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Working on a few months under my belt carrying my Glock 29 Gen 4 after selling my Glock 27 to get it (sucked but what I had to do to get it)

First thing I noticed was how much more of a chunk of a gun. With hands as small as a high school cheerleader, it was a bit to get used it. I honestly thought I never would get used to it. I really was discouraged and felt dumb about my choice. A week went by and now other "standard" Glocks feel like toys.

For those that don't know the Gen 4 has a reduced grip smaller than the Gen 3 SF TO ME anyways. Prior to buying the Gen 4, I was able to hold a Gen 3, Gen 3 SF, and Gen 4 backwards and forwards for about 10 minutes. I really felt a huge difference, again to me, with the Gen 4. True respect to anyone that comfortably grip the full size grip of the 10/45.

Anyways, I carry around 3-3.5 or appendix. THIS took some minor adjustments but not excessive. Prior to purchasing the 29. I forced myself to carry a 27 with the 23 mag and sleeve in it. As I heard the size was comparable. I did it well enough for me to feel comfortable with conceal-ability.

First time out shooting was not my first time with a 10mm. However, it was the first time with the 29 and drawing from holster. I have no idea why i decided my first round out of the gun would be from a draw, but it was. between 10-15 yards I punched the bullseye darn near straight through. I was shocked. Second shot was about an inch or two lower to the left, third a little father away and lower. YEAH obvious trigger handling problem on my end right?

Well I loaded another mag after grouping OK. I drew and definitely did not hit the bulls eye. I was about inch or so left and low. For fun I rapid fired. HA My groups widened about 8 inches lol. The gun didn't FEEL like it was recoiling much but the muzzle flip obviously is something I need to work on.

Fun gun don't regret the purchase at all. I will say if someone is reading this and is thinking of going 10mm to carry. Plan on not having much options in the realm of accessories. Holsters, night sights, etc are not easily found at stores local gun shops maybe even online as the other 9/357 sigh/40 guns. Just my opinion. Ammo is expensive and non existent, but in my defense I had a line on reloading before buying it that fell through.

I have heard and seen people using .40 in the standard barrel. May be trying that soon as .40 is everywhere and can be had for 15.00 in my area.

Nice.I love my 20sf but I agree the gen4 is just better in the hand for most in the 10mm glock models. Gen4 29 is on my list of woods carry guns I want.

I've had the G3 SF version for a couple years now and it is still one of my favorite carry guns. The .40 barrel option is quite viable. I have one for mine and it's a fast swap to the shorter cartridge. Mine also wears a pair of XS night sights. I wasn't sure about the concept behind that particular sight picture but apparently the pistol section of my brain finds it acceptable. I don't have any trouble at all in keeping it on target with normal loads. Underwood has some loads that are flinch inducers if you want to have some 'extra' fun. They make me want a g20 for a few more ounces of control.

Well I wanted the 20 buck they were out and had this brand new on sale for 469 so needless to say I got it.

Have you guys tried to fire .40 in the stock barrels?

You are right handed, aren't you? You first shot was dead center because you did not push the barrel down to try to fight the recoil. After that first shot your brain tricked you and made you think that you needed to fight the recoil. As you can tell from your first and subsequent shots, recoil does not affect your shots, but anticipation of recoil does.

Dry fire, focusing on a smooth trigger break. As the trigger breaks the sights should not move. Have someone else load a magazine with some live rounds and some snap caps. Take the handgun and focus on a smooth, slow trigger press, and do not anticpiate when the gun will fire. Keep the sights aligned and just keep pressing the trigger. If the trigger breaks and the gun goes "click", then you know you were trying to beat the recoil. Allow the recoil to happen. It will not affect your shot. If it goes click and your sights stay on, you had a clean break.

Repeat as needed. Do not try to be fast until you master smooth. Smooth IS fast. ;)

jbarn wrote:You are right handed, aren't you? You first shot was dead center because you did not push the barrel down to try to fight the recoil. After that first shot your brain tricked you and made you think that you needed to fight the recoil. As you can tell from your first and subsequent shots, recoil does not affect your shots, but anticipation of recoil does.

Dry fire, focusing on a smooth trigger break. As the trigger breaks the sights should not move. Have someone else load a magazine with some live rounds and some snap caps. Take the handgun and focus on a smooth, slow trigger press, and do not anticpiate when the gun will fire. Keep the sights aligned and just keep pressing the trigger. If the trigger breaks and the gun goes "click", then you know you were trying to beat the recoil. Allow the recoil to happen. It will not affect your shot. If it goes click and your sights stay on, you had a clean break.

Repeat as needed. Do not try to be fast until you master smooth. Smooth IS fast. ;)

Yes sir thanks for the advice. I had a wheel printed out a bit ago that basically where everyshot hit what the shooter was doing wrong. Now that I know I can practice with .40 I plan to hopefully get out soon.

Little background on me. Parents sold their land. Public ranges freak me out. Therefor I don't shoot much any sadly. Everything you was said was true. This review should of happened months ago when it took place. I have since moved to airsoft training. For the cheap ones I have its hard to judge, but still is fun.

Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I will report back with a better range session sometime soon.

I load my mag with snap caps & continually go through them. I will spend 45 min or so doing that when I do the snap cap training. It helps that's for sure, but my wife looks at me crazy when I do that training.

People do shoot .40 out of the 10mm, but I wouldn't make it a habit. It's certainly not proven to not be catastrophic at some point. I do have a stash of .40 from when I sold my Glock 23, and if ever need be, I'll shoot it through my G20.

nyj wrote:People do shoot .40 out of the 10mm, but I wouldn't make it a habit. It's certainly not proven to not be catastrophic at some point. I do have a stash of .40 from when I sold my Glock 23, and if ever need be, I'll shoot it through my G20.

The recoil spring on my Gen 4 is ridiculous so I can't imagine weaker .40 rounds cycling as well. I could be way off. All I know is the spring is very tight.