My only gripe about the g19 is the mags aren’t interchangeable with my 34 and 17. The 19x fixes that.
But it doesn’t.
It’s called a G19X but it doesn’t take G19 mags. WTF is up with that? It’s just a G17 with a shorter slide. Oh, and it doesn’t take ALL G17 mags, because the stoopid thing on the frontstrap prevents extended or enlarged baseplates.
There have always been G17 mags available, and Glock was wise to make the longer mags interchangeable downward along all double-stack lines. I have four G19s and a stack of 15,17 and 21rnd mags that all work fine.
For me, it wouldn’t work, but I get why the design works for the LEOs.