The allure of the Glock 17L

glockforlife100 · Nov 25, 2023

If you can afford it and the offer is for a good price, go for it! I have its brother, the Glock 24. It is fun to shoot and very accurate (longer sight radius helps!). The felt recoil is no greater than my two Glock 35's.

BigMoneyGrip · Nov 25, 2023

I love mine. I got it back in '17 and shot it in the GSSF matches for a few years. I can't tell that the longer barrel makes it any easier to shoot because I had a dot on it. Although it hasn't been shot in a few years, it's still nice to pull it out of the safe and fondle it. In fact, I'm gonna go do that now...

Tordon · Nov 25, 2023

Its funny this thread came up because I had forgotten all about buying a 17L Gen 4 in 2015. I looked up my records and it cost $480 (Blue Label) from GT. It must have been impulse buy at the time. It’s unfired, factory new and stashed in the safe.
Now if I had invested that $480 in Tesla stock instead, it would be worth over $8,600 today.
Win some, lose some.

bigj82nd · Nov 25, 2023

Tordon said:
Its funny this thread came up because I had forgotten all about buying a 17L Gen 4 in 2015. I looked up my records and it cost $480 (Blue Label) from GT. It must have been impulse buy at the time. It’s unfired, factory new and stashed in the safe.
Now if I had invested that $480 in Tesla stock instead, it would be worth over $8,600 today.
Win some, lose some.

The "what if" scenarios don't play for me when it comes to the stock market. Because...plenty of those scenarios go the other way. Not long ago with the Game Stop crap, friend called me and said to me... "Imagine if we would have invested $10K". My reply..."Don't have to, wouldn't have invest in that PoS company in any scenario that would have seen me as a stockholder when all of that went down."

JasonC8301 · Nov 25, 2023

Tordon said:
Its funny this thread came up because I had forgotten all about buying a 17L Gen 4 in 2015. I looked up my records and it cost $480 (Blue Label) from GT. It must have been impulse buy at the time. It’s unfired, factory new and stashed in the safe.
Now if I had invested that $480 in Tesla stock instead, it would be worth over $8,600 today.
Win some, lose some.

Pictures if possible of your 17L?

tomrkba · Nov 25, 2023

bigj82nd said:
I have purchased and collected my fair share of Glocks i.e. 17M, 19M G17 G1, etc. I have an opportunity to purchase a Glock 17L. I have to admit it is an appealing gun, but not sure why.

Wondering what peoples opinion where of the 17L from shootability to collectability.

Cheers!

Great gun! Loved mine

ChrisJn · Nov 25, 2023

I bought one once hoping to improve my scores at GSSF but no success. My G26 still outshoots the 17L and beloved G17s gen4 and gen5.

orangejeep06 · Nov 25, 2023

I had one when i was younger but had to sell it when i needed money to take care of my dog's vet bill. I liked mine and if one came along at the right price i'd buy another. It was my favorite Glock by far.

biscut53 · Nov 25, 2023

I picked up a Gen5 34 MOS on impulse when I saw it was blue label and had no front serrations. I dropped about 4k down the tube and I like it but that said it's my least favorite Glock and I have a good number of em. All personal as I just don't tend to like long slides. The only longer slides I like are my M&P Pro models in 9mm and 40. Even longer 17L slide is a turn off for me.

If you like it, go for it. You only live once and you aren't taking it with you!

Doc Holliday · Nov 25, 2023

highpower3006 said:
Oh dear, I hurt your precious feelings.

So, just to satisfy my curiosity, do you have an array of tools on your living room walls?

Oh, Princess, don't flatter yourself...you don't even come close.

SDGlock23 · Nov 25, 2023

I've never had a G17L but I have had a G24 and G24C over the years, and I'd jump at the opportunity to buy a Gen4 or Gen5 version, not sure why they never made it past Gen3.

The allure of the Glock 17L

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