SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique G19X MOS

Good night everybody and welcome again to TFB’s Silencer Saturday dropped at you by Yankee Hill Machine, producers of the model new YHM 338 Unhealthy Larry Suppressor. Final week we hit the vary at nightfall for a little bit of flash testing with the SureFire SOCOM 556 RC3 and RC2 suppressors. This week we swap it up a bit with a brand new GLOCK suppressor host – the G19X MOS with a threaded barrel, an unique launch from Davidson’s. Why am I enthusiastic about what seems to be just a few small modifications on a 5 yr previous pistol mannequin? Let’s have a look.

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Different gear used on this assessment:

YHM R9 Suppressor

Trijicon RMR HD

SureFire XH30 Masterfire

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique G19X MOS

I’ve begged the nice individuals at GLOCK HQ for years so as to add a suppressor-ready mannequin to the manufacturing lineup. Not that I anticipated any motion on the difficulty as a result of, first, who the f**okay am I to be making mannequin launch requests to arguably probably the most iconic pistol producer on the earth. And second, by way of total gross sales, the variety of pistols that go on to be suppressor hosts needs to be fairly low. And if you recognize something about manufacturing processes and meeting traces, it isn’t an excellent concept to take machine time away from one of the best promoting fashions for extra area of interest merchandise that will spend an extended time on distributor or supplier cabinets earlier than arriving at their without end houses.

The straightforward reality is, defensive handguns just like the G17 and G19 are well-liked and in excessive demand. There’s a decrease demand for suppressor-ready fashions..

Fortunate for us silencer nerds, GLOCK has labored out manufacturing agreements with distributors like Davidson’s for unique launch fashions and configurations that might usually require shopping for an ordinary pistol and later shopping for extra components to make a particular configuration to satisfy the shooter’s final wants. It’s not an enormous deal when somebody solely plans to to swap out for customized sights, however including a threaded barrel can run as much as $250, about half as a lot of the price of the complete pistol.

The draw back is that these restricted releases are, properly, restricted, and as soon as just a few thousand are bought from the manufacturing run, they’re doubtless gone for good. Somebody studying this assessment a yr from now who then decides that they wish to buy a G19X MOS could also be out of luck. Nonetheless, manufacturing fashions just like the G19X and G45 MOS are at all times coming into the availability chain frequently.

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS (L to R: G45 MOS, G19X MOS, G19X)

Which brings up one last thought earlier than we head into the assessment: can’t you simply construct a suppressor host with an ordinary GLOCK and a few aftermarket components? In fact, and I’ve executed it many occasions previously. However the level of a manufacturing facility GLOCK host is having all real GLOCK components in a manufacturing facility examined configuration.

Lengthy story made brief, I’m pleased that GLOCK and Davidson’s teamed up for this restricted launch suppressor host, even when they do promote out in just a few months.

Let’s check out the numbers.

GLOCK 19X MOS – Davidson’s Unique

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS

Let’s get the minor detractors out of the way in which first. The ahead main nub on the journal properly from the unique G19X continues to be there, which signifies that it gained’t settle for Gen 5 magazines with out modification. If I used to be Gaston’s grandson, I might have prompt that this mannequin use the G45 mould and forego the nub and the detachable lanyard loop. The saving grace right here is that there’s virtually no cause to not use the +3 = prolonged magazines included with the pistol – you actually aren’t making an attempt to avoid wasting on measurement or weight.

I hope the overall who prompt the nub (most likely to stop snags) for the MHS submission is retired and having fun with a barely bitter mai tai tonight.

And the final minor problem I had was with the sight selection. I used to be pleased that they had been suppressor peak sights, however I like having tritium night time sights on my defensive pistols. Realistically, the possibility of getting an optic go down and never having sufficient gentle to get an excellent sight image is comparatively low, however I do suppose it’s an necessary function. My guess is that it was strictly a value determination – including night time sights most likely would have meant near including $100 extra on the MSRP.

As you’ll be able to see within the specs part above, the world underneath the MOS plate is PVD coated like different manufacturing facility MOS GLOCK pistols. There was hypothesis that the MOS reduce was executed after manufacturing, so I hope this places these inquiries to relaxation. The G19X MOS comes with one MOS adapter plate, the #2 for RMR footprint optics, and mounting screws. Setup is simple – take away the duvet plate with the included torx wrench, set up the mounting plate with the shorter torx screws, and set up the optic utilizing the producer’s directions.

The barrel is threaded in the usual US pitch 1/2 x 28 and is serialized the identical because the slide and body. Matching serial numbers and an actual GLOCK polygonal rifled GLOCK Marksman Barrel had been the most important promoting level for me since this is without doubt one of the first factory-ready suppressor host pistols from the Austrian powerhouse. Just a few years in the past, a Gen 5 G19 with a threaded barrel, one other unique/restricted launch, was dropped at market, however it lacked the MOS options. Just a few of them can nonetheless be discovered on Gunbroker for a slight premium.

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS

Years in the past there have been claims that GLOCK pistols made poor suppressor hosts. The Browning tilting-barrel actions will not be nearly as good as some delayed blowback actions, however I’ve by no means had a problem suppressing GLOCKs particularly. With the best ammo (a high quality subsonic spherical), the G19X MOS is listening to secure*, particularly in an out of doors setting. Extracting, ejecting, and chambering are clean processes and there’s no blowback of fuel or particulates (some pistols can eject some nasty stuff out the again of the slide).

*”Listening to secure is a little bit of a misnomer. Put on listening to safety with any centerfire spherical.

The YHM R9 is true at residence on the G19X MOS – it’s a shorter can than most 9mm choices, however it suppresses at full-size ranges. It’s not the lightest choice available on the market however it isn’t heavy both. And the value hovers an a particularly affordable sub-$500 entry level.

SILENCER SATURDAY #316: GLOCK Suppressor Host – The Unique Launch G19X MOS

A lot of you may be pleased constructing a suppressor host with an ordinary GLOCK and an aftermarket threaded barrel. For somebody like me, who has been virtually begging for a manufacturing facility suppressor-ready GLOCK for years, the Davidson’s unique G19X MOS is a welcome addition to the lineup. However it’s only out there for a restricted time, so I wouldn’t wait too lengthy.

Thanks for studying, be secure, have enjoyable, and we’ll see you again right here subsequent week for one more Silencer Saturday.