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Did you jump on the Glock 42 or 43 bandwagon but want a light?

If you waited all this time for one of the slim line Glock .380 and 9mm single-stacks to hit the market, but miss the tactical weapons light you had on your other platforms, Pennsylvania-based Streamlight has you covered.

Introduced this week is the TLR-6, what the company is calling an “ultra-compact” lightweight combination illuminator light and red aiming laser– the first of its kind meant for a sub-compact pistol as thin as the Glock 42/43.

Designed to fit on the trigger guard of either the 42 or 43, the light is crafted from durable, impact-resistant engineering polymer. As Glock spent years trimming the weight of these guns down, the TLR-6 does its best not to spoil that, tipping the scales at just 1.27 ounces including the weight of its two 3 Volt CR-1/3N lithium coin batteries (included). For reference, that’s about the weight of $1.25 worth of U.S. quarters.

Glock 42 with Streamlight TLR=6 combination light. Total weight package with the gun, light, batteries, and 7 rounds of 9mm is 24 ounces. Click to big up

Glock 42 with Streamlight TLR=6 combination light. Total weight package with the gun, light, batteries, and 7 rounds of .380 is just 18.5-ounces. Click to big up

More on it in my column over at Glock Forum

 

Glock 42 gets redesign as it becomes more popular

In the short half year since its introduction, the humble .380 single-stack known as the Glock 42 has been both knocked and admired. It seems that, following some reports of initial problems with the first batches of production guns, the company appears to have made some slight changes to the internals of the gun, which could make it more reliable. At the same time, some of the biggest names in the tactical accessory business are bringing the gun into the fold by making aftermarket parts.

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Rumors about the New Glock 42

Is the Santa’s Workshop that is Gaston Glock’s Austrian braintrust coming up with something new for all the good little boys and girls in 2014? Word on the street is that the company is planning a new series of subcompact single-stack pistols to give the competition heartburn.

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