Glock 17 Poor quality barrel finish. Worse customer service.

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I bought myself a Glock 17 Gen 5 over Christmas and have taken it to the range with my model 40 and 48 and shot all three roughly equal amounts. The model 17 barrel is showing 3 wear bands and a the other two are showing no wear. I am not very impressed by the quality when the finish is coming off with under 500 rounds down the pipe.

Has anyone else come across this ? If so was it a US or an Austrian made unit?

I will say that my experience with the selling dealer, Italian sporting goods, has been under whelming when I requested service. Two try’s just to get a reply of bring it in or email glock. So far I have tried Glock twice with no reply.

The pictures have the 48 on top, G40 then the 17.


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Weird, I have just under 500 rounds on my 17 and about 500 on my 21. Zero signs of wear after cleaning, barrel looks brand new. Something is definitely not right there, it shouldn't look like that.
 
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Probably a good thing, tight lock up at the muzzle. Lots of guns do this...Sig, 1911's, normal wear from shooting.
 
My USA-made Glock 17 Gen 5 also shows unseemly wear on the barrel after about 1,500 rounds. I have seen Gen 4's with way more mileage that do not show this type of wear.

A touch of Cold Blue on the barrel and the rings have practically disappeared.
 
I still don't get why people don't just call the store instead of emailing and complaining when they don't immediately answer back. I emailed them about a pistol I was interested in and it was a 2 day reply time. That seems fairly realistic to me.
 
QUATTROISKING said:
It’s the USA models that do this gen 5, and later generation gen 4, glock #### the bed on there barrel Teflon coating.
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I agree my US made GLock 19X has lots of barrel ring wear really early in its life, compared to some of my gen 3-4 Austrian made Glocks. I don't care thou as its a shooter, it bothered me when it was brand new but now after 3000+ or so rounds I don't care it shoots the sames and Im over it being brand new with not marks on it

As for a return or exchange because of these wear marks, I doubt you are untitled to any of that, as it would be considered normal wear that does not affect performance
 
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My G17 gen 5 ( made in USA ) also shows wear on the finish of the outside of the barrell. But it is no jewelry or collector piece. Its a Glock ! so a shooting tool...

Gilbert
 
700 said:
So it’s a process quality issue.
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Maybe but it could also be like the slide coating, people complain that the AUS have a way better and more durable slide coating on them then the US models. From the reading I have done, the chemical process they use in AUS is not legal in the US so they have to use something different. In that case if it really matters to you, then only try to buy AUS made Glocks, but for me in my case of the Gen5 19X we only get US made ones, there is no option to try and find a AUS made one, so I just live with the cosmetic wear on the barrel finish
 
If you don't like finish wear on barrels, just be thankful you never bought a West German SIG lol.

This is a none issue IMO
 
Gen 3 used Tenifer, a type of nitride processing that uses cyanide in it. I have one and it still ended up with the half moons on the barrel.
After that they tried a few different finishes out... Melonite, and Gas Nitriding, not sure what the current batch is now.
 
I must be biased owning mostly milsurps but I find it comical people would worry about finish wear on parts that slide past each other. The intense friction generated by a recoiling slide will wear any finish over time
 
Its not wear, its superior lockup. If there are no marks on the barrel in most autos today that have NO barrel bushing, these barrels do not mate up enough with the hole in the slide.

If you examine the barrel holes on most autos that have no barrel bushing, you will see that the hole is not totally round or concentric, but oblong.

If you have wear marks on the barrel it means that the barrel is mating up with the slide to create a better lockup. Th opposite is what you do not want.
 
hatman1793 said:
Its not wear, its superior lockup. If there are no marks on the barrel in most autos today that have NO barrel bushing, these barrels do not mate up enough with the hole in the slide.

If you examine the barrel holes on most autos that have no barrel bushing, you will see that the hole is not totally round or concentric, but oblong.

If you have wear marks on the barrel it means that the barrel is mating up with the slide to create a better lockup. Th opposite is what you do not want.
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That's not how a Glock works, they do not rely on the barrel to slide hole fitment for lock up. Actually if you look at how the Glock barrel tilts downwards and the slide slides back over it, if that hole in the front of the slide was tighter the barrel would not be able to pivot down on an angle and out as its intended to function. The hole in the front of the slide is quite a bit larger then the diameter of the barrel
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You cant compare that to a 1911 etc style as they use totally different design for barrel to slide lock up, a lot of those do rely on the barrel to slide hole tightness or barrel bushing for lockup
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Hitzy said:
Gen 3 used Tenifer, a type of nitride processing that uses cyanide in it. I have one and it still ended up with the half moons on the barrel.
After that they tried a few different finishes out... Melonite, and Gas Nitriding, not sure what the current batch is now.
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Tenifer and/or Melonite are case hardening processes, not exterior finishes. Only Superman can "see" them.
 
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