Time To Glock And Load
Airgun World|December 2019
Kevin Cudmore adds a new Umarex Glock 19x to his impressive collection
Time To Glock And Load

I finally caved in and whilst at my local range, RFD Countryside Pursuits in Melksham, I asked if they had any of the new Glock 19x non-blowback pistols in stock. ‘Nope,’ was the reply, but they could get one in and so next day, I received the phone call and picked it up for a very good price. Controversially for some, I deliberately opted for the non-blow-back version because I’d already bought a basic Glock 19 non-blow-back when they came out and was impressed with the power, shot count and accuracy. I couldn’t pass up a 19x being available in non-bloback and in tan, or ‘coyote’ as they call it now. It is definitely a different colour to the usual ‘desert tan’ and some have likened the colour to ‘baby poo brown’. The colour isn’t to everyone’s taste, but my collection reflects a sea of black guns, so I have developed a penchant for the coyote, with black accents.

The Umarex Glock 19X, comes in a nicely presented cardboard box, coloured to match the piece inside. You get the usual paperwork, the gun, and under the fold-out cardboard interior a Glock 19X patch.

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The level of detail for a non-blow-back is great. All the controls, and the black bits on the real steel are here on the basic non-blowback, and all the black parts on the pistol are individual pieces, not just painted black and all for the same price as the original Glock 19 non-blowback. It utilises the same style of metal stick mag’ – I can hear the groans already – as the Original G19, but it’s longer, and so carries more shots. The manual says 19, but you can comfortably get 20 into it.

This story is from the December 2019 edition of Airgun World.

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