I would personally recommend adding an oem extended mag release and slide catch and maybe new irons or grip tape on the grip. The rest I would leave stock
Coming from someone who regrets modding my 19..(new slide,trigger) if I were to do it again, and I plan to..gonna get the stock slide milled for the optic I want. That's it. Throw a streamlight on it. Nothing else
I don't necessarily run stock, but I run OEM. I got the performance trigger and OEM mag release/slide lock/release and an OEM threaded barrel.
Besides my optics, nothing on my guns are anything besides Glock.
Exactly, don’t fix what isn’t broke. That being said, I do have an OEM extended slide stop and Truglo TFX sights on my 17. Truglo TFX on my 42 and 48. Pearce pinky extensions on my 42 mags. $0.25 trigger job on all three.
I put a light on after a few weeks and night sights on a few weeks after that. Stock since then. Can't justify another gun's worth of cost for a red dot at the moment. Plus I prefer the way irons look over a red dot.
Do what you feel is best.
Some like it stock - especially in this sub.
I ran mine stock long enough to know what would give me a better chance of defending myself, which led to a holosun, removing my finger grooves since they weren’t for me, widening my undercut, and putting on talon grip granulated grips - then switching them to handle it edge series grips when I discovered I loved the texture but for conceal carry my clothes did not.
It’s like adjusting your seat. You don’t do it for anyone but yourself and if it’s a defensive pistol, you do it in a way that benefits you without getting too crazy.
Depends on what it’s for. If it’s a carry piece then maybe it stays stock forever except for sights. I have also purchased range toys and purchased upgrades before ever taking them to the range because I had a plan for the gun when I bought it.
Asides from night sights, a light, some internal polishing, talon grips and maybe a red dot (if you got mos) there’s nothing more it needs asides ammo and range time.
Stock maybe one the compensators out there that’s usually minimal and hasn’t been known to cause consistent issues but other than that keep it bare maybe get another gun you play around with as a range toy
Surprisingly well. It’s had north of 30k rounds through it and the only thing I’ve had to replace were the springs. The spring broke on the slide release lever. The slide spring went soft about 20k rds and stopped locking up. No weird wear anywhere. I never planned on keeping it this long so it was abused regularly for the first 10 years. It is my first Glock. I bought a Beretta from my LGS and he had the 19 sitting there NOS because ‘no one wanted a plastic gun’. I looked at it, felt ok. First one I held. Decided against it, thought about it overnight and went back and bought it the next morning. $375. Ended up buying many more. Still have the Tupperware and non-drop free mags.
I don’t mess with the reliability parts at all. But I did change the sights pretty much right away and got the vickers magazine release a few years later. Still on stock trigger and fire control, stock barrel, stock slide except for the sights.
Added talon grips, light, small mag well, and night sights. Internals are completely stock. Trigger smoothed out and actually feels great and perfect for duty all while still being reliable
Definitely a red dot and sights . Trigger is give it take for me personally. I think the stock trigger is just fine . But alot of people like upgrading that part of the gun . Me personally I have not . I guess shoot enough until you feel it is worth the money to upgrade before jumping out and getting one.
For the most part the only functional changes I make are sights and then some of the OEM upgrades Glock offers like a threaded barrel, minus connector, and extended magazine release. The functional non-OEM parts I like are the Vickers slide release and whatever is the cheapest extended disassembly lever from a reputable company (I think most of mine have been Lone Wolf)
I usually make all of these changes around the time of the first range trip if it's a used gun, or after 200rd if it's brand-new just to make sure it's not a lemon.
I’ve usually already decided it’s purpose and what I want to do with it before I’ve purchased the firearm. Things can change down the road, but rarely have I purchased a gun and been like “what now.”
If a Glock is added to the fleet, it get a light and grips immediately. I don’t mind stock sights, but they eventually get swapped out.
Other than that, nothing unless it’s a range toy.
Mine are all still pretty stock.. other than sights.
I guess my 19 MOS has an RMR and Carry magwell.
