Glock 17 gen 4 or 5?

[yohann160]

Gen 5

 

[silverfoxdj]

Yep
Round count now in early 3000s
Love the gun other than factory dovetail protectors.
Upgrade sights not available yet, or of limited choice

Congrats..

 

[MartyK2500]

Couldn't you get a Gen 5 with Glock Night Sights or Ameriglo, at least they are steel vs polymer. I thought they were standard on the new Gen 5's but I was obviously mistaken.

G17 gen 5 with ameriglo sights, are what they call FBI or agent sights.
Didn't see any with regular glock metal sights in stock anywhere at the time.

Gen 5 factory plastic sights use sight picture #2
Gen 5 factory night sights (ameriglo agent sights) use sight picture #3

 

[PizzaEater]

I got U.S. from tenda, they matched f.o.c price of $757 but with free shipping, which is why I went with them. My understanding is that only the frame slide and barrel are made in u.s and that all other internals are made In Austria. I couldn't find any vendors other than irunguns that have Austrians.

I picked up the Gen 5 with Ameriglo factory sights. It’s Austrian.

 

[wanna taco]

I bought a Glock 17 gen 4 so id have more mags to go with my FX-9 when it comes out. I looked for cost of mags and figured I may as well get a pistol with em... I like every pistol I own better than the Glock but really I can shoot very good groups with it and it works great. I have large hands and am right handed so the set up of the Gen4 is perfectly good for me... If I was left handed I can see the advantages of the Gen5. I just bought my gen 4 for the mags mostly as it came with 3 and the price after what ibwoukd have spent on mags was really good.

My only complaint are this flimsy grip attachments. At home they went on great. At the range once out in the sun they wouldn't stay on my pistol at all. I dont really need them as they felt like a gimmick but still they shouldn't fall off in the heat.

Rangeview sports is a nice place to buy firearms. If your in Newmarket check them out... currently they have no tax on longguns for father's day.

Make sure that you use the longer pin when switching the grips. Using the original short pin with the grip adapter will cause the grip to fall off like you described.