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Has anyone tried...

The reason why it quote/un-quote "won't work" is the Slide Cover Plate. It is different between the Gen1/2/3/4 and the Gen5 because it needs to clear the new Trigger Mechanism Housing. If you put a Gen5 Slide Cover Plate on your Gen4 Slide, it will go right on. You would probably also want to replace the Ejector with a .40 caliber Ejector, but that'd be optional.

This works only because the Lower Locking Lug on the 19 and 23 Gen5s is the same as previous Generations. You couldn't do this same swap between Gen4 and Gen5 17s and 22s, because the lug is different on the Gen5's....
 
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