Glock 17 Gen3 or Gen4 ??

I hear the finish on the metal of the gen 4 wears off very easy compared to the gen 3 ? im wondering if they still use Tenifer ?
 
TACTICAL111 said:
I take it you had one, so what are the exact issues with the Gen 4?
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Hell no, I'm not buying one until they sort their ejection and feeding problems out. I am not in the habit of buying guns until they are proven.

Problems are the usual...FTEs, FTFs, stovepipes...seems like tolerance stacking problems with several components to me.

Although I have seen the slide geometry article from Randy Lee. That's an interesting theory.
 
Reliability wise, another vote for the gen3 here. A friend has a new gen4 and he has had some grief with it from the start.

Speaking of gen3 OD's, where can a guy find one? Are they special order or is there a dealer that has them in stock? Can't seem to find one.....:(. I'd order one if I knew they were still available.
 
misanthropist said:
I would like a Gen 4...but not until they work out the bugs.

I would give it another 6 months. I don't want to go through another spring change, then an ejector change, then an extractor change, as they try to figure out what they f**ked up.

Some run fine. Some don't. Most people who tell you "mine runs fine" haven't shot their enough to know. They get a few hundred rounds through it and declare it flawless.

In many cases, the problems show up around 4000 rounds, by which point the gun has loosened up a bit. These problems have not consistently been fixed by changing the RSA.

I am looking forward to a Gen 4. When they've got them figured out. Not yet.
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Exactly how I feel as well.
 
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