Elite Force Fully Licensed GLOCK 19X Gas Blowback Airsoft Pistol (Type: Green Gas / Tan)

"What a fantastic gun, very glad I waited for this over a standard 17 or 19. Feels great in the hands, shoots great and very accurately, easy to use external Hopup adjustment, great snappy recoil even with green gas. Very nice fit and finish. Buy it, seriously, it’s great.

I have found no cons to mention.

"The box has this very noticeable dark earth color scheme instead of the white backdrop on the previous Umarex Glock offerings and is labeled GEN 3 on the front lip cover. The pistol itself has this two tone coyote color with the slide darker than the lower frame very similar to the steel version. I have shot more than 200 rounds since I received it and here are my comments on the pistol:

PROS; - Impressive gas efficiency. I have managed to full reload almost 5 magazines on a single gas charge
- Snappy recoil pretty much identical to the Glock 19 version
- Ease of adjusting the hop up without disassembling the entire slide. I have some "CONS" on this too below
- Descent hop up bucking- I tried to load .30 grams BB with no problem.
- Slide color coating seems to be more durable compared to the previous VFC Glock models. I sprayed mine with a clear dead flat spray paint for protection and you can' barely notice it's coated.
- Ambidextrous slide release and reversible magazine catch.
- The magazine is nicely done complete with round count indicators and trademarks.
- Black inner barrel.
- Appears to be serialized serial number on the box and on the pistol itself.

CONS: - I do not play in the field and as an avid airsoft collector, I do remove the orange tip. Removing this is a challenge. Whatever you do, do not use heat to melt it or crumple it, it does not come off by pulling. The only way I found was to cut the tip to the brim then push the other remaining half downward towards the chamber. The orange tip serves as the inner barrel spacer too so you will have to wrap some tape on the inner barrel tip to stabilize it.
- Outer barrel is too plain with no threads for attachments or "Fake" barrel grooves.
- I have encountered a situation (on a .28 gram BB) where the exact hop up adjustment is in between the two "clicks".
- Pricey magazine and the pistol itself

Overall it's a keeper.

"I am so glad that Glock finally licenses replicas of their guns. See how great it is to play in the reindeer games? Looks to me that the previous review covers the technical aspects so I am just going to mention what really impresses me and what really annoys me.

Impressed: hop up system. Thanks for making it so easy. Glock 19x, thanks for making available..... in the US, really tired of airsoft mike and the other European clowns doing reviews on guns I cant legally obtain without playing the import confiscation challenge.

Really annoyed with: you really couldn’t have included the two extra back straps for gen 4/5 guns? I bought this gun at a discount (thanks Evike) and it is still comparatively expensive compared to an illegal replica whose Identity WE wont mention here. And those come with back straps. For the $180.00 people pay for this, surely two more pieces of plastic cant cost that much to produce.

Overall very glad to have this replica. Like the other guy I am not a gamer, I just love collecting, plinking or training with these and like him I will remove the tip, or at least the part that does not serve as the spacer between inner and outer barrel. Love the realism and all the trademarks. Nice to have a model that if I decide to sell one day on ebay, I wont get a ended auction and a threatening letter from Glock lawyers. So glad we are all past that now. I would buy the 18c if I didnt have so many ‘not a glock’ replicas of it.