The Basics of a Window Cut Window cut slides are one of the most common aftermarket slide styles for Glock pistols. They look aggressive, but the real question is whether those cutouts do anything functional. The answer is yes — but with trade-offs. A window cut is a rectangular or angled port machined through the top of the slide. It exposes part of the barrel and remove …
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Why Glock 26 Slide Options Are Limited The Glock 26 is one of the most popular subcompact 9mm pistols on the market, but aftermarket slide options for it are limited compared to the Glock 19 or Glock 17. Fewer manufacturers tool up for the Glock 26 slide dimensions because the market volume is smaller. The Glock 19 outsells everything else in the aftermarket space, so that is w …
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You finished swapping slides on your Glock, racked it, and the slide stopped a hair short of fully closing. Or worse — it closes under recoil at the range and hangs up on the next round. The pistol isn’t “broken.” Almost every out-of-battery issue after an aftermarket slide swap comes down to one of five causes, and none of them require gunsmithing to di …
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