

The longer grip fills the hand better and allows the gun to fit the 10 round single stack magazine with ease. The Glock 43X MOS offers a much better grip than the original G43. I have no personal experience with these magazines, so I cannot speak to their reliability, but they do seem to be well-loved by Glock 43X MOS and Glock 48 owners.
GLOCK 43X MOS IN STOCK SERIES
This adds five rounds of flavor to your Glock series pistol. However, a company called Shield Arms makes a 15 round magazine that fits flush with the G43X MOS and Glock 48. This cuts off a lot of extended magazines made for the G43. The gun comes with ten-round magazines, and it cannot take magazines made for the G43. The G43X MOS is one of the smallest optics-enhanced guns on the market. The modern micro red dot is a super small and lightweight design that barely adds bulk to your firearm.
GLOCK 43X MOS IN STOCK FULL
The gun is remarkably balanced, and those of us who want something small and light to carry but still want a full grip will love the Glock G43X MOS.Īs you add an optic, the gun’s height and overall weight will change, but not significantly. The gun isn’t the thinnest option, but it’s still exceptionally easy to conceal. The gun weighs 23.07 ounces fully loaded. The overall width is a slightly chunky 1.10 inches, and the slide is. The overall length is 6.5 inches long, and the overall height is 5.04 inches, including the magazine. The G43X MOS has an ultra-short barrel, and this makes OWB carry possible and makes the 43X MOS easy to carry IWB and AIWB (Appendix Inside the Waistband).

The Glock 43X MOS is a superbly thin and lightweight handgun designed with concealed carry in mind. Luckily, black is the most common color in the tactical optics world. The appearance of the Glock 43X demands a black optic to keep the black on black theme going. You won’t see issues with the frame’s molding marks or texture. The Glock frame isn’t fancy but is perfectly suitable and well made.
GLOCK 43X MOS IN STOCK PROFESSIONAL
It’s a bit blocky and plain, but looks professional and is molded precisely. The frame is the traditional Glock black polymer frame. Silver does tend to stand out a bit more than most. The black finish gives the gun a more discrete look and allows it to disappear a bit better under a cover garment. Stainless looks good, but the black is less reflective and will create fewer reflections on the lens of your red dot optic. I can’t lie, I like the stainless steel coating, and I think it makes the plain Jane, Spartan Glocks stand out a little, but I understand the change. The hardness level is extreme, and it doubled from the older tenifer finish. This diamond-like coating is ultra-strong and proven to be durable on the vast majority of Glock pistols. The guns came out in a black finish prior to the MOS series, but the MOS series will be exclusively nDLC. Glock 43x MOS Review Fit and FinishĪ big change Glock made to the Glock 43X MOS was changing the slide color from stainless steel to a traditional black nDLC finish. Especially when you pair it with a great Glock 43X MOS holster. While these new small optics have yet to prove themselves, they are becoming increasingly popular. That’s not the only change Glock made to the 43X series pistol though so let’s dive in and check out the Glock 43X MOS and how Glock made a micro fighting pistol a bit more capable. This opens it up for the Shield RMSc, SIG ROMEO Zero, SwampFox Sentinel, and Holosun 507k, and a few newer models hitting the market hard and fast. This is one of the smallest pistol red dots on the market, and the footprint of the optic is quickly becoming popular. This MOS system is cut for the Shield RMSc pistol red dot. The Glock 43X is a superbly small handgun, so it can’t accommodate bigger red dot sights. The standard system comes with a multitude of plates to accommodate tons of red dot optics. This pistol bears the name MOS, but the MOS system on these guns is much different from the standard MOS system. The new Glock 43X MOS is hitting shelves now and will likely be a huge hit. The Glock 43X has recently gotten a welcome addition in the form of a MOS model. We will explore its various features in this Glock 43x MOS review. The Glock 43X became a very popular concealed carry pistol and opened up a new market for Glock slimline pistols. Glock took the wildly successful Glock 43 pistol and stretched the grip to accommodate a newer 10 round magazine. The Glock 43X is the reverse stretch of Glock pistols.
