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And just like that, the factory G19L is gone…

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On the ramp-up to SHOT Show ’24, Glock’s big announcement for this year leaked out: the terribly named G49.

The so-called Glock 19L, using the compact G19 grip with a full-sized G17-length slide and barrel, has been a thing for years, with folks typically hacking a Glock 17 grip to make it a 15-shot capacity pistol that accepts G19 mags. Others used a standard G19 frame with an aftermarket G17-length slide that was compatible with the shorter frame.

The benefit was that, for many, the G19 is considered easier to conceal with its shorter grip/height than the G17, while the longer barrel and slide give the user a longer sight radius.

The G49 delivers on this concept.

The commercial variant of the G49. Note the “chopped” dust cover leaving an exposed chin on the slide, the standard fixed polymer sights, and the optics plate. (All photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

A crossover that blends the size of a Gen 5 G17/G47 top half with the compact grip frame of the Gen 5 G19, it takes standard flush-fit double-stack G19 mags. Note the ambi slide stop/catch and reversible magazine release.

I reviewed the gun back in March and it, well, shot like a Glock.

The thing is, the company only intended the G49 to be a limited run, and apparently that run has come to an end, with the G49 now being notably absent from the company’s website.

If you are a collector and don’t have one in the safe, you may want to get on that before the rest of the Glock mafia figure it out and prices jump.

Glock Finally Dropped a Factory 19L: Meet the New (To Glock) G49

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The so-called Glock 19L, using the compact G19 grip with a full-sized G17-length slide and barrel, has been a thing for years, with folks typically hacking a Glock 17 grip to make it a 15-shot capacity pistol that accepts G19 mags. Others used a standard G19 frame with an aftermarket G17-length slide that was compatible with the shorter frame.

The benefit was that, for many, the G19 is considered easier to conceal with its shorter grip/height than the G17, while the longer barrel and slide give the user a longer sight radius.

The Glock 49 Gen 5 MOS was first leaked back in May 2022 by Vickers Tactical in a post that had over 3,000 likes and comments. A popular rumor on Glock groups at the time was that it was a spinoff of the company’s large 2019 CBP contract that saw the federal agency purchase $85 million worth of pistols including the crossover G47, which was designed to run a shorter Glock 19 recoil system in a Glock 17-sized slide and barrel with a slightly shorter dustcover on the frame.

For the last year, the G47 allows the user to make a more or less OEM 19L pistol, by swapping a Gen 5 slide and barrel from a G19 over to the G47 frame.

For instance, take a look at this:

Showing off that modularity, I give you the “you got chocolate in my peanut butter” that is the G19X and G47 MOS with swapped uppers. Both guns shoot and cycle fine. You could do the same between the G47 and the G17 Gen 4/5, G45, and G19 Gen 4/5. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Now, the G49 is finally a real thing, as Glock announced it Wednesday.

Chambered in 9mm Luger, it holds 15+1 rounds in standard magazine capacity, has a 4.49-inch barrel, all the standard Gen 5 characteristics like the accurate Glock Marksman Barrel, and the company’s MOS system for mounting optics. (Photo: Talo)

Hopefully for Glock, there is still interest in this concept. Even if there isn’t, they’ll probably sell a million of them.