Reliable as ever, Glock continues to add to its impressive Gen4 line with the Glock 41 (G41).

Based on the full-size frame, the Glock 41 Gen4 is a new long-slide .45 ACP handgun for 2014.

Built with a Glock 34 (9mm) slide and a Glock 21 Gen4 (.45) frame, the Glock 41 is 2.3 ounces lighter than a Glock 21 Gen4 while adding extended length to the slide. The lengthened slide gives a longer sight radius for more precise shooting and improved balance.

Using a Glock Gen4 frame, with its multiple backstrap system that includes four backstrap sizes, two of them beavertails, a reversible magazine catch, a high-traction texturing that wraps fully around the gripping surface, the Glock 41 sports a 5.3-inch barrel.

The Glock Safe Action system, with its adjustable trigger-pull weight capability, is included in the design and contributes to the gun’s competition-worthy range results. The extended slide length of 8.31 inches gives users a sight radius right at 7.5 inches, a length that also has a salutatory influence on accuracy.

The gun’s 13-round standard-capacity magazine is of the Gen4 variety: mag catch cutouts are located on both sides of the magazine, so the gun’s ambidextrous magazine catch will lock the magazine in, no matter the mag catch’s position.

For more information on the Glock 41 Gen4, please visit http://us.glock.com/g41compete.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Caliber – .45 ACP
• Unloaded – 765 g / 27 oz.
• Loaded – 1020 g / 36 oz.
• Trigger Pull – 25 N / 5.5 lbs.
• Trigger Travel – 12.5 mm / 0.49 in.
• Trigger Pull – 25 N / 5.5 lbs.
• Trigger Travel – 12.5 mm / 0.49 in.
• Length – 226 mm / 8.90 in.
• Width – 32.5 mm / 1.28 in.
• Length Between Sights – 192 mm / 7.56 in.
• Height – 139 mm / 5.47 in.
• Slide Width – 25.5 mm / 1.00 in.
• Barrel Length – 135 mm / 5.31 in.