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I didn't get a chance to shoot one at SHOT Show, but like everyone else who stopped at the Glock booth, I got to handle one and - honestly - it felt like every other Glock. With no ammo (as you'd hope and expect at SHOT Show), it felt a little front heavy due to the extra barrel and slide length.
Glock Model 41 .45ACP Practical Tactical Pistol
Back in 1985 when the Glock Model 17 9mm "came on the scene" in America, a great many folks simply weren't impressed. When the handgun was adopted by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department (Washington DC's PD or MPD), there was more than one "accidental" discharge. The number of fans the design had was (originally) easily equaled by the number of folks who didn't care for it. But here we are almost 30 years later and the Glock line no longer is limited to the Glock 17 9mm. In fact, we're all the way up to the Glock Model 42. In this particular article, though, we're taking a look at the Glock Model 41, or a "practical tactical" pistol chambered for .45ACP.
Let's look back to the first Glock chambered for the .45ACP - the Model 21. Slightly...