G19 lower with G23 upper?

[sardog72781]

Good Morning All!
I just purchased a new Glock 19 Gen 4… I love it so far!! A friend of mine told me that the lower of the 19 will marry up completely with the upper of 23, no modifications or swap out of parts needed. Is that true? Do you all think this is a good idea to do?
If there are neededparts change out what are they?
I would think that the internal lower parts, including, the triggerhousing would all be the same. Thanks, Wade.



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[Tactically Fat]

The two guns use the exact same frame. You won't have any issues swapping top-ends between those two.

 

[phylodog]

The only difference in the frames is the ejector. It may run the 23 upper fine with the 9mm ejector installed or it may not. Swapping ejectors is pretty easy if it needs to be done.

 

[VERT]

Honestly by the time a person finds/pays for a new upper, you can just pickup a second gun.

Pretty common for people to buy a Glock 23 in 40 and then swap in a 9mm conversion barrel and 9mm mags.

 

[Streck-Fu]

The only difference in the frames is the ejector. It may run the 23 upper fine with the 9mm ejector installed or it may not. Swapping ejectors is pretty easy if it needs to be done.

Don't you mean extractor?



To the OP, do you mean to buy a complete .40 slide and put it on the G19 frame? You can do this and it would be the best way to do it. But it is more expensive. You could buy the .40 barrel, extractor, and magazines and swap the parts to change the caliber.

I had a G23 and did the opposite by buying a G19 barrel and magazines. I admit to using the .40 extractor with the 9mm and never had a problem but, in hindsight, I would recommend changing that part.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Don't you mean extractor?

The gun's extractor is mounted to the slide.

The ejector is mounted to the frame.

 

[HoughMade]

Honestly by the time a person finds/pays for a new upper, you can just pickup a second gun.

Pretty common for people to buy a Glock 23 in 40 and then swap in a 9mm conversion barrel and 9mm mags.

Making a gun fire two calibers to avoid buying a second gun seems.....illogical.

Sure it CAN be done......but another gun! How are you going to dual wield?

 

[VERT]

Making a gun fire two calibers to avoid buying a second gun seems.....illogical.

Sure it CAN be done......but another gun! How are you going to dual wield?

I can not argue the logic. I would like to add a Gen 4 19 to my collection.

 

[HamYankee]

Ejector is a different shape. May work well most of the time, but you might see FTE's.

 

[sardog72781]

Thanks

Don't you mean extractor?



To the OP, do you mean to buy a complete .40 slide and put it on the G19 frame? You can do this and it would be the best way to do it. But it is more expensive. You could buy the .40 barrel, extractor, and magazines and swap the parts to change the caliber.

I had a G23 and did the opposite by buying a G19 barrel and magazines. I admit to using the .40 extractor with the 9mm and never had a problem but, in hindsight, I would recommend changing that part.

Will the G23 gen 4 barrel fit in the G19 upper?

 

[Streck-Fu]

The gun's extractor is mounted to the slide.

The ejector is mounted to the frame.

I was thinking slide. You are absolutely correct. I sit a little embarassed....

 

[Cameramonkey]

Honestly by the time a person finds/pays for a new upper, you can just pickup a second gun.

Pretty common for people to buy a Glock 23 in 40 and then swap in a 9mm conversion barrel and 9mm mags.

I know my lone wolf conversion barrel and 19 mags ran flawlessly in my 23 for the short time I had it. So theoretically you may have some issues with FTE, but I personally didnt experience any in 500 rounds or so. Even shooting the dreaded WWB rounds.

Will the G23 gen 4 barrel fit in the G19 upper?

I am not a 'smith, but I think No. They make aftermarket conversion barrels specificially to go from 40 to 9. But not the other way around as I recall.

 

[sardog72781]

Thanks you guys!

 

[VERT]

Will the G23 gen 4 barrel fit in the G19 upper?

No. You can convert down but not up. Also you should purchase a conversion barrel. Do not put a factory G19 9mm barrel in a G23.

I have owned 3 different lone wolf conversion barrels. All of them worked fine in my Gen 3 guns.

 

[Bfish]

I know what you guys are saying about this due to the illogical buy a second gun reasoning etc. But a lot of guys buy after market slides. Like the ATOM slides for example. Then they will buy like a cheap police trade in or an rtf2 or something of their liking/cheap of this sort and throw that slide on the frame. Often a 9mm 19 slide on a 23 frame or a 17 on a 22... And it works fine!

 

[IndyGlockMan]

Most people buy a conversion barrel when they want to convert from a 40 cal. to a 9mm.
In your case, you can't really convert the other way around because of the ejector.

You could always trade your 19 for a 23, then get a conversion barrel
Or, buy a G23