Glock Frame Insert

[Win231]

They only have value to the people who sell them.

[SonofWWIIDI]

You still have the sides and front to rip mags out. It doesn't hinder it in the way you're describing.

Unless you get the ones that have a magazine guide.

[nedro]

I like them. I have one on my 17.
Easier mag loading and my finger doesn't rub against a sharp edge. It's also like completing the build that glock didn't finish. Like putting in the obviously missing piece.

[Lead Waster]

The jury is always deadlocked on these, in which case I'd say just save your $6.

My thoughts about the hole being there is not that it's a design feature as some people say to let dirt out/in, but just a side effect of the plastic molding process. They wanted the grip a certain size/shape but the magazine well had to be a certain size/shape, so that leaves a voided area. On a mold, you can fill it with plastic, but that would add expenses and weight, or you can leave it open and pretend you did that for some tactical purpose. They chose the way that would maximize profits and left it open.

Plug or no plug, I don't think anyone can really determine any benefit or hindrance to having it.

[Sam]

I have them on mine. I'm not worried about getting the action dirty or about the perceived use of the backstrap channel to strip magazines out. I'm most worried about the magazine getting caught up on those extra angles of the backstrap channel during a reload.

[_TomT_]

I have one, I would gladly give it to you for free if you live around me which is literally in the middle of no where.

70 miles south of Fresno.

[nedro]

It also protects the gun from breaking up when dropped on carpet.

[leoffensive]

also works like a stress ball for the sphincter

[jeffrice6]

It also protects the gun from breaking up when dropped on carpet.

[BarrettM99]

I'm indifferent about them. I have them on a couple and not on others. No difference. The only other benefit is if you have weighted ones that help with balance and recoil, etc...

[Maht_g]

They only have value to the people who sell them.

^this, one more "accessory" that someone can sell you. For the $6-8 they sell each one for they prolly make 1000 more, not bad return... Hole goes thru, seems to get quite a bit of debris (powder/brass specks) coming out of that hole so I'll leave it open.

[Eljay]

Depends on what you do with the gun. If you do fast reloads (competition or defensive or whatever) and your reload isn't perfect as one or two people alluded to above your mag can snag on the exposed ridge between the true magwell and the gap. By plugging the gap with something smooth if you're off by a bit it just bounces right into where it's supposed to go.

[nikki#2]

just wondering if it's just aesthetic or what.

yeah... pretty much.

[Erion929]

Yeah, mostly esthetic for most of us, but we spend way more than $6 on esthetics on guns.....some just don't admit it

If Hackathorn, Vickers, and Harrington all agree (ppst #3) there can also be a couple of purposes for it, too, then why not....especially for $6?

[M1XdColt]

I wonder why the discounting the one for the model 29 and 30. Last time I got one for my sf 29 but didn't fit so I have to my buddy because it was not for the 31st version but took me forever to find the 31st version. I haven't shot it yet but this weekend I'm sighting my rifle at a outdoor range, I will see if it does anything