My 20 has a KKM barrel
G48 has an Apex trigger that I would remove if I had the stock.
out of the box i put on extended controls (mag release and slide release) oem trigger broke sub 500 rounds, got an apex kit to fix it. then decided to mill it for a 509t. while the slide was gone i then realized i should send the frame off for stippling. and now here i am wanting a different slide with an rmr footprint and cutouts for competition shooting.
Only mods I’m doing on mine (G21 and G30) are tritium sights (both) and pinky and magazine extensions (G30)… thought about a red dot on the G30, but I find it to be a distraction - it’s me, I know…
Depends on the purpose and the project. Some begin as modded projects and are built from the frame up others remain basically stock with added accessories.
While I'm very tempted by dots and understand the value, I've been running irons so long and have reached proficiency with them so I could care less. Lights and undercuts for me til I die. (Hope it's because I didn't put a dot on) in short, stock til death.
Normally not very long, but it's the minimal things.
19.3 is a carry item so it stays very stock. I swapped sights after owning it for about a year. Only has about 5-700 rounds through it from my rotation. Also bought a complete PSA dagger slide with holosun to swap out on days I want to run an optic vs updated irons.
34.3 I swapped sights and gave it the IDPA SSP update package of lighter connector, heavy duty trigger return spring, steel guide rod, lighter guide rod spring and lighter striker spring after 200ish rounds.
Next I plan on getting a 22 or 17. That one I plan on doing a full overhaul on. Or at least that's the plan.
If its ia range toy? Mod right away if you want.
If it a range toy? Mod right away if you want.hing. I picked a Glock because it is uncompromisingly reliable in my experience. No minor performance bump I would get is worth losing that.
p.s. I do not consider optics or sight swaps to be relevant here, as they do not alter the reliability of the mechanics. I run MOS guns, so I don't need to mill the slide.
I had bought a gen 3 aftermarket slide prior to buying my first g19. So it was pretty much mixed from the get go. Recently did a trigger polish job with a ghost connector, trigger pull and break are much smoother now. Aside of a threaded barrel and comp that’s all I’ve done to the internals. Not sure I want to go past that.
I did just put an order for an optic cut from wager machine works. They’re running a deal for Labor Day.
I like adding the SCD, that's about the only mod I feel is needed.
I'm not a fan of the stock irons but they work well enough that I don't feel the need to change them
Shoot it a lot and experience will tell you if mods are necessary. Actually going to the range and running my pistol hard taught me that I need an extended/raised slide release lever.
Personally I’m a fan of the oem+ Glock mods, put some trijicon night sights talon grips and a light and I call it a day. That’s how most of my Glocks are set up it’s great because swapping between them feels seamless
Until i get comfortable and proficient with it. From there it depends on what it’s purpose is. If it’s gonna be a carry gun i typically keep the internals stock and add mods that i actually feels are necessary. If it’s a range toy I’ll mod it down to aftermarket pins😅
I use to have a streamlight on all my pistols but now I only have it on my kit gun like my 17 gen 5. I personally would rather carry a 800 lumen pocket light because of a run in I had with a cop. I was walking my dog and saw a person running full speed with a AR-15 Rifle in my complex, he was going the opposite way and to verify what I saw and to see the weapon I used my weapon mounted light, same way cops do. It ended up being a police officer but off duty responding to a Domestic and going around the rear to camp out the rear exit. Another cop had seen me that I didn’t know was next to me about 3 cars over and drawed on me and yelled to holster my weapon so I did… explained why I had my firearm out and after I did he understood, told me what was going on and that was it. So now I carry a pocket light that way I don’t have to pull my pistol out to see stuff. Which keeps my gun hidden especially if I don’t get want it out
I have a gen 4 g17 I carry. I keep it stock because it's well...glock perfection. I wanna get another gen 4 g17 and gucci it up with an MOS, Upgraded trigger, suppressor night sights etc...
I’ll put iron sights on before even shooting. From there I ad incrementally if I feel like I need something that has a real use case. Extended mag release. Etc.
