Glock 17 Gen 3 vs. Glock 19 Gen 4

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BarkeyVA

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Saw two used 9mm Glocks today, a 17 Gen 3 and 19 Gen 4. Both in excellent condition. Both priced at $430 plus tax and $2.00 fee. Wwhat do you think about the price and which would you consider the better value?
 
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Creeper

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Price being common... You gonna carry it? Which one feels better in your hand? Which one do you point better with? Those would be my deciders.

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QuakertownRich

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I recently won an auction on gunbroker for a NIB Glock 17 3rd Gen for $425 + shipping. I don't have any experience with the 4th gen Glocks, so I can't give any opinions on those. I do know I got a great deal on an excellent weapon.
 
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GRAND MASTER WANNABE

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ALERT!! ALERT!! I am a bias, dedicated, fanatic, radicallist, GLOCK shooter. I have shot all models and love all the models. Favoring the 9mm's. :D

But I will tell you this sir, I have never, in all my years of shooting GLOCKS, experienced soo many malfunctions, than I did with a Gen 4 Glock 17. After 2 weeks of trying everything!!! I returned it, and lost a third of the money I had bought it with.

Yes, it was that dissapointing. (Dang Recoil Spring):mad:
 
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QuakertownRich

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But I will tell you this sir, I have never, in all my years of shooting GLOCKS, experienced soo many malfunctions, than I did with a Gen 4 Glock 17. After 2 weeks of trying everything!!! I returned it, and lost a third of the money I had bought it with.

Yes, it was that dissapointing. (Dang Recoil Spring)
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This is not the first time I've heard of issues with the 4th gens. Also, for being so much more money than a 3rd gen, the novelty of removable backstrap, different grip will, I'm afraid, wear off. In answering the OP question, the smart buy would be the 3rd gen Glock 17, IMO.
 
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Venom1956

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But I will tell you this sir, I have never, in all my years of shooting GLOCKS, experienced soo many malfunctions, than I did with a Gen 4 Glock 17. After 2 weeks of trying everything!!! I returned it, and lost a third of the money I had bought it with.

Yes, it was that dissapointing. (Dang Recoil Spring)
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Lol. I can vouch for that. I was there, GMW was not a happy camper that day on the range...
 
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farmerboy

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If it was the recoil spring, why didn't you just contact them and they would have sent you a new one free of charge or you have to pay shipping to ship your gun to them and they'll replace it , shoot it and send it back. Not nearly as good as S & Ws warranty where they'll pay all shipping both ways. Glock did however after I gripped at them and stated they weren't as good as S&Ws warranty said theyd send me a call slip so my shipping to them was free. But I did not want to ship my Glock anywhere. I changed the recoil spring. Most accurate handgun I ever saw.
 
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