How to improve my Glock 17?

[mudgunner49]

Well I always thought of something...
If someone is breaking in your house, they have a gun and you clearley see that. Then you pull out your glock with night sights and hide. Couldn`t the night sights give away your position in this kind of situation?

If they're close enough to see the glow from your night sights then you can probably shoot them without using said sights!!!

Save your money and buy a set of non-tritium Heinie Slant-Pros or the 10-8 rear/brass bead front combo - you'll be further ahead in the end and probably save enough to buy a decent flashlight.

I guarantee you'll use the light far more often than you'll use the night sights...



YMMV

blake

 

[cornelunc]

I am leaning towards buying these sights:
From glockparts.com

Trijicon Target 3 Dot Target Set
Price: $39.95
The Trijicon GL05 Glock 3 Dot front & rear steel sight set is not a night sight set, but a steel replacement set for the original polymer sights on Glock pistols. The GL05 features three white dots. It does not glow in the dark. It does not have tritium


Anybody have an opinion about them?

 

[v65magnafan]

I am leaning towards buying these sights:
From glockparts.com

Trijicon Target 3 Dot Target Set
Price: $39.95
The Trijicon GL05 Glock 3 Dot front & rear steel sight set is not a night sight set, but a steel replacement set for the original polymer sights on Glock pistols. The GL05 features three white dots. It does not glow in the dark. It does not have tritium


Anybody have an opinion about them?

They look fine to me.

The main reason why I changed the stock sights for steel night sights is that my Glocks are normally holster carried. The plastic sights do not do well in holsters. In addition, in U.S. hotels, when sleeping, I keep a Glock within arm's reach. (At home of course, this does not happen.) I expect no one in my hotel room at night except me*. So, night sights aren't a bad idea. Nor is a Surefire next to the Glock.

Again, don't go spending a lot of money on accessories until you have assessed the stock Glock--with lots of ammo. If you are target shooting only, you may be perfectly happy with the stock sights.

Quick tip to a Glock hater: Having owned lots of different handguns, I can tell you in all honesty that Glocks have more benefits than just U.S. mag capacity.



*very happily married to the same beautiful woman for twenty-six years.


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[TDC]

You sir, are clearly mistaken. The Glock was not the first pistol with a plastic frame, if you recall, H&K had a gun like that 20 years earlier. Plus the Glock lacks chamber support making it volatile to sharp blows and drops, exploding upon contact with a rigid surface. And the clips are pinned to 10-rounds anyway, negating the only benefit of the Glock.

WOW, there is so much wrong in this post.

The HK VP70 was the first polymer pistol introduced in 1970 which would put it exactly 10 years ahead of the introduction of the Glock17 which was officially adopted by the Austrian Army in 1983. A far cry from "20 years earlier".

The so called lack of chamber support is heavily exaggerated. More to the point, the so called "unsupported chamber" has nothing to do with the safety of the firearm. Dropping or throwing a loaded Glock is a non issue, it has been done several thousand times by many individuals without incident. Clearly your understanding of the Glock design is lacking. I sense your "knowledge" is supported by other ill informed "firearm owners". I come to this conclusion based on your lack of information and the use of the term "clip". I've posted a couple pics below to aid in your re-education.

TDC

 

[koalorka]

10/10, would troll again.

 

[v65magnafan]

10/10, would troll again.

Maybe on another site?

http://**w.arguewitheveryone.com/

 

[B]

I am surprised you guys fell for that... Anywho I love my Night-sights. I shoot as much as I can, sometimes around dusk. They help but are by no means necessary.

 

[cornelunc]

I have now posted a poll which will make it easyer and faster to express your decision if maybe your in a hurry.

 

[Onagoth]

Call me a nancy, but I could not effectively manipulate the stock mag release, I think this was the best upgrade I made.

Nite sights help if you shoot IDPA, some stages are low light or no light and it makes a huge difference.

 

[gwhysow]

You shouldn't change much internally. If you want to change something aesthetic, go for it. Glock engineered their firearms to work a certain way; once you start messing with the insides, you aggravate that balance. Barrel swap for accuracy, sure. But I wouldn't go messing with recoil springs, or guide rods. Just my 2 cents.

 

[misfire]

FWIW, I changed the connector on my G17 to a 3.5 pound connector and don't really like the lighter pull. It didn't increase the accuracy of the pistol as it was plenty accurate the way it was before (5.0 lb connector). I'm not a Glock kool-aid swiller but I honestly think the my G17 was 'perfect' out of the box, accurate and reliable, what more could I want? Here's my .02¢, put your money into a holster and ammo. If you need a grip sleeve cut a piece off an old mountain bike inner tube.....

 

[martinjozwa]

try out what works for you. Glocks are very simple to work on and swap out parts by yourself...Youtube is key for great how to videos. When you dont like a part, swap it back out, there are so many parts and manufacturers for glocks that your head will spin what to add next

 

[NaOH]

3.5# connector and lots of ammo are all you need.