Buy G19 MOS or have my G19 Gen 3 milled?

[ACC]

I have decided I want a G19 with a red dot. Been looking at the G19 Gen 4 MOS. I like it, especially because I don't have a Gen 4 G19. However, knowing I am going to run an RMR on it, I am thinking I might get a better /tighter fit if I go the route of having the slide milled. Obviously, it will be cheaper to mill the slide I already have, but then I will still be wanting a G19 Gen 4.

Help me decide?

 

[jd4320t]

Would it be cheaper to have yours milled? By the time you add it all up I really wonder.

I've been thinking about one of these for a while. Either. Glock or M&P. I currently have both with threaded barrels. I think that with the jump from a gen 3 Glock to a gen 4 and with the M&P new versions with better trigger It's a no brainier and good reason to get a new pistol.

 

[42769vette]

Sell your gun, and buy an MOS, it will be cheaper, and you have the 4 mounting plates.

 

[stephen87]

Go buy a spare slide and have that milled if you want one; that way if you decide you don't like it, you can switch back. I'm betting a milled G19 would be tough to sell, if you ever decided to do so.

 

[cedartop]

Are you planning on carrying it? If so, I would go the milled route and RMR. If it is going to be a range toy I would go with the MOS and a Delta Point or Vortex.

 

[ACC]

Thanks for the input. I never plan on selling my G19 Gen 3. It was my first handgun. And I do plan on carrying the G19 with RMR.

 

[Principal Skinr]

I bought a Glock 40 MOS slide for my Glock 20 (I like the 20 slide for woods carry, and the 40 for target shooting and eventually hunting), and would strongly recommend the MOS. If you mill your slide you'll only be set up for one or two brands of red dot sights. With the MOS, you get the plates and the options open up. What if you get the red dot you like and then discover you don't like it or try one on another guy's gun at the range and discover you like a different one better? With the MOS you could make the switch. With the milled slide, the only way you'll do it is if the other make of red dot fits the pattern you had milled.

The MOS system with the plates works VERY well and keeps options open. I'd recommend that. Plus, if you get just the MOS slide, you can go back and forth for two carry options, or just to jack around with the iron sights.

Here is my set up with both slides...

 

[in625shooter]

No more than a Glock is I would just pick another one up.

 

[Double T]

MOS due to the versatility like has been already stated. I have one. Currently trying to locate an RMR.

 

[cedartop]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVVyFORQaZc

 

[indyff]

I would assume that it would be easier to buy the MOS because you don't need to go to the shipping trouble. But on the other the aftermarket might have a better fit. I would probably go the MOS because it is factory and if you qualify for blue label I think it would be cheaper.

 

[Bfish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVVyFORQaZc

Solid video! I think you've posted that on here before! If any of you guys haven't given this a look you should.

 

[PRasko]

If you decide to buy an MOS, make sure you put at least a 1000 rounds through it and check for ejection problems.

Mine ejects 5 and 6 oclock and in the 50 rounds I put through it with a fastfire 3 on it, it got banged up pretty hard.

 

[BluePig]

ATOM Slide - Stripped - Unity Tactical
https://tnvc.com/shop/unity-tactical-atom-slide-glock/
How about these?

 

[FWJK]

If you decide to buy an MOS, make sure you put at least a 1000 rounds through it and check for ejection problems.

Mine ejects 5 and 6 oclock and in the 50 rounds I put through it with a fastfire 3 on it, it got banged up pretty hard.

Possible to post a quick picture of the damage it did? I have been looking at 19 MOS and this is the first I have heard of the ejection issue.

 

[PRasko]

Don't have any on hand but here's some found on google.

 

[Dog1]

ATOM Slide - Stripped - Unity Tactical
https://tnvc.com/shop/unity-tactical-atom-slide-glock/
How about these?

Wow...that is a lot of money for a stripped slide. For not that much more, you can buy a whole Glock MOS.

 

[tacticalmaster45]

I have heard that a "custom" milled slide results in a reflex sight being slightly closer to the bore.

 

[Dog1]

Sell your gun, and buy an MOS, it will be cheaper, and you have the 4 mounting plates.

This....I have 2 19's and a 17MOS. I want a 19 with an optic, but I'm not milling one of my 19's. I'll look for a 19MOS.