Glock 19 Gen IV vs V; magazine compatibility

[Deplorable Me]

Does anyone know firsthand if Glock 19 Gen 4 and 5 magazines are compatible? Interchangeable 4 mags in a 5 gun and 5 mags in a 4 gun?

I get a kick out of the Glock Forum; I get answers both ways yes and no.

 

[GOYABEAN]

Does anyone know firsthand if Glock 19 Gen 4 and 5 magazines are compatible? Interchangeable 4 mags in a 5 gun and 5 mags in a 4 gun?

I get a kick out of the Glock Forum; I get answers both ways yes and no.

I've never tried Gen5 in my Gen 4 19

 

[That_FNG]

Does anyone know firsthand if Glock 19 Gen 4 and 5 magazines are compatible? Interchangeable 4 mags in a 5 gun and 5 mags in a 4 gun?

I get a kick out of the Glock Forum; I get answers both ways yes and no.

Gen 5 guns can only run Gen 5 mags due to the design of the floor plate.

previous Gen’s (1-4) can run any Gen magazine no problem. The only difference on the Gen 5 magazines is the design of the floor plate (and the orange follower color) everything else is the same. You could put a Gen 4 floor plate on a Gen 5 magazine and you would have made a Gen 4 magazine

 

[Podmonkey]

Gen 4 mags absolutely work in Gen 5 guns.

 

[drowhawk]

Gen 5 guns can only run Gen 5 mags due to the design of the floor plate.

previous Gen’s (1-4) can run any Gen magazine no problem. The only difference on the Gen 5 magazines is the design of the floor plate (and the orange follower color) everything else is the same. You could put a Gen 4 floor plate on a Gen 5 magazine and you would have made a Gen 4 magazine

I can speak from experience that this is fake news. Gen5's will run previous gen mags just fine as long as you aren't running LH mag release.

 

[Deplorable Me]

I can speak from experience that this is fake news. Gen5's will run previous gen mags just fine as long as you aren't running LH mag release.

I tried a fit test for both G19 and crossed over the mags last night. I'm going to test fire Sunday.

In the mean time I emailed Glock tech services to ask the factory.

 

[drowhawk]

I tried a fit test for both G19 and crossed over the mags last night. I'm going to test fire Sunday.

In the mean time I emailed Glock tech services to ask the factory.

The gen3 I just bought shipped with gen3 base plates on the mags but the body was compatible with ambi mag release.

 

[That_FNG]

I can speak from experience that this is fake news. Gen5's will run previous gen mags just fine as long as you aren't running LH mag release.

I ran into a problem with Gen 5 G27 running different Gen mags, but maybe that is because I’m a lefty and it was set up for lefty.

 

[kemo357]

Gen 5 G17. Both work fine.

 

[Deplorable Me]

I got an email response from Glock factory.

Specifically for the Glock 19 gen 4 and 5 the magazines are interchangeable.

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

This thread almost fucked up my 3D printing.