Polymer-frame striker-fired handguns are flexible in design and performance, so it is simple enough to design a pistol with different-length slides and frames. In the past, full-size service guns were usually downsized by shortening the slide, and often the slide and the frame, creating a compact pistol. Among the most famous compact designs is the Glock 19 9mm, shrunk in size from the Glock 17. Later, Glock introduced the Glock 19X and the similar Glock 45 9mm. These pistols feature a Glock 19 compact slide and full-size Glock 17 frame. The pistol is fast from leather and features a full-length magazine. Some were skeptical, but the 19X pistol has been proven in hard use.
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