A tough, non-reflective, Black Nitride finish resists surface scuffs and scratches. Each slide is heat-treated to Rockwell "C" 41-44 for enhanced surface hardness and excellent resistance to galling and wear. Plus, if you have an upgraded barrel with a contrasting finish or a unique exterior pattern (fluting, spirals, "flames," etc.), the window helps your gun stand out from the sea of matte black on the firing line! Each RMR Slide for Glock® 17 Gen4 pistols starts life as a billet of 17-4 stainless steel that is machined to Glock® factory specifications inside, so it’ll fit factory frames and accept factory or aftermarket barrels and Gen4 internal parts. You can get your RMR Slide for Glock® 17 Gen4 with a "window" cutout on top between the front serrations (so no wraparound serrations on this one) that enhances airflow to keep the barrel cooler - ideal for hard-working action competition pistols. To get proper co-witnessing with the RMR, you will need to also install suppressor-height iron sights. All RMR Slides also have Glock® factory front and rear sight dovetails for backup iron sights. Let's be honest: the serrations also look cool! These slides have a built-in mount for the popular Trijicon RMR red dot sight and certain Holosun sights (see list below), enabling shooters to get on-target faster and more easily than they can with standard pistol sights. I've had people bring them into the shop and complain about that only to find that they had used the wrong screw for mounting their RMR! They hold just enough to lightly snug the screw down but of course don't hold anything.Our RMR Slide for Glock® 17 Gen4 pistols features distinctive, wraparound front cocking serrations that aid in manipulating the slide to check the chamber or clear a jam. This will alleviate the sometimes reported "optic flew off" after a few rounds! This allows for full length (extractor plunger limitation noted) screws to be used that then hold both the optic and the adapter to the slide along with the adapter mounting screws. That is to drill holes below the optic mounting holes and then thread them with the adapter in place so they match. The permanently milled slide plan is probably the best but I am not ready to marry to a single RDS yet.There is a "workaround" that will alleviate the limited number of threads on the adapter plate itself that secure the optic. By design it is weaker since it is using 4 screws for 2 surface interfaces. The ATOM adapter system allows for the swapping of supported optics by changing out the adapter with the limitation of the design being that the rear sight is placed in front of the optic. And for what can reasonably be charged for such work the new minimum wage laws would prevent it anyway. Turned out to be a major "science fair project" that I wouldn't care to repeat. I did such a "conversion" for a customer by milling out the dovetail, TIG welding in material, reshaping the rear of the slide to essentially move the rear dovetail to the MOS location, etc. The reason being that the rear sight dovetail on a conventional Glock slide is much farther forward than on the MOS slide and there is not room between that and the striker safety plunger for the MOS adapters. Is there a smith that can do this or is the design of the non-MOS makes this impossible?The short answer is, no. I currently have 2 G17MOS with RDS but I still have my old G17s, G19s, G34 and G26 that are without. I want the MOS because the world of slide mounted RDS is probably gonna change and I don't want to be stuck with a sight specific silde. Is it possible to mill Gen3 and non-MOS Gen4 Glock slides to accept the MOS adapter plates and screws? Due to vision issues, I am transitioning all of my self-defense guns to include a RDS of some type.
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