![]() The standard backstrap comes installed on the pistol, and it has a slight palmswell. Taurus provides two sizes of backstraps for the GX4. That’s been the norm for duty-size polymer pistols, but not so much on some of the newer micro-sized guns. ![]() Speaking of the GX4’s backstraps, they are interchangeable. Disassembly requires a flat-head screwdriver to rotate the recessed takedown pin (located on the right side of the slide/frame), squeezing the trigger, and removing the slide. (Taurus refers to these locations as the “indexing” and “recoil management” pads.) The grip portion of the frame has a slight palmswell and texturing in four places, including the full length of the backstrap. For one, the frame above and ahead of the trigger guard has landing pads of texturing where the shooter’s fingers are to be placed. It has a stainless-steel chassis inside and some extra touches on the outside. I didn’t need to do that during my shooting session as the magazines always fell free from the gun with just the press of the magazine release each time I pressed it.Īs I said earlier, the frame is polymer. One nice touch on the GX4 is the recess, or scallop, on each side of the bottom of the grip frame that is designed to allow a thumb and finger to firmly grip the magazine and apply the necessary pressure to remove a stuck or slow-to-drop magazine. The baseplates also are polymer, and they are textured and removable. The magazines’ bodies are polished metal finished in a high-gloss black, and they have numbered witness holes on the back sides. The micro-sized GX4 features interchangeable backstraps, and it comes with two sizes. Also, they functioned perfectly throughout my range session, feeding a variety of bullet styles without fail. Unlike other double-stack magazines for micro-sized and compact pistols, the GX4’s magazines were surprisingly easy to load fully. Our sample GX4 came with two 11-round flush-fitting magazines however, Taurus offers an 11-round magazine with an extended baseplate for shooters who prefer a larger gripping surface. You can also get 10-round magazines for states that restrict capacity to that number. The standard magazine holds 11 rounds of 9mm Luger ammunition, but you can get extra 13-round magazines if you like. There is not a magazine disconnect safety, so the pistol will fire without the magazine inserted. There is also a loaded-chamber viewport on top of the barrel’s chamber. For example, there’s a hinged trigger safety lever (more about the trigger later), and there’s an internal striker block. Several safety features are built into the design. The GX4 comes with two standard flush-fitting 11-round magazines, but 11-rounders with a grip extension, 13-rounders, and 10-rounders are also available. The metal internal parts are nickel plated for corrosion resistance. Other parts, such as the slide stop, are coated with a polymer overmolding for maximum durability. Some of the operational control parts, such as the magazine release, receive Teflon coating for optimal smoothness, corrosion resistance, and wear endurance. ![]() Obviously, since this is a striker-fired pistol, there is no external hammer. There is no manual thumb safety on our sample, so the slide stop and the magazine release are the only parts that stick out, and they sure don’t stick out much. The magazine release is set up on the left side, but according to the GX4’s press material, it is reversible. ![]() Speaking of the controls, the GX4 has a slim-profile slide stop on the left side of the frame and an unobtrusive magazine release not quite halfway down the grip. As with other new Taurus pistols, the GX4’s polymer frame has textured pads above the trigger guard on both sides for safe positioning of the trigger finger and recoil-control management. It literally fits in the palm of a hand and weighs just three times what my Android cell phone weighs. Measuring outside the controls, the pistol is 1.08 inches thick. ![]() The frame proper is 1.0 inch thick, and the slide is 0.95 inch thick. It is 6.05 inches in length and 4.4 inches in height. As many readers are aware, a micro-sized 9mm is often not the most comfortable handgun to shoot, even with the relatively mild-recoiling 9mm Luger cartridge. It’s also designed to be comfortable to shoot. Taurus describes its new micro-sized GX4 9mm striker-fired, polymer-frame 9mm pistol with words like “artful,” “intelligent,” and “much praised.” The company also says the pistol presents “negligible printing,” and that is muito importante since the GX4 is designed specifically for concealed carry. ![]()
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