Gen5 Glock 17 Review

**Mrgunsngear** · 08-31-17, 11:47

Originally Posted by Straight Shooter

Am I seeing finish wear on the barrel already in your vid? A member here has reported premature wear on his.
Also- is lockup tighter around the muzzle than on earlier Glocks?
And respectfully... as for the plastic sights, I am GLAD Glock puts on cheap sights, so I don't have to pay for sights I wont be using and can install the sights of MY choice. Ive always felt this was intentional on Glocks part, because of the plethora of sights out now, and done as as a cost saving feature. Am I wrong?
Thanks for your reviews...love your YT & FB channel brother.

Yes, it's just a byproduct of use I suppose. I don't know of many semi-autos that don't show wear after a few hundred rounds. Thanks.

**Feldgrun** · 08-31-17, 13:19

Originally Posted by BuzzinSATX

I had a Blue Label G19 Gen 5 reserved to pick up on Friday and told them to return it to stock and sell it.

What are the Blue Label Gen 5 Glocks selling for now? Still $425?

**turnburglar** · 08-31-17, 13:48

Great review as always mike!

Question: Do you think the gen 5 action spring is backwards capable with the Gen 3? I have to change my spring in the next 2k rounds and wouldn't mind a timing upgrade as I get the occasional stove pipe on WWB and old mags.

**BuzzinSATX** · 08-31-17, 16:56

Originally Posted by Feldgrun

What are the Blue Label Gen 5 Glocks selling for now? Still $425?

I have always paid $398 for blue labels and this gun is same price as those.

FTR, I do hear that $425 number through out a lot. That's about what my cost is OTD ($398.20 + 8.25% tax = $32.85 sales tax = $331)

**rauchman** · 08-31-17, 19:23

As always, cool review. Always look forward to your take on the latest hotness.

Thought your comments about competitive options was interesting. If you were starting from scratch, would you go G5 G17?

**juliet9** · 08-31-17, 22:06

Flared mag well on the 19 is a no go for me. Made my pinky finger sit weird, so it felt weird.

**awdxtc** · 08-31-17, 22:59

Originally Posted by rauchman

If you were starting from scratch, would you go G5 G17?

That's a pretty tough question, there are a ton of options out there. I guess it depends on what size you are looking for. If you wanted something G19 sized I myself would probably go P10c, there are just so many good choices in that size. I don't own a G17 so this has peaked my interest in getting one.

**PaLEOjd** · 08-31-17, 23:17

Originally Posted by Feldgrun

What are the Blue Label Gen 5 Glocks selling for now? Still $425?

My local LE distributor has them priced at $479 with the Ameriglo night sights.
The standard plastic sight models remain $398, like always. Anyone pricing the standard sight models at $425 is making extra money. I've heard that a lot over the years about some of the shops that offer blue label discount.

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**jpmuscle** · 08-31-17, 23:55

Originally Posted by PaLEOjd

My local LE distributor has them priced at $479 with the Ameriglo night sights.
The standard plastic sight models remain $398, like always. Anyone pricing the standard sight models at $425 is making extra money. I've heard that a lot over the years about some of the shops that offer blue label discount.

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Shop local to me said 435$ on blue label. When I objected they said I was wrong.

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