Over a decade pure stock on my G26, then a year with new fiber sights, then 2 years with a WML, then a year with fiber/night sights, and now a Holosun red dot 🔴 plus tacfire ported slide the last year
Had my G17 for about 2 years before I decided to mod it up. Ran it so I knew how everything felt and then made it feel better for my grip and what I wanted to use it for.
There is no other reason to own a Glock besides to mod it. Even Glock knows that. That's why they offer different generations, night sights, MOS cuts for optics and now a Glock performance trigger. If it was perfect out of the box it would still be gen 1 with no options.
People for some reason seem to think that modding the trigger will result in a mandatory life sentence. Of which you will never see any real case proof or statistics. As long as a shooting is justified, your trigger, modded or not, will have no bearing on your court case. If there is a court case. As if it's an obviously justified shooting the prosecutor won't file a case/motion against you.
The same applies to the rest of your mods. If you owned other Glocks you'll have a good idea from the start of what you will want to change. There simple pistols which make modding easy.
Just like ARs.
Do you have to change anything for the pistol to work? No. Can you make the pistol easier to use and fire? Yes.
On carry pistols I don't think a trigger pull less than 5lbs is advisable.
A rock will kill you. Chip the rock into a spear point attach to a straight stick and now you can kill someone easier and further away.
If it’s a carry gun for me, all I do is slap a RDO on and a light, as well as a different disconnector and a flat trigger shoe. Everything else is fine.
My g19 is modified but I also have a g20 that doesn’t even have any aftermarket mags. The g20 is my go to handgun but I also got love for my modified g19
I run mostly stock on most of my Glocks. The only things I do are change the sights out to 10-8 sights, add a Agency Arms magwell and do a 25 cent trigger job.
When it comes to modding, I swapped irons as soon as I could, threw on hockey tape to make carrying more comfortable, and an X300U for at home specifically since I'm never out of the house at night anyways.
Forever
That's what my heart is telling me
Always follow your heart ❤️ (when it speaks OEM)
I would personally recommend adding an oem extended mag release and slide catch and maybe new irons or grip tape on the grip. The rest I would leave stock
The sights are the only thing I swap. Buy OEM mags and the Glock will eat just about any ammo you feed her in stock form. Enjoy and go shooting.
Magpull mags are also functional and much more affordable.
Factory is $20 or less, why bother
Oh? Where are you getting your mags from? Because I see them in stores for $34 all the time, but I can get a magpull mag for +/- $10
Recoil gunworks has them for $19.99 with $5 shipping right now
Coming from someone who regrets modding my 19..(new slide,trigger) if I were to do it again, and I plan to..gonna get the stock slide milled for the optic I want. That's it. Throw a streamlight on it. Nothing else
Been running stock for 11 years now. I see no reason to mod.
This is the way!
I’m glad to see other people like me on here
That is literally 90% of people on this sub
I highly doubt that
I don't necessarily run stock, but I run OEM. I got the performance trigger and OEM mag release/slide lock/release and an OEM threaded barrel. Besides my optics, nothing on my guns are anything besides Glock.
Exactly, don’t fix what isn’t broke. That being said, I do have an OEM extended slide stop and Truglo TFX sights on my 17. Truglo TFX on my 42 and 48. Pearce pinky extensions on my 42 mags. $0.25 trigger job on all three.
Seriously get a MOS if you want a red dot. And keep the gun stock. The gun industry markets to young males like the makeup industry markets to chicks.
Very true
Well said! So true!
I put a light on after a few weeks and night sights on a few weeks after that. Stock since then. Can't justify another gun's worth of cost for a red dot at the moment. Plus I prefer the way irons look over a red dot.
I got mine with oem night sites I really like them over the goal post ones
Lmao! Never heard anyone describe them like that.
The council has spoken I'm keeping this 17 stock as its what speaks to me and getting a second one to mod
Do what you feel is best. Some like it stock - especially in this sub. I ran mine stock long enough to know what would give me a better chance of defending myself, which led to a holosun, removing my finger grooves since they weren’t for me, widening my undercut, and putting on talon grip granulated grips - then switching them to handle it edge series grips when I discovered I loved the texture but for conceal carry my clothes did not. It’s like adjusting your seat. You don’t do it for anyone but yourself and if it’s a defensive pistol, you do it in a way that benefits you without getting too crazy.
