Chris W. from United States, TX Public Profile

Ordered a GEN3 17 kit for my OZ9 fullsize frame, all together the thing shoots incredibly flat. It is, objectively speaking, the best-looking integrally ported barrel setup for GLOCKS on the market right now, and the customer service from ARC is spectacular and out of this world. If you have any troubles with your item, Patch is always ready to help and make sure that you are left with a wonderful experience.

Now onto the small quirks and features:

The optic cut could be improved since if you run an RMR sealing plate (like you should), the front recoil lugs on the optic cut will only go into the optic just a very tiny bit, not a huge issue, you just have to re-zero the optic every time you take it off and put it back on.

It also seems like these slides are cut on the tighter side of the tolerance since I had a metal channel liner get stuck on 2 different slides (where they were supposed to just fall right out after taking out the striker assembly, removed by sticking a bronze brush into the channel liner and pulled right out though), so just use a plastic channel liner with these (like you should), and it runs flawlessly with those.

And because of the top slide cut positioning, some front iron sights will overhang into the slide cut area, so be careful when choosing a sight set if you care about that stuff.

A good thing to remember about these ported barrels is that they do not like 115 grains, and it WILL shoot copper/lead fragments back at you if you feed them the wron

This trigger shoe is the absolute best there is when it comes to Glocks. The trigger safety sits absolutely flat under use, and the trigger face feels great on the finger. The overall geometry of this shoe also eliminates most of the pre-travel compared to stock and other trigger shoe designs. The installation was super easy, the build quality is great, and adds a nice look to any Glock and Glock pattern pistols.