backup guns. Glock created the Subcompact frame size to answer the G19’s perceived shortcomings as a concealment pistol (mainly, overall size and bulk). The Subcompact lineup comprises pistols modeled after the original subcompact Glock, the Glock 26. These similar pistols are based on the prototype Glock 19 MHS, featuring a G19-sized frame and slide length, but with the grip length (and overall height) of a G17. The G19X and G45 are classified in the Compact category but are better known as crossover pistols. It possesses very little in common with most other Glock pistols, employing a direct blowback mechanism instead of the centerfire models’ tilting-barrel, short-recoil operation. The Glock 44 is the sole rimfire compact, and so far, the only rimfire Glock pistol ever made. Like Standard small-frame models, they also feature interchangeable slide assemblies, enabling conversions from one model to another. The G19, G23, G32, and G38 comprise the original compacts, as they are all based on the original Glock 19, a reduced-size version of the Glock 17. The Compact Glock frame size comprises models either patterned after or resembling the original compact Glock, the Glock 19.Ĭurrent Compact Glocks comprise the following models:Įnthusiasts further separate Compact Glocks into three sub-categories: original compacts, crossover models, and rimfire models.
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However, you cannot install a large-frame slide assembly on a small frame (and vice-versa).įor example, this interchangeability allows the end-user to convert a Glock 17 to a Glock 22 merely by removing the G17’s slide assembly and magazine, installing a G22 slide assembly, and inserting a. The difference between a small-frame and a large-frame pistol is interchangeability. Small-frame models feature fully interchangeable slide assemblies with any other small-frame model, and the same is true of large-frame models. The current Standard models are as follows:Īlthough all of these pistols feature nearly identical dimensions, Glock enthusiasts sometimes unofficially distinguish between “ Small-frame” and “ Large-frame” models. The Standard Glock frame size comprises full-size models patterned after the original Glock pistol, the Glock 17. Officially, Glock recognizes five frame sizes in its model lineup: Standard, Compact, Subcompact, Slimline, and Competition.
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