Posted: 7/7/2012 8:32:21 PM EDT
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I have a question about G17L?
Were they made in all 4 generations from G1 to G4? How do you tell if it's G1 vs. G2 vs. G3? Am I correct in my understanding that only the early ones 1980s G1 had cuts in the slide? Do G17L came with lighter 3.5lb trigger? What is the difference b/w G34 vs. G17L? Thanks. |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35.
There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35. There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. BTW, is there a difference in trigger travel b/w Gen. 1 G17L vs. Gen. 2 G17L? Also, did Gen. 1 G17L come in ported and nonported version? What is the market value of Gen. 1, Gen. 2, and Gen. 3 G17L? Which one is the best shooter? Thanks for sharing your expertise. |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35. There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. BTW, is there a difference in trigger travel b/w Gen. 1 G17L vs. Gen. 2 G17L? Also, did Gen. 1 G17L come in ported and nonported version? What is the market value of Gen. 1, Gen. 2, and Gen. 3 G17L? Which one is the best shooter? Thanks for sharing your expertise. I believe that some early 17L's had a fully enclosed slide....no hole in the slide behind the front sight. Some were also made with ported barrels. I bought a gently used Gen2 17L (w/tupperware box, three mags, manual, and loader) last month at the Dallas Market hall show for $450. I believe it was a pretty good deal. 
Typically the Gen 2 17L go for $500+ on GunBroker. |
| 17l has a nominal 6 inch barrel- this did not fit in the "box" used to measure guns for some practical shooting sports (IDPA/IPSC) so they came out with the 34 which just barely fits the box. The idea was to get a pistol with the longest slide/sight radius possible that still woul be legal for those sports with size requirements. The 17L does interest me a little but unless I fall into a deal will probably just stick with my other 9's |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35. There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. There are gen 4 17ls. I saw one at the fort worth gun show a few months ago. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35. There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. There are gen 4 17ls. I saw one at the fort worth gun show a few months ago. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Well thats a a new one on me, I have yet to hear of a Gen 4 with replacable back straps and the deformed newer mag release which would also meen it has the 2 peice guide rod. BUT HEY, theres a lot I have never seen. This is a first just to hear of one because I can't even get Glock to own up to it. |
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They all have the slot in the top front of the slide just like the 34 & 35. It's to releive some of the front end weight. The trigger is now called a 4.5 but it's still the same trigger that came in the others and still does also in the 34 & 35. There is no Gen 4 (yet anyway) but the Gen 3's are still being made.. I have 2 gen 3's and dearly love them. There are gen 4 17ls. I saw one at the fort worth gun show a few months ago. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to tell that to Glock and my distributors. 
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There are gen 4 17ls. I saw one at the fort worth gun show a few months ago. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to tell that to Glock and my distributors. +1 There are Gen4 G34's, but no Gen4 17L's to my knowledge At least JSC, RSR, Lipseys, ect. is not showing them (in other words they don't exist) |