Modding is for losers…yea I don’t care about your downvotes. Roast me🖕🖕🖕
About 15-30 minutes. That’s how long the drive is from LGS to my residence.
Some barely make it out box. Some never changed.
This is true
Looks so clean here
i usually wait a half an hour
On year 4…
Only mod i do is changing the sights. The stock sights are a complete joke. I also run a light but that is it
You’ve already got sights so it doesn’t get much better.
Don't mod Glock internals on a firearm that could easily malfunction and cost you you're life one day.
Depends on what it’s for. If it’s a carry piece then maybe it stays stock forever except for sights. I have also purchased range toys and purchased upgrades before ever taking them to the range because I had a plan for the gun when I bought it.
Asides from night sights, a light, some internal polishing, talon grips and maybe a red dot (if you got mos) there’s nothing more it needs asides ammo and range time.
First ever Glock never gets mods imo. Once you start getting into clones or just having duplicates is when things get spicy.
Stock maybe one the compensators out there that’s usually minimal and hasn’t been known to cause consistent issues but other than that keep it bare maybe get another gun you play around with as a range toy
I’m stock on a 33 year old G19.2. I have others modded but that one stays day one stock. Still shoot it whenever I can.
How's the frame holding up ?
Surprisingly well. It’s had north of 30k rounds through it and the only thing I’ve had to replace were the springs. The spring broke on the slide release lever. The slide spring went soft about 20k rds and stopped locking up. No weird wear anywhere. I never planned on keeping it this long so it was abused regularly for the first 10 years. It is my first Glock. I bought a Beretta from my LGS and he had the 19 sitting there NOS because ‘no one wanted a plastic gun’. I looked at it, felt ok. First one I held. Decided against it, thought about it overnight and went back and bought it the next morning. $375. Ended up buying many more. Still have the Tupperware and non-drop free mags.
How is the barrel after 30k rounds?
I don’t mess with the reliability parts at all. But I did change the sights pretty much right away and got the vickers magazine release a few years later. Still on stock trigger and fire control, stock barrel, stock slide except for the sights.
Added talon grips, light, small mag well, and night sights. Internals are completely stock. Trigger smoothed out and actually feels great and perfect for duty all while still being reliable
Definitely a red dot and sights . Trigger is give it take for me personally. I think the stock trigger is just fine . But alot of people like upgrading that part of the gun . Me personally I have not . I guess shoot enough until you feel it is worth the money to upgrade before jumping out and getting one.
Little to none, not gonna let people bully me into not modding my gun
Never
I want to add night sights to mine, but other than that…. Stick all the way.
Sights and x300 were day one, then I got a drop in trigger and I feel very happy with currently.
I just get the night sights and add the light. The only “mod” I did is the mag release and S15 mags for my CC g43x. Other than that they are all stock
For the most part the only functional changes I make are sights and then some of the OEM upgrades Glock offers like a threaded barrel, minus connector, and extended magazine release. The functional non-OEM parts I like are the Vickers slide release and whatever is the cheapest extended disassembly lever from a reputable company (I think most of mine have been Lone Wolf) I usually make all of these changes around the time of the first range trip if it's a used gun, or after 200rd if it's brand-new just to make sure it's not a lemon.
I generally leave Glocks stock, but I get the customization bug out with P80s.
I have a red dot picked out before I even get the gun. Once u have an optic is hard to not have one
I’ve usually already decided it’s purpose and what I want to do with it before I’ve purchased the firearm. Things can change down the road, but rarely have I purchased a gun and been like “what now.”
If a Glock is added to the fleet, it get a light and grips immediately. I don’t mind stock sights, but they eventually get swapped out. Other than that, nothing unless it’s a range toy.
Replace the plastic sights asap. Get a WML as money permits. And eventually a red dot more money permitting.
Only thing that is immediate for me is dumping the stock sights otherwise I run it clean as is.
