New Glock G48 Single Stack Full Size

the Glock g48 let's check it out [Music] guys when I heard that Glock was introducing the g48 I had no idea what to expect and I went up to Wheaton arms who does all my gun transfers to pick it up and Robbie was real slow getting the Box open because he knew I was pretty excited to see what they came up with this is a single stack nine-millimeter very similar to the G 43 X but with a longer slide which gives it a better sight radius it's actually about the same profile as your model 19 but yet single stack and very thin when I first opened the box of the G 48 I had to ask the question why and why have a single stack full size 10 in one magazine pistol for a Glock I mean what is the real purpose behind it yes it has a longer sight radius than your compact version here comes the G 43 X st. pistols and will look a little bit more at this in a minute but the big difference is it's just a little bit longer slide but why go that way when you have a pretty much a full size pistol in fact this is the exact same profile as your model 19 I mean in every silhouette dimension now one of the big things though is that it is considerably thinner than the G 19 and so this will make it easier to carry which I've carried the G 19 over the years quite a bit it's not very difficult but here we have about you know 2/3 the size of the G 19 but guys the real story here to me and really to me one of the biggest pluses for this handgun is that if you live in a state that has magazine restrictions to ten rounds you can carry a full-sized pistol that is fully efficient for ten rounds instead of putting a ten round magazine in your Glock 19 you've got a much larger gun and really there's no other advantage because really the G 48 shoots about the same as your G 19 and really because the grip is so much thin you can get a really solid grip on the pistol so to me that is one of the best features of this pistol and so for you guys in those states to me this is an excellent option but it is also a easily concealable handgun but and it does have a long sight radius and that's going to really help to be able to track that front sight faster it's going to give you a little more slide to frame ratio it gives you a little more balance to be honest with you then some of the compacts and so it's really kind of a different animal and you know a lot of guys carry 1911 s and this is about the same size maybe it's a little smaller than your 1911 but it's super thin clean lines clean edges and again bringing in the G 43 X we have a pistol that is identical except that it has just a little bit of a shorter slide just a not even quite an inch but it does make a difference but here's the thing guys the biggest partes part to conceal is the grip so slide length is not really that big deal so if you're carrying the g 43 you're already having to cover for this longer grip it's better actually in a lot of cases to carry with a little bit of a longer slide you're going to be able to be much more accurate and be able to especially if you're taking 2nd 3rd follow-up shots again able to track those sights so to me that is one of the big advantages of the G 48 so we're gonna go ahead make sure the gun is unloaded drop the magazine check the chamber we have a 10 round magazine and we have another 10 round magazine these are in the Gen 5 configuration with the lip with the orange followers and these are just excellent now we have the G 43 which has a six round magazine we're going to go ahead and drop the magazine and check to make sure the gun is empty the magazine is a six round magazine and we have a ten round magazine here when we put it up we can see that the new magazines for the G 48 and G 43 X is thicker and but yet it's really that much shorter we've got about three quarters of an inch and you have four extra rounds so to me that is a real big advantage this is not interchangeable with the Glock 43 but it is interchangeable with the Glock 43 X and so we can just take and drop our magazines in here it's actually a whole another series of pistols because this is a new magazine for Glock now it's not interchangeable it is thicker so you're not gonna have the interchangeability with the Glock 43 but we are getting an increase in mag capacity and guys honestly as far as between the differences of these two that is it I mean the slide thicknesses everything in fact the G 43 X slide will fit right on to this frame and vice versa they're the same frame if you want to go deep carry you've got the G 43 you know if you want to add a little bit of mag capacity of course the G 43 X and then if you want just the full advantage of a full size handgun then you have the G 48 so in essence what we have is a subcompact single stack we have a compact single stack and then we have the full size and so that just gives us a lot more options now I have done a full review all the G 43 X and so we're going to be taking a little bit closer look at that if you want to see it I'll have it annotated right here above but the main thing we're going to do is focus on the G 48 and because you know it's a separate gun even though there's a lot of similarities and sometimes guys later on down the road are going to say what is the G 48 and they can come to this video and see it just as a standalone video the barrel length is four point one seven inches in length it is hexagonal and so if you're gonna shoot reloads in here it can build up or the lead can build up in the grooves and so you just want to be carefully can have dangerous pressures so Glock recommends never to do that in any of the Glock pistols the G 43 X barrel is three point four seven inches so we have about a three quarter inch difference in barrel length and slide but yet you can see the frame comes to right here and then we have this relief cut right here just like on the G 34 which comes out and so it actually accommodates back here the recoil spring because you can see it's actually hollow through here it's seven point two eight inches in overall length is five point zero four inches in height and it's one point zero in width and that is because of the controls and everything as far as the slide goes is point eight seven inches so it's a very thin narrow slide the slide is actually the exact same width of your model forty three and also the model 43 X weight on the G 48 one pound four point six ounces weight on the G nineteen chin five one pound eight point two ounces weight on the G 43 x one pound two point six ounces it does have the standard polymer Glock sights I'm sure that there will be night sight options as well and of course you can get different sights to put on your pistols I mean Glock is prolific and aftermarket support the frame of course is very well done is typical for Glock they do have the pyramid shapes here they are a little more subdued in fact on the g19 they're more pronounced so I think for carry they've kind of made this a little less aggressive than your typical gin five and it you definitely can feel