Full review with specs and where to find one: www.gbgunsdepot.com/post/grand-power-mk23-x-calibur-match-co
@davidpearah6 ай бұрын
I followed the link, but the link to purchase it on global ordnance doesn't work.
@GBGuns6 ай бұрын
@@davidpearah You're not the first to tell me that. 3 weeks ago I asked them about that and they said they were out of stock. Why delete a product page when out of stock makes no sense to me.
@frankbrowning3289 ай бұрын
LOVE the look of this Grand Power pistol. They have their own sort of look, and this model to me, nails it. We've heard and to some extent see that they make very accurate pistols. How about putting an optic on it and having a 25 yard or a 50 yard video shooting from a bench at paper targets with its favorite ammo to see how tight of groups it can shoot
@buncha56519 ай бұрын
Excellent review Graham i can see why you are such a fanboy no matter what ammo excellent accuracy.
@Maelstrom89 ай бұрын
I love your coverage of the more obscure firearms. This one came on my radar as a result of your channel and I've been growing more interested in it as time progressed. This video solidified the reasons that the gun appealed to me. I will have to get my hands on one. Thank you for all you do, Graham!
@puddlepirate824 ай бұрын
I don't think you'll regret it, purchasing a Grand Power. I started by purchasing a Q100 model. I now own seven of them. Take the plunge!
@Maelstrom84 ай бұрын
@@puddlepirate82 Seven? That's incredible! Glad to hear that you are also happy with them. I got to fire the X-calibur Mk23 and it was on par with several higher end firearms at half the price. These guys are the real deal!
@stever87769 ай бұрын
Great review. I have been looking Forward to this since your video from your trip to Slovakia! I really like your what will it eat tests. Seeing how much fun you are having the your videos infectious! After the X-caliber 23 video i was curious to see if the match would br worth the extra money. Appears that it's worth it. The only fault I see is that you don't have a rear sight if you install an optic. Thanks again. You make a fantastic representative for the Grand Power pistols Cheers
@puddlepirate824 ай бұрын
I blame Graham for my Grand pow5er addiction! For my birthday in March I decided to add the Mk23 as my 7th Grand Power firearm. I find Graham's reviews to be spot on with my own personal preferences and handguns. It is a very accurate and smooth recoil impulse in my opinion. I find the felt recoil to be similar to an all alloy handgun. There is a slight difference between polymer frames and metal frames. The option to add red dot optic is a plus. The optic I find very helpful and accurate (I Wear glasses). I have compared the Mk12 and 23 against my Canik Rival SFX and TP9 SFX (5.2 inch barrels). I prefer the Grand Powers because of that smoother felt recoil. Actually I prefer all the Grand Powers from the P1 to X-Calibur. That is why I now own seven. Thank you Graham for your informative videos and reviews. I have found them to be a step above the majority of KZbin reviewers. Keep up the excellent work and thank you again for all you do.
@GBGuns4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words.
@KINGSKY769 ай бұрын
good job. i can't wait to get 1, i love my 1st gen...
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
It would be cool to find an early one, even a Mk6, but the oldest I have are the Mk12s.
@valentinomariani5739Ай бұрын
Awesome review! Would be nice to see a video comparison between this and 2011 style pistol!
@harrisla1234569 ай бұрын
Wow!! What a great review!! I would like to compare this with My CANIK TP9SFX DARKSIDE!! I will look for one of these in the future!!!
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
They're out now, link in the pinned comment.
@bellcoolmountain66509 ай бұрын
Thanks for the review!!!!
@JD-tn5lz9 ай бұрын
Good video. Always fun to watch an enthusiast on a new-ish sidearm.
@koreyallen56829 ай бұрын
Nice shooting review. I do like the look and function of my m12 but ya have me thinking hard about adding a standard m23 to the safe. both real sharp guns with awesome performance. just got an arex alpha so will take some time to replenish the gun purchase coffers but I think you've convinced me. kor
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
I'd love to try an Alpha someday. They sure feel great in the hand.