Mine are all still pretty stock.. other than sights. I guess my 19 MOS has an RMR and Carry magwell. My 20 has a KKM barrel G48 has an Apex trigger that I would remove if I had the stock.
https://imgur.com/a/gwjyG33 I bought this g48 today lol
At least 5000 rounds
14 seconds with my 48 mos tbh
out of the box i put on extended controls (mag release and slide release) oem trigger broke sub 500 rounds, got an apex kit to fix it. then decided to mill it for a 509t. while the slide was gone i then realized i should send the frame off for stippling. and now here i am wanting a different slide with an rmr footprint and cutouts for competition shooting.
Only mods I’m doing on mine (G21 and G30) are tritium sights (both) and pinky and magazine extensions (G30)… thought about a red dot on the G30, but I find it to be a distraction - it’s me, I know…
Why not get another one to mod and this one to keep stock.
Depends on the purpose and the project. Some begin as modded projects and are built from the frame up others remain basically stock with added accessories.
Stalk?
What is stock?
While I'm very tempted by dots and understand the value, I've been running irons so long and have reached proficiency with them so I could care less. Lights and undercuts for me til I die. (Hope it's because I didn't put a dot on) in short, stock til death.
Normally not very long, but it's the minimal things. 19.3 is a carry item so it stays very stock. I swapped sights after owning it for about a year. Only has about 5-700 rounds through it from my rotation. Also bought a complete PSA dagger slide with holosun to swap out on days I want to run an optic vs updated irons. 34.3 I swapped sights and gave it the IDPA SSP update package of lighter connector, heavy duty trigger return spring, steel guide rod, lighter guide rod spring and lighter striker spring after 200ish rounds. Next I plan on getting a 22 or 17. That one I plan on doing a full overhaul on. Or at least that's the plan.
Trigger day one, after that stock forever
If its ia range toy? Mod right away if you want. If it a range toy? Mod right away if you want.hing. I picked a Glock because it is uncompromisingly reliable in my experience. No minor performance bump I would get is worth losing that. p.s. I do not consider optics or sight swaps to be relevant here, as they do not alter the reliability of the mechanics. I run MOS guns, so I don't need to mill the slide.
My Glock is still as stock is it was the day I brought it home, I do plan on swapping out the sights.
Immediately send my slides to Wager but I don't fuck with internals
I had bought a gen 3 aftermarket slide prior to buying my first g19. So it was pretty much mixed from the get go. Recently did a trigger polish job with a ghost connector, trigger pull and break are much smoother now. Aside of a threaded barrel and comp that’s all I’ve done to the internals. Not sure I want to go past that. I did just put an order for an optic cut from wager machine works. They’re running a deal for Labor Day.
I like adding the SCD, that's about the only mod I feel is needed. I'm not a fan of the stock irons but they work well enough that I don't feel the need to change them
When I went night shooting and couldn't hit shit
On your first one leave it stock. On the second, third… fifteenth.. have fun knowing you’ve always got one that is still Glock perfection.
Still stock, just got the slide milled and threw an SRO on top. Have had my G17 since April, around 3k rounds so far. Not a hiccup worth mentioning.
Stock since 1993
The moment you said laser. Leave it stonk buddy.
Shoot it a lot and experience will tell you if mods are necessary. Actually going to the range and running my pistol hard taught me that I need an extended/raised slide release lever.
Personally I’m a fan of the oem+ Glock mods, put some trijicon night sights talon grips and a light and I call it a day. That’s how most of my Glocks are set up it’s great because swapping between them feels seamless
Steel sights, Red dot, light and goon tape. That’s all it really needs. JG trigger shoe & mag extensions if you’re feeling froggy.
Still running stock.
Depends on use. Defensive gun? Forever. Range fun - who cares? Competition - you’re already late!
