You’ve been carrying your Glock 19 longer than you can remember, or you recently bought your first.
Any of these upgrades will breathe new life into your firearm and take your shooting experience to the next level.
10. Extended Slide Lock by GlockStore: $14.99
As the famous adage goes, “Work smarter, not harder.” Almost every upgrade listed will require you to field strip your pistol. So why not make your life easier by replacing the factory part with the Extended Slide Lock. Your fingers will thank me later.
I mentioned breathing new life into your trusty G19 so feel free to pick a color from the 10 available on the website.
9. Modular Magazine Release for Gen 4-5 GLOCK: $24.95
The stock mag release has a low profile and works great for most owners but if you can’t activate the release without changing your grip get the Modular Magazine Release by Striker Industries.
The polymer slide and aluminum buttons come in 4 colors and 2 sizes to help you stay on target while changing magazines during competition and/or self-defense situations.
8. Vickers Tactical Slide Stop VTSS-003 by TangoDown: $28.45
First time shooters of European-designed pistols may experience their thumb accidentally locking their slide back. Your mag isn’t empty. You’ve got meaty thumbs and it’s racking the slide in between shots.
The Vickers Tactical Slide Stop was a collaboration between Vickers Tactical and TangoDown to improve the ergonomics of the pistol, preventing the slide from locking prematurely and also making the release function during a reload a breeze — even with gloves!
7. ZEV PRO Compact for Gen5 One Piece Glock Magwell: $99
If you wear large sized gloves, chances are your shooting pinky will be flapping in the wind below the grip of the pistol.
This is both uncomfortable and prevents you from getting better at shooting your G19 if you are constantly readjusting your grip.
The Zev Pro Magwell is made of aluminum, adds just enough length to give you a solid, high grip and fits your G19 like it came stock. It also prevents clumsy reloads by guiding the magazine into the pistol.
6. Hogue HandALL Beaver Tail Grip Sleeve: $12.95
One of the cons of owning a Glock is that the grip can feel like sandpaper in your hands or against your body (if you’re planning on carrying this as your CCW).
The HandALL Beaver Tail Grip Sleeve is made of rubber so it helps absorb some recoil and maintain a consistent grip, both of which affect accuracy.
The rubber also protects your skin without making the pistol feel bulky. The sleeves come in many colors so if you want to customize your pistol or color-code your magazines to prevent firing wrong calibers this is an inexpensive and practical solution.
5. True Precision – Glock 19 Mat ch Grade X-Fluted Threaded Barrel: $229.99
Opt for the threaded barrel and the TiN coating. The threads give you the option to connect a suppressor or a compensator and this particular coating reduces the metal-on-metal friction from shooting.
The Glock 19 Match Grade X-Fluted Threaded Barrel by True Precision instantly gives your G19 a fresh look even if your slide is not ported. But beyond the enhancements mentioned above, the 6 groove rifling allows for all ammo types to be used safely, including cast lead.
This upgrade pays for itself in savings when purchasing cheaper ammo that wasn’t an option before.
4. Night Fision Student of the Gun Accur8 Sights: $117
If your G19 is for home defense or you’re planning on shooting outdoors all day (like in the desert), you’ll want to upgrade to night sights.
Tritium is radioactive and will glow bright for days after little exposure to natural or artificial light. The sights can be customized with colors for daytime use and will glow bright green as the light starts to fade.
The Accur8 night sights are a superior design because it features only two vertical dots to line up.
It’s simpler than lining up the front sight between two other dots while in dark so we acquire targets faster making us more efficient and keeping us safe during home defense.
3. Action Enhancement Kit for Glock – Gen 5: $124.95
The Apex Tactical Action Enhancement Kit includes the Apex Action Enhancement Trigger with trigger bar and an Apex performance connector. Installing this kit reduces the trigger pre travel, overall travel, reset distance, and pull weight by almost 1 lb.
Basically, trigger pull will be smoother and grouping will be easier because each pull is shorter and faster when compared to the factory setup.
2. Tungsten Guide Rod: $69.95
The factory guide rod in the G19 is made of plastic. There’s nothing wrong with that but upgrading this part with a heavier material would increase the weight on the frontend. Effectively, reducing muzzle rise and improving aim recovery.
The Tungsten Guide Rod from GlockStore is made of heavy tungsten which is definitely more durable and helps improve recoil control as mentioned before..
1. Baldr Pro: $149.95
Arguably, the most important upgrade for home defense situations is a reliable tactical light. The Baldr Pro sports an easy to use and reliable flashlight for your pistol.
What changes your shooting experience is the bright green laser attached below.
It beams across a dark environment and it’s so bright you can even use it during the day! Sporting a laser while shooting at night is super impressive but this laser allows us to be surprisingly very quick and accurate as well.
You could hip-fire at targets 20 yards away using only the laser and connect with most of them. Might be very handy if it’s getting harder to see farther away. But not a Mr. Magoo miracle.
