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Unless your hand is stronger than mine,you’ll feel the Gen 3’s grip-frame moveslightly within your grasp. With Gen 4,the RTF, it won’t move as much, if at all.Granted, most of a gun’s movementin recoil is front to back, but there is alittle torque in the recoil pattern, especiallyin one-handed shooting. I have tosay — a subjective judgment, of course— the RTF simply stays put better.Like A RockIt sits even more solidly in my handthan a Gen 3 Glock with skateboardtape, or the more sophisticated Tac-Grip,applied to the grip surface. Yet in carrying,it’s less uncomfortable againstbare skin. I tried it inside the waistband,under an untucked shirt, and while therewas mild discomfort, it was not enoughto make me stop carrying it for the day.A week might have been different. Moresensitive skin? That might have been adifferent outcome, too. I find the skateboardtape stuff much more abrasiveagainst my unshielded side in deep concealment.If I was going to carry the gunnext to bare skin, I’d stay with my Gen 3G22. If I was buying the gun to competewith, though, or for uniform duty carry,the RTF would definitely get my nod.Carry in other manners raises otherquestions. Uniform duty holster?No problem. Concealed carry, with ashirt between me and the gun? With anEOTAC concealment vest, those littlepolymid nubs didn’t catch the fabric atall. Under the light tee shirt, though, theyoccasionally caught the fabric enough tomake the shirt rise up a little. Originalopinion confirmed: Okay for regular concealedcarry, but not first choice under atee shirt against bare skin.Left, from top:Gen 1, 2 and3/3.5 Glockgrip-frames.Right: Glock22 RTF.Photo: Ayoob60 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • MARCH/APRIL 2010