glock 23 gen 2 with gen 3 magazines

[mikehtiger]

Hi all,

I have a gen 2 glock 23 and I have a gen 3 or 4 glock 23 13 rd magazine. When I insert the magazine in my gun the top of the baseplate on the magazine is about 1/4" below the bottom of the mag well. It feeds fine but makes the gun a bit longer for ccw. Any suggestions or ideas?

[kamber19]

this should be interesting..

[ricksOe]

A 10rd magazine will solve that.

[mikehtiger]

Are there design differences between the gen 2 and gen 3 magazines that could cause this issue?

[Sliik]

oh man....

[Sliik]

they are all interchangeable.

edited to add: if you changed the side of the mag release it could cause the issue you are describing and to fix that you will need a gen 4 baseplate but I do not see how the mag would be "longer."

[klmmicro]

My friend has a Gen 2 G23 and asked me the same question. He lives in Missouri and bought standard Gen 4 mags for it. He said there is an eighth inch gap between the top of the baseplate and the bottom of the well. The only thing I can think is the grip on the Gen 4 is just a little bit longer then the Gen 2. Makes me wonder if any of my old Gen 2 mags would fit in a Gen 4.

[jdben92883]

Maybe a picture? I have a Gen 2 and Gen 4 Glock 23. The mags sit the same. Of course the Gen 2 has the half-moon front which I personally find uncomfortable so I use different base plates that fill in the moon. But the mags don't sit any differently in the magwells between the two. I use 13-round and 10-round mags old-and-new in both.

[klmmicro]

Maybe a picture? I have a Gen 2 and Gen 4 Glock 23. The mags sit the same. Of course the Gen 2 has the half-moon front which I personally find uncomfortable so I use different base plates that fill in the moon. But the mags don't sit any differently in the magwells between the two. I use 13-round and 10-round mags old-and-new in both.

There seems to be quite a few Glocks exhibiting this in photos from the web. Here are a couple a found pretty quick.





My friend admitted that the pistol shoots fine with no functional error at all, but was wondering if his pistol was broken somehow. I figure not. I will try to get a pic of his for comparison.

I too use the base plates that fill in the cut out on my Gen 2 frame. Mine are Pearce PG-FML's from ages ago.

[jdben92883]

^ Not sure if this is what OP is referring to. All of my Glocks...nearly a dozen of them...have mags that don't sit flush with the bottom of the magwell. All have gaps of varying degrees.

[JTROKS]

If all gen mags are the same length then the grips on the newer frames are shorter. Here's a gen 1