it so that's just one thing to note of course you have your mag release right here it drops the mag out we have our slide stop right here and it comes forward very minimal you know your takedown levers and we'll look at that and we break down the pistol but one of the things that I like about the frame is that it is really thin and narrow now it's about a millimeter thicker than your standard g43 here we'll just bring the g43 and it does have the Talon grip so you can't tell it quite as much but it gives it just a little bit less thickness and of course thus you're not able to put these mags into the g43 I like the nice high ride beaver tail it just helps you to get a really high grip low bore axis this guy just shoots really well make sure the gun is unloaded we're gonna check the trigger pull action of course it is Glock you have your blade safety right here in fact you can actuate the trigger unless you get a full finger on that trigger and so here we have some take-up and then we have some resistance right here and then the break this is improved somewhat over the original Glock triggers but it still you know it's pretty mushy I'm going to check for reset right there has a squared off trigger guard you know it's just rounded there's no place for lasers or lights there's a bevel right here around the slide and the frame is beveled so that that isn't upgrade from the original Gen 4 down the magazine release can be switched to the other side is fairly easy to do now while the G 48 doesn't really directly compare to the G 43 one thing I will show you on the frame is that there is a raised area right here on both sides of the G 43 and then it kind of drops down here on the G 48 and the G 43 X is that it has just a little bit of a rise that carries all the way down through so there's not a lot of difference also there is a small little thumb or finger rest right here on the grip but otherwise it's a really straight wall pretty much let's check our trigger pull weight with our lineman trigger gauge from Brownells five pounds 3.5 ounces four pounds fifteen point four ounces five pound six point seven ounces your G 48 magazines will fit with the Lulla and so are the mag Lulla makes it really easy to be able to load will take Fiocchi for sponsoring the ammo and all made right here in the USA good quality ammunition 115 grain Full Metal Jacket [Applause] now went down to the range we shot about 500 rounds through the g48 and no malfunctions whatsoever it was typical Glock reliability the 10 round magazines go fast and you know if you're used to shooting you know your double stack magazines it you're doing a lot of reloading but it was worth it I'll tell you what this little bit of a longer frame makes a big difference when shooting compared to the g43 which is a single stack but then you add that longer slide it gives you a much better sight radius it's longer it's easier to track the front sight it's just very balanced I'll just put it that way and then it has of course those front cocking serrations which Glock is now adding and to me is a big plus for press checks especially and then the PVD finish on here is really nice impregnated into the metal it's not a seracote and so I really like that as well it's going to just hold up very well the balance the shoot ability and yet being single stack so it's thin and you can really wrap your hand around it now Glocks known for its erratic ejection I mean I've been hit in the top of the head with rounds a number of times but with the G 48 and the G 43 X the ejection pattern was excellent it was a very positive ejection out to the right side now we're gonna disassemble the pistols drop our magazine check to make sure this gun is unloaded pull the trigger pull back about an eighth of an inch on your slide and then pull down these two takedown pins on either side of the frame and the slide comes right off to remove our recoil spring and guide rod it is captive it's a dual recoil spring and there is a polymer core in here then we have our barrel bring it out in the slide so I need to do to field-strip and guys if you've ever seen Glocks this is just definitely a Glock striker fire system where's the frame and this is exactly pretty much like your g4 three all the internals I really closely examined it I could see no difference whatsoever but there is some thickness difference here in the grip reassembly just drop in your barrel recoil spring and guide rod and we're gonna bring it back over our frame it's all good to go you're ready for the range again as far as the Glock 43 X and the Glock 48 honestly they are the same frames are exactly the same everything except it's just a little longer and that is the only difference between these two but yet there are two different philosophies with these handguns do you like the advantage of the longer sight radius more balanced you know easier to get second third shots or if you want it even more ultra carry friendly you know even though really the grip is what you're hiding sometimes the slide can dig especially for carrying appendix carry so that is a consideration but to me one of the biggest things about these two pistols is magazine restricted states where you can only have ten rounds these both make excellent candidates they're very efficient using the ten rounds in these pistols and again it's a much better than taking your G 19 or whatever pistol and putting a 10 round magazine in here it's just wasted space at this time block is not released the price on the G 48 or the G 43 X so hopefully coming up will be getting some prices on those now I want to thank Glock for sending the G 48 for the review and they were kind enough to get this ahead of time before the release of January 2nd and so I've had quite a bit of time to play with it and we have put a lot of rounds through it and I'll tell you what we're gonna be putting a lot more rounds through this pistol and we'll probably do a comparison with the G 19 just because of the size and maybe go ahead and get the G 43 X and G 43 out a lot of possibilities one of the things about Glock lately is they've really been putting out a lot of different models and while some people say you know that there's not a lot of changes there's a ton of changes that go on in this pistol and and then of course with some of the different color configurations and in the front cocking serrations and you know just things they're doing to the frame but guys let's keep Glock Glock and I think that's what Glocks done and yet put a lot of upgrades in the new models be strong be of good courage god bless america long live the Republic [Music] had a little drop in the box and took just made it he took it to me with a single stack timbl Emily no it's 9-millimeter you doofus now we're gonna disassemble the bit now we're gonna disassemble the vit reassembly just drop in your barrel reassembly drop in your barrel

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Length: 17min 59sec (1079 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 02 2019