Ruger clones the Glock 19

The big announcement rolling out today is that Ruger is making a Glock clone. There’s nothing outstanding about the features, so the real news is that it’s based on a self-contained fire-control group that can be mounted in a variety of frames, similar to the Sig P-320 and P-365, with the initial frame coming from a partnership with Magpul. (and the first replacement frame listed is $40 with mag release and springs pre-installed)

The pitch here seems to be that you can get a Ruger-made Gen3 G19 for around $200 less than a new one from Glock, and it’s optics-ready with co-witnessing night sights, and people will quickly get the specs up for 3D-printing your own. Not for me, thanks. I’d rather see an update to the fully-ambidextrous American Duty pistol.

(I really wish Ruger’s design teams would share some ergonomic concepts and/or parts; it often feels like they don’t even talk to each other)

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Amazon keeps recommending this to me, despite the lack of a catgirl on the cover:

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