@koreyallen56828 ай бұрын
@@GBGuns got it yesterday. heavy. feels real nice in the hand. will be testing with some factory then my standard 9mm handload in it shortly. Can't wait. kor
@hopewilliams67059 ай бұрын
I want everyone to know how hard it actually is to touch 3 9mm shots especially as much as he is doing it!
@randomguy-z2l9 ай бұрын
If I can land all my shots within a fist at the distance he is shooting, im more than happy. He is a good shot thats for sure
@JD-tn5lz9 ай бұрын
It's a competition gun in a platform that he's extremely familiar with. That should almost be an expectation with a highly experienced shooter.
@hopewilliams67059 ай бұрын
@@JD-tn5lz I didn't say it couldn't be done I said it's not easy
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
@JD-tn5lz it's true, and I believe I disclaimed in the video that at this point I can't help but shoot well with a Grand Power. That said, after all the hundreds of guns I've reviewed, when I take to a gun chances are there's good reason
@JD-tn5lz9 ай бұрын
@@hopewilliams6705true. He's committed to being effective with sidearms, and that is a difficult step for most. No doubt, he's a good pistoleer.
@Kenn19699 ай бұрын
You really like shooing these guns, you can tell in your excited voice. I have never owned one, might have to buy one! Help me out...models for carry? Long slide version for home defense? Thanks!
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
Your questions are exactly why I created this: www.gbgunsdepot.com/post/the-grand-power-pistol-guide Note that the guide is for the Mk12 generation which is being replaced by these Mk23 models. The good news is they take the same magazines and the mk12s are being blown out, so the prices are much lower than what's listed in the article.
@wbwills29 ай бұрын
GB. Another great video. Thx. Have been noticing your #5.first time im aware of you mentioning it. That’s a cool thing. There’s got to be at least 4 special ppl in & around that factory that got one. That makes you #1 American in their eyes. That’s a cool deal. Toss it around a little. That’s not being boastful whatsoever in my opinion. Unless you’re at a grand power convention rubbing it in the face of your buddy who has #999999 for about the 100th time & giggling. Might get your ear thumped at that point.don’t.or do. UptoU. The auto feed. I don’t have or handle near as many guns as you. I am slamming old mags in newer guns,newer mags in old guns ect. R now. Drops shut some time ..After break in.?.?More auto feed later on. Maybe. Hmmm.?.?I don’t have my GP X or GP anything,yet, but after all is said and done prefer & getting the old one with bare SS heavy fluted barrel if I can find it when I’m ready to buy. Blue fluted #2 choice. & depending on how that goes,will figure out if a 2nd is a must.and if so ,try different caliber..,.??carry a ultra in 9 or a regular k 100 I found on sale that would put me in the 3-4 GP having range. Then I’d be able to have an opinion about something & possibly a tad of input that might have eluded yall.. I doubt that last part but,never know. New eyes on something .All of them are killer !get the no bull barrels allowed in competitions thing. With it being aimed at the competition crowd. But I don’t compete,sooo..that’s the gun that’s going to be in a nice shoulder rig with 2-3 mags or however many it takes to roughly counter balance the weight on other side.sometimes in a drop leg ,on hip sometimes..just a cool gun for wearing around when appropriate. Camping,woods yard work,grocery shopping. Whatever. I have been wondering about the new ones. The peg..that rides in the AK like rotation slot.Excusethe advanced armorers lingo there....dose it spin or is it set in a fixed position. I don’t know that one would be better than the other but still wonder. Seems like it might be a hair smoother if it rolled. It’s a micro second controlled explosion ,It is how it is & I’m leaning towards mk12 anyway but inquiring minds still want to know.
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
The piin is fixed in the Mk23. If you want a Mk12 I suggest getting one sooner than later as I doubt they'll continue simultaneous manufacturing or importation.
@Rothbardy9 ай бұрын
Man. I wish the optics plate didn’t remove the rear sights, I’d have wanted them to act as backup iron sights. Such a small but significant change.
@royk1649 ай бұрын
I think you should start testing with a red dot . Lots of OLD coots like me need red dot help. Also, adding the weight of a red dot, (407c, 1.5 oz) MAY make a differance with some guns.
