RW. GLOCK 19X

Umarex is on a quest in recent years to offer us a new generation of Glock pistols. Because now it not only works, it works very well. And so this new crossover design was born in the Austrian factory. Then it enters the world of airsoft by the hand of VFC (manufacturer) and Umarex (license holder for this model) to introduce the first Glock crossover, the Glock 19x.

Crossover

This model was the first crossover between two of its models, the Glock 17 and the Glock 19. The gun combines the grip of the 17th Gen. 5th generation with the compact slide of the 19x model.

Slide

This model has a CNC slide with a bezel end part which is different to previous generations. In addition, the front and rear grooves on the slide make it much easier to push the slide back for cocking.

Body

It has a pistol grip without the usual shape of the fingers, which enables it to adapt to any shooter. In the lower part of the grip the body has a kind of outwards "lips”  that simulate a kind of magwell and that would help us when reloading.  This Glock pistol offers ambidextrous controls, with the slide catch button in ambidextrous mode, which is is also resized to be able to extract the magazine much faster.

Double safety

Like their real counterparts, the new Glock series do not have a visible safety,  this is because Glock developed an integrated safety system in the trigger and needle-firing pin called “Safe Action”.

For airsoft purposes, the firing pin is not necessary but the safety mechanism has been reproduced properly and the magazine catch is oversized to facilitate its use.

MH3 Sights

This model is equipped with the Glock Steel Night sights that are equipped with tirito, a material that glows green in low light conditions. This will come in handy especially in CQB fields where there are many contrasts of light and shadow, from well-lit to poorly-lit areas where we might struggle when looking for a reference point to aim.

New generation
of internal parts

The new generation comes with the new hop up design and the new spring guide by VegaForce Company. In this case we have a hop up that can be adjusted without removing the slide, I know, it's wonderful! We will only need an allen wrench that comes inside the box, insert it from the front under the barrel and turn the entire spring guide and the hop-up wheel. This new system seems, in principle, much safer than others, since it is hard to move from its position and is quite well fixed, so we can be sure it will not become loose in the middle of the game.

One of the pros is that it already comes with Zero Hammer, the type of hammer that the most refined gun enthusiast like so much. The main feature of this weapon is that it does not rub against the nozzle cage and allows the slide to perform the cocking cycle much better and does not wear the hammer.

As for the spring guide, one of the great modifications and improvements to the internals of this generation is the new double spring guide. This has two positive impacts: first, it increases the sense of recoil and recovery of the gun (the slide returns to its position with much more power, and with a sharp and more realistic blow). And the second positive effect is that it adjusts better the set of the slide.

Another improvement within this new generation is the new nozzle assembly, which has been lightened by making the BBU much lighter and skeletal, which will make the slide much lighter as a whole compared to former generations.

Performance

With green gas, in a room at 23ºC and using 0.20 g BB, it fired at an average of 300 FPS. We have unloaded the 22 BBs of the magazine an a few seconds and the cycle that the pistol has is really fast. Many people fear the gas issue, especially in cold weather conditions, but as a Umarex Glock 19 user let me tell you that I fired at 4 degrees with Abbey Predator Ultra and I had no problem with the dreaded cold down.

Conclusions

Everything started with you. The craze that the new Umarex Glock manufactured by VFC has had is due to the launch of this Glock 19x, the first to bring this marvel to airsoft and in which VFC used all its resources to offer us one of the best airsoft pistols that we can find today. Add the romanticism of having all the official Glock markings and licenses and you have a great model for true Glock lovers.