Glock Gen 5 to be available soon

[Jcordell]

Originally Posted by Ultimate94ninja

Kinda surprising, but the Glock 17L Gen 5 MOS has been announced.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...-17l-gen5-mos/

Wow that is a surprise. I thought that Glock had essentially stopped making the 17L.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Ultimate94ninja

Kinda surprising, but the Glock 17L Gen 5 MOS has been announced.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...-17l-gen5-mos/

Originally Posted by Jcordell

Wow that is a surprise. I thought that Glock had essentially stopped making the 17L.

They still make the Gen 3 G17Ls in limited quantities (something like a few dozen per year), but no, they've never left production. They still have a following amongst Glock fans (especially in countries where competition shooting is considered the only legitimate reason to own a handgun), and I believe that Glock also has a few military and/or LE contracts to build them, too.

I definitely don't understand the point of offering the G17L in a Gen5 MOS configuration, though. If you're buying a pistol to put an optic on it - which is the main reason anyone would buy the MOS version - then why bother purchasing a gun with such a long iron sight radius? (Side note: I've always thought that the G17L from the movie "Ronin" was an impractical setup in reality for this exact reason.)

[Jcordell]

I agree. I purchased a G34 a few months ago for the longer sight radius.I don't think I'm going to put optics on it either.

[MT2008]

Not sure if anyone's heard yet, but the G17L Gen 5 is apparently very unreliable. At least two firearms YouTube channels that I watch have tested it now, and encountered serious jamming issues even with decently-powered loads. Apparently, the slide just isn't light enough to handle many loads, possibly because Glock didn't put the lightning cut found on earlier G17L generations. I suspect that the recoil spring is also a bit too stiff, and I wouldn't be surprised if Glock needed to play around a bit more with the feed ramps and barrel lock-up, too.

Originally Posted by Jcordell

I agree. I purchased a G34 a few months ago for the longer sight radius.I don't think I'm going to put optics on it either.

I see a lot of people selling Gen 3 G17L slide/barrel assemblies on eBay, and I've been tempted to buy one just to retrofit to my Gen 3 G34 frame. The main reason I haven't is that the sellers always want ridiculous prices for them (often the cost of an entire gun), and they're all post-2010 assemblies, which I can tell by the S/Ns. I won't buy Gen 3s made after 2010 because those don't have the Tennifer treatment, unlike all of the Gen 3s that I own now, and IMHO, that's still the most durable and aesthetically pleasing finish that Glock has ever offered.