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
The problem then would also be WHICH red dot as malfunctions from brass bouncing off the glass depends on the shape, size, and angle of that glass. A gun could quite possibly run great with one dot and not with another depending on ammo choice and how firm or soft the shooter's wrist is. It simply adds too many variables that misrepresent the shooting experience. I' not opposed to revisiting a gun after the initial review with a dot mounted, but I don't think it's fair to any gun to review it with a dot on it.
@JD-tn5lz9 ай бұрын
Noooo. Old coots don't need red dots anymore than anyone else. I'm an "old coot" (enough to get a discount at Waffle House anyway😂) who has carried a sidearm at work for over thirty years. We teach "front sight, front sight, front sight" instead of "sight alignment, sight alignment, sight alignment" during handgun courses for good reasons. All about the mechanics. It's not so much the eyes that go with old shooters, it's the commitment to the fundamentals. Yes, I do use pistol dots, but around 90% of my training is without. Fundamentals is fundamentals, and dots generally do more to hinder fundamentals (vulnerability of human nature) than help.
@lizzapaolia9598 ай бұрын
Those are nice pistols. We're looking to purchase GP pistol. We're not sure what model 🤔. Great content. God bless 🙏
@joeytomato9 ай бұрын
Welcome back to GP guns...
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
I believe this makes the 27th model of Grand Power I've reviewed.
@joeytomato9 ай бұрын
I could tell...
@georgeaura9 ай бұрын
I'm amazed with all those holes on the slide that they didn't choose to port any of the barrel.
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
I think they don't port because the barrel rotates. It would be one heck of an engineering feat to time where the ports should be, especially since 9mm loads have such a wide variety of velocities and pressure impulses.
@richardavery22449 ай бұрын
That is an excellent gun, I have one and it’s more accurate than my Springfield XD with a Holosun red dot at 15 yards! Or it could be me?😢😢
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
I think most modern pistols are more accurate than the human user, what makes the difference is how easy it is for the human to precisely control the firearm.
@Iiska788 ай бұрын
Nice video, as allways. But do we see some content about k100 mk23?
@GBGuns8 ай бұрын
We have a Mk23 K100 peek video we filmed at the facotry in May, I'm waiting to publish it until the guns are in the US.
@jeremymead85462 ай бұрын
How much heavier is the front end really? The barrel looks lighter. Mine has a fluted bull barrel, weight forward on the barrel.
@GBGuns2 ай бұрын
See pinned comment.
@paulgoss75969 ай бұрын
what hearing protection are you using?
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
It's an older custome model from NEar. They're a printed scan of your ear: perfect fit.
@thegoldencaulk27428 ай бұрын
Did Grand Power ever say if the X-Calibur Q Match CO is planned for release in the states? I'm super interested in that one!
@GBGuns8 ай бұрын
I'd never heard of that model (including two trip to the facotry), and it's not on their website. Even if it does exist what's in the US is up to the importer.
@thegoldencaulk27428 ай бұрын
@@GBGuns I gotcha. Fwiw, I saw it in a video on the Faktor Tacticool channel. Perhaps something to look into the next time you visit the factory ;) Anyway, nice shootin'!
@dannydowell99792 ай бұрын
Could this be a carry optics class for USPSA?
@GBGuns2 ай бұрын
You'd have to check the latest rule book. I haven't played in almost a decade.
@troysanders46739 ай бұрын
@Gbguns will Grand Power release the rotating barrel 380acp in the US ? Thanks
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
It's up to Global Ordnance and what they'll bring in. Are you talking about the Roxor model? I've never handled one.
@noquartergiven77899 ай бұрын
Is the "auto-forward" an actual part of the design or is it an unintentional function?
@GBGuns9 ай бұрын
I don't know for sure, but most of the Mk12 models had it.
@philliplatham42568 ай бұрын
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@zen-Tii8 ай бұрын
I was with you until you slammed the slide closed on an empty chamber. Phooey.
@GBGuns8 ай бұрын
I'll let you know if it ever causes a problem, but so far, I've done it thousands of times on hundreds of guns without issue.