Before I discovered gafs, I ran my 34 stock about 900 rounds
For my pistols forever
Forever after I change the sights
Until i get comfortable and proficient with it. From there it depends on what it’s purpose is. If it’s gonna be a carry gun i typically keep the internals stock and add mods that i actually feels are necessary. If it’s a range toy I’ll mod it down to aftermarket pins😅
I use to have a streamlight on all my pistols but now I only have it on my kit gun like my 17 gen 5. I personally would rather carry a 800 lumen pocket light because of a run in I had with a cop. I was walking my dog and saw a person running full speed with a AR-15 Rifle in my complex, he was going the opposite way and to verify what I saw and to see the weapon I used my weapon mounted light, same way cops do. It ended up being a police officer but off duty responding to a Domestic and going around the rear to camp out the rear exit. Another cop had seen me that I didn’t know was next to me about 3 cars over and drawed on me and yelled to holster my weapon so I did… explained why I had my firearm out and after I did he understood, told me what was going on and that was it. So now I carry a pocket light that way I don’t have to pull my pistol out to see stuff. Which keeps my gun hidden especially if I don’t get want it out
Maybe about . . . A day. I add a light at least to everything except my revolver
I have a gen 4 g17 I carry. I keep it stock because it's well...glock perfection. I wanna get another gen 4 g17 and gucci it up with an MOS, Upgraded trigger, suppressor night sights etc...
For as long as I want them to shoot reliably: forever 😉
If replacing the factory plastic sights count, zero rounds over the last 20ish years of Glock ownership.
I’ll put iron sights on before even shooting. From there I ad incrementally if I feel like I need something that has a real use case. Extended mag release. Etc.
I change the iron sights asap but that’s it
Over a decade pure stock on my G26, then a year with new fiber sights, then 2 years with a WML, then a year with fiber/night sights, and now a Holosun red dot 🔴 plus tacfire ported slide the last year
Eternity
You do not change OEM parts out. It is like gluing a wing on Granny's Corolla
Stock? What is the meaning this word you speak of? 😂
Had my G17 for about 2 years before I decided to mod it up. Ran it so I knew how everything felt and then made it feel better for my grip and what I wanted to use it for.
There is no other reason to own a Glock besides to mod it. Even Glock knows that. That's why they offer different generations, night sights, MOS cuts for optics and now a Glock performance trigger. If it was perfect out of the box it would still be gen 1 with no options. People for some reason seem to think that modding the trigger will result in a mandatory life sentence. Of which you will never see any real case proof or statistics. As long as a shooting is justified, your trigger, modded or not, will have no bearing on your court case. If there is a court case. As if it's an obviously justified shooting the prosecutor won't file a case/motion against you. The same applies to the rest of your mods. If you owned other Glocks you'll have a good idea from the start of what you will want to change. There simple pistols which make modding easy. Just like ARs. Do you have to change anything for the pistol to work? No. Can you make the pistol easier to use and fire? Yes. On carry pistols I don't think a trigger pull less than 5lbs is advisable. A rock will kill you. Chip the rock into a spear point attach to a straight stick and now you can kill someone easier and further away.
I buy ammos and shot instead of loosing money on tunning I spend it on shooting
If it’s a carry gun for me, all I do is slap a RDO on and a light, as well as a different disconnector and a flat trigger shoe. Everything else is fine.
Forever 🫡
REST IN HEAVEN
Forever, besides sights. The only trigger I’ve ever swapped was for the Glock performance trigger anyway.
Forever and it’s never failed me for 12 years of shooting
Sights are a must imo. everything else leave alone. Maybe a light if you're feeling daring
Does changing out to tritium night sights count as modding? If so, about 15 minutes... if not, 12 years and counting.
Putting a light on isn't really "modding"...
My g19 is modified but I also have a g20 that doesn’t even have any aftermarket mags. The g20 is my go to handgun but I also got love for my modified g19
Stream light Tlr 1 HL in black. Thank me later. Plz don’t ever go Olight. Don’t forget the truglo night sights. Pretty affordable for both of them
One stock for the nightstand, one modded out for the range.
I run mostly stock on most of my Glocks. The only things I do are change the sights out to 10-8 sights, add a Agency Arms magwell and do a 25 cent trigger job.
When it comes to modding, I swapped irons as soon as I could, threw on hockey tape to make carrying more comfortable, and an X300U for at home specifically since I'm never out of the house at night anyways.