OMG!! A Glock 17 question!! Is there really any difference between a Gen 4 and a Gen 5?
What I mean is, any significant difference. Differences I know about, lack of finger grooves and different colored piece in mag. But are any of the differences significant in the functioning of the model 17?? Or are these just differences to say changes have been made so an excuse to raise prices??
I am getting ready to buy a Glock 17 and there is a $70 to $80 price difference between Gen 4 and Gen 5 which I have no problem paying if there is a reason to pay the extra. But paying extra for cosmetics?? I would rather not.
I am getting ready to buy a Glock 17 and there is a $70 to $80 price difference between Gen 4 and Gen 5 which I have no problem paying if there is a reason to pay the extra. But paying extra for cosmetics?? I would rather not.
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Bring back my smiley face 😊 culloute slide serrations - why did they go away...
Mike
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I got a G35 gen 5 because the gen 5 has the plate you can remove and install a red dot.I put a Vortex Viper red dot on it and bought a Johnny Glock Match trigger. The new trigger brought the gun alive.
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Gotta love the "Fish Gills" I actually have one of these and I'm sure it is a collector's item :-)mrmike08075 said:Bring back my smiley face 😊 culloute slide serrations - why did they go away...
Mike
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Personally as long as it says GLOCK on the side I couldn't care less what gen it is. After running a busy in door range, open seven days a week for fifteen years I have never seen any difference in performance of any of them. 0 -
Ricci, of everything that has been used on your range what have you been most impressed with?? What have you thought were really bad?? What is that one that if you heard something "go bump in the night!", you would rather have a louis slugger in your hands than that handgun? 0 -
Yes. Gen 4 is Perfection, Gen 5 is Perfection-er. 0 -
At home?? One of my 12 ga. shotguns. Next an AR 15 which might be my 9mm Colt instead of a .223 gun. Handgun?? Glock of whatever caliber or a good 1911 in .45acp. Walking around?? For years my kit has included a G27 in .40 S&W, don't know what gen it is, and a S&W 642 loaded with Buffalo Bore 158 gr, soft cast semi wad cutter hollow point ammo. I down load my 27 mag by one round and have a back up G23 mag loaded with 12 rounds. Carry a speed strip with six extra rounds for the wheel guns. What I would not use?? Probably most small Taurus guns, no SCCY pistols, no 1911's less than 4", no tiny super light weight .357 rev. Again just me, everyone should make their own choices. 3 -
Yes! There is quite a difference. The 5 comes with an ambidextrous slide release, no finger grooves, the slide milled for mounting a red dot, and their 'Marksman' barrel. The "Marksman' barrel is not a typical Glock polygonal rifled barrel but is instead a cut rifling barrel. They claim better accuracy with this barrel and also that you can shoot lead bullets without issue.
My wife got one of the Gen 5 19's and I took it to a couple of IDPA matches and won both of them with it. (Claimed I had to 'break it in' for her!)
Pay the extra!3 -
Get a Gen 2 they are cheap and shoot fine. 0 -
I am a lefty which most issues are addressed with gen 4.
Gen5 brings a far better barrel & even though it is small- it has a magwell.
MOS models are available on gen 4 and gen 5
The gen 5 is more accurate & faster to reload.
As a USPSA guy the Gen 5 is the way to go, for these subtle differences.
My buddy, who owns Triarc systems in TX had patented his own Glock barrel technology. Good company and well respected in law enforcement & competitive shooting. He told me face to face, his patented barrels will not improve accuracy on Gen5 Glocks.
My USPSA Carry Optic gun is a Gen5.
I am nowhere close to shooting to the guns capability.
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Glock and Apple claim to have created the greatest product ever. I've often wondered why the have to make a gen 2 if the first was the end all be all.... after all you cant improve "perfection"..... lol 0 -
The P-51 Mustang was the perfect fighter, so is the F-14 Tomcat, both of them had their quirks. Being human as we advance there is always a way to make a tool more useful. In this case adding a removable plate to install optics like the Gen-5 and going to a cut rifling barrel with recessed muzzle crown to allow lead bullets to be shot. The pistol itself is still the same as the original design with improvements over time. Few firearms have proven to be as reliable as the Glock. It goes BANG when you tell it to. Sometimes it goes BANG-BOOM but that is a different story.CaneyRiverDog said:Glock and Apple claim to have created the greatest product ever. I've often wondered why the have to make a gen 2 if the first was the end all be all.... after all you cant improve "perfection"..... lol
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I'm still using Gen 3 Glocks.
Saw this on AR15.com:
Glock is milling out G5 Slides to fix erratic ejection issues:
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The reason I will ask questions like this on this forum is I'm looking for personal experience. Opinions are one thing but experience is a whole different animal. There were several responses that made sense to me and made up my mind for me. A Gen 5 it is. Thanks for your input!! 3 -
You won't be disappointed with that choice!
I plan to pick up a left handed holster for the one we have and to shoot at least one Defensive Pistol match with it, just for kicks.0 -
I think I'm probably to old and crippled up to shoot a match but I'm thinking of trying to do a local Sat. match when this virus BS is over!! GO OLD FARTS!!! 3 -
dreher said:I think I'm probably to old and crippled up to shoot a match but I'm thinking of trying to do a local Sat. match when this virus BS is over!! GO OLD FARTS!!!
That's what I've been shooting, the local matches. We had to cancel our first one of the year (April) due to the 'Rona but hopefully we can make a go of it in May even if we have to mask up!0 -
I find I prefer the Glock 19 and Glock 26 guns over the 17. Just a little easier to conceal with shorter barrels. 0 -
I'm not planning on carrying this 17 concealed. If I carry it, it will be open carry. If I can still shoot a match and don't embarrass myself I might put a lot of rounds through this 17 once I get it. I'm waiting until a Glock I've got on consignment sells before I order the Gen 5 17.
My concealed carry piece is my Smith 642 Airweight. I much prefer revolvers as carry pieces. Since I ain't real bright, I got to carry something easy to work. You know, pull, aim and squeeze the trigger. Not pull, jack a round and/or wipe off a safety, aim and squeeze the trigger, all the while praying your choice of semi-autos goes BANG.0 -
Gen 3 for me. 0 -
We are all getting a bit long in the tooth. I have found a red dot makes sighting easier as my teeth age into tuskers. You still need the skill set to shoot a pistol, as even the best red dot made can not compensate for poor trigger control when shooting one. The Glock Gen 5 has the easy to use option to put a red dot on it making it the generation of choice for us older coots needing a bit of help with eye issues. A Johnny Glock match trigger turns the junk trigger from the factory into a work of art.My 25-2 still has iron sights, it is excellent to shoot as long as my focus can adjust itself onto the front sight. With it hitting a 8" octagon at 50 yards is easy IF my eyes will focus on the front sight. With a red dot, like on all my other handguns, focus on the dot is irrelevant, trigger control is KEY to pistol shooting, but you already knew that. 3
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I will just add for someone searching and finding this thread later- the surface coating on the Gen 5 is crazy good.
It is almost a little embarrassing to pull out this perfectly clean gun with no finish wear at a match.
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The gen 5 ejects the brass back into your face so you have to buy a part to fix it
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The two I've shot kicked it 90 degrees to the right in a fairly tight bunch.sharpshooter039 said:The gen 5 ejects the brass back into your face so you have to buy a part to fix it
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