THE Glock Chart
six months ago I went looking on the internet for an updated Glock chart. there weren't any. the existing ones usually went up to Gen3, I think one had a little information on Gen4 and nothing on Gen5. if I wanted an updated Glock chart I had to make it myself.
so I started on that project. I quickly found out why there aren't any beyond Gen3. when you look at Glock's publications for specs, the deeper you dig into them, the more contradictory and confusing it gets. not only do the specs change over time but Gen 1/2/3 have different specs from Gen4, which are different from Gen5.
with variants such as L, SF, S, X, MOS, FS, practice, reset, cutaway, two different types of simunitions, 10 comp models, across 5 generations, there are 110 different models of Glock each with a history of contradictions that must be accounted for.
it was a Herculean task but I wrestled, wrangled, fought with and cussed at data from 11 different Glock manuals ranging from 1992 to 2018 and made it work. forunately the Gen 1/2/3 could be lumped together after fudging the data to make it consistent.
I put it in a spreadsheet. I figured I could take a screenshot of that and it would be The Glock Chart. but it was humongous and would not fit on the screen. it was 3 times too big. so I split it into 3 pages. then I decided to remove some data to make a chart easier to work with... that also was large. I ended up making 6 different sizes:
1. Longslide. uses HTML to flip between 3 pages of specs and has a cursor that scrolls up and down like a shortwave radio (a huge, 36-band shortwave radio)
2. Tactical. removed the metric data and Compensated, Practice, Simunitions, Reset, Training and Cutaway models to at least make it fit on a computer monitor.
3. Standard. removed barrel type/twist, trigger pull and MOS/FS so it's not so overwhelming.
4. Compact. simplified weight data, reduced precision on all data to conglomerate all 5 generations into 1. truly compact compared to the previous versions. best one for casual use.
5. Subcompact. removed Length/Width/Height/Weight, left BBL length. may be viewed on a phone.
6. Pocket Size. thumbnail version handy for quick reference, and if Subcompact was too big for your phone this certainly should work.
then there was the matter of style. I recreated them all in 4 different styles. now there 3 dozen Glock charts to choose from. on top of that I added Multi-Tool versions, a Quik Caliber Chart, Quik Compare Chart, and the Glock Power Chart.
this took all my spare time for 6 months; I know I have put at least 300 hours into it. pay me 10 bucks an hour and that's $3000.
so, if you want to get the latest Glock charts, the only meaningful update in about a decade or more, and by far the most comprehensive and thorough reckoning of this gawd-awful mess there ever was and probably ever will be,
go to teracube.net and look for the Glock Chart module.
[url]HTTP://TERACUBE.NET[/url]
here are some examples.
(this one got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size)
this is the same thing but a different style.
also got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size
(this one got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size)
if you want to view the Compact on your phone, here's what it looks like:
you can open it in a new tab and view the full chart, which you can bookmark to view anytime.
so I started on that project. I quickly found out why there aren't any beyond Gen3. when you look at Glock's publications for specs, the deeper you dig into them, the more contradictory and confusing it gets. not only do the specs change over time but Gen 1/2/3 have different specs from Gen4, which are different from Gen5.
with variants such as L, SF, S, X, MOS, FS, practice, reset, cutaway, two different types of simunitions, 10 comp models, across 5 generations, there are 110 different models of Glock each with a history of contradictions that must be accounted for.
it was a Herculean task but I wrestled, wrangled, fought with and cussed at data from 11 different Glock manuals ranging from 1992 to 2018 and made it work. forunately the Gen 1/2/3 could be lumped together after fudging the data to make it consistent.
I put it in a spreadsheet. I figured I could take a screenshot of that and it would be The Glock Chart. but it was humongous and would not fit on the screen. it was 3 times too big. so I split it into 3 pages. then I decided to remove some data to make a chart easier to work with... that also was large. I ended up making 6 different sizes:
1. Longslide. uses HTML to flip between 3 pages of specs and has a cursor that scrolls up and down like a shortwave radio (a huge, 36-band shortwave radio)
2. Tactical. removed the metric data and Compensated, Practice, Simunitions, Reset, Training and Cutaway models to at least make it fit on a computer monitor.
3. Standard. removed barrel type/twist, trigger pull and MOS/FS so it's not so overwhelming.
4. Compact. simplified weight data, reduced precision on all data to conglomerate all 5 generations into 1. truly compact compared to the previous versions. best one for casual use.
5. Subcompact. removed Length/Width/Height/Weight, left BBL length. may be viewed on a phone.
6. Pocket Size. thumbnail version handy for quick reference, and if Subcompact was too big for your phone this certainly should work.
then there was the matter of style. I recreated them all in 4 different styles. now there 3 dozen Glock charts to choose from. on top of that I added Multi-Tool versions, a Quik Caliber Chart, Quik Compare Chart, and the Glock Power Chart.
this took all my spare time for 6 months; I know I have put at least 300 hours into it. pay me 10 bucks an hour and that's $3000.
so, if you want to get the latest Glock charts, the only meaningful update in about a decade or more, and by far the most comprehensive and thorough reckoning of this gawd-awful mess there ever was and probably ever will be,
go to teracube.net and look for the Glock Chart module.
[url]HTTP://TERACUBE.NET[/url]
here are some examples.
(this one got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size)
this is the same thing but a different style.
also got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size
(this one got resized by the forum. right click, "Open image in new tab" to see it full size)
if you want to view the Compact on your phone, here's what it looks like:
you can open it in a new tab and view the full chart, which you can bookmark to view anytime.
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Seems like having both US customary units and metric (as well as multiple units of the same measurement) is a bit redundant.
But man, that is a lot of data and some nice charting!0 -
nope. every Glock manual, Armorer's Manual, Buyer's Guide and online specs are in US and Metric. everywhere but the US uses Metric. that's a lot of Glock users. 0 -
Job well done! Im slowly but surely building a Glock chart of my own- but with fully functional pistols.
Cheers!0 -
That's a LOT of work! Thank you for taking it on and posting it. 0 -
thanks and thanks 0 -
Now all you need to do is put it on a code wheel like S&W once did to sort out the multitude of their 3rd generation autos. 0 -
I'm not familiar with that. got a link or a picture? 0 -
You went to all that trouble for Tupperware? 0 -
I went through all that trouble for Glocks. and it needed it. 0 -
Well done Bushmaster...
Very nice.0 -
Cool too much time on your hands LOL 0 -
Very nice, thanks. I have considered dong a similar exercise for the Les Bear 1911 Pistols. I was thinking about a simple excel spreadsheet but your charts and tables would be goal to shoot for. 0 -
God knows, I'm not a shrink. And I think you did a outstanding job! But per your post, you are a text book example. Of a person with OCD. If a couple of guys in white, with big butterfly nets. Show up outside your door, one of these days. Run like hell. 0 -
Been having a ''NOglock'' day since 1992 0 -
1] 1911
2] 1911A1
done..........0
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