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Until the introduction of the Generation 4 Glock 17, older variants were known for fairly thick, square grips. The frame is also fairly easy to customize with a technique called “stippling.” Stippling is a modification to the surface of the frame in which dots, grooves or other patterns are melted into the plastic, thereby increasing grip friction. The frame is chemical resistant, impact resistant, fairly heat resistant, and to me, seems to reduce noticeable recoil. The frame of the Glock 17 is made of lightweight polymers. The rifling also makes the barrel easy to clean–just remember to use jacketed bullets to maintain a healthy barrel! The polygonal rifle’s excellent accuracy results from an increase in bullet-to-barrel contact, which reduces the propellant gases from blowing past the bullet, thereby increasing velocity. HIT: Barrel: The barrel used in the Glock 17 is hammer forged and has polygonal rifling. While I never had an issue with the sights, I did replace my Glock sights with after-market versions that serve me better. The factory sights on the Glock 17 are made of the same material as the frame. The Tenifer finish on the slide and barrel is very hard and resistant to wear, so you can rest assured your Glock will last, too.
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After 15+ years of use, there is only slight holster wear on the slide. I have done thousands of presentations from the holster with it. I have somewhere between 25,000 to 30,000 rounds of 9mm FMJ through it.
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I have been using my first Glock 17 for training and competition for over 15 years. I can show you how, but that’s a different article! Is a Glock 17 the most reliable handgun? I can consistently keep my groups on my business card at 15 yards or beyond. Almost any quality handgun is capable of 2” groups, or smaller, at 25 yards. So this firearm is perfect if you don’t like cleaning guns! In fact, there are many Glock owners who wait as long as 1,000 rounds or more between cleanings. It also requires minimal maintenance to remain reliable. The Glock 17 is very easy to disassemble and reassemble. Being able to clean and maintain your firearm is fairly important. Even though the pistol is firedthousands of times, it maintains one of the lowest out-of-service rates of any handgun in the fleet. Within the rental fleet at Shoot Smart, the Glock 17 is one of the most popular handguns used by customers. The Glock 17 Gen 4 pistol is one of the most reliable handguns on the market. In the review below, I describe “Hits” as positives of the firearm, with a “Miss” being a negative. Then you can try it out at the range, and decide for yourself. So let me show you the real merits of the Glock 17. Since its introduction, the Glock 17, has proven to be one of the most reliable, durable and easy to maintain pistols in the world, and it spawned an expansive line of similarly popular models, including the Glock 19 and 26. When it first hit the market, there were several critics of this new “plastic gun that can go through an airport metal detector undetected.” They thought it was ugly, referring to the pistol as the “Block 17.”īut the gun can be detected–the slide and barrel are made of steel after all–and really, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In the gun world, it is still a new design. I say “modern” because it has only been in service since 1982. The Glock 17 Gen 4, in 9×19 mm, is one of the most popular modern handguns in the world. Review by Scott Thornton, assistant manager and chief range safety officer, Shoot Smart Grand Prairie, a Texas Law Shield facility.