Glock 17L discussion

These guns are really fun to shoot at the range or out in the outback. I am now 80 years and still love to shoot at 25 plus yards. I am thinking about adding a Vortex or FastFire for better vision. I have them on two Glocks and my MKIV. They are great.

 

If you look at my thread - you can see that not every 115gr ammo may cycle gen5 g34. My slide with leupold red dot is 558g. I am waiting for a set of replacement rsa springs to test it.

 

I just checked a Gen 3 17, 34, and 17L side by side.

The 34 and 17L have the cuts in the left side of the slide, but not that spot that goes ear of the ejection port.

The 17L has the giant channel cut out of the rear left whereas the 34 just has the shelf shaved off.

But they don't have the oval cut. There are some circular pattern machining marks (from a mill?) but no recessed area. Even on your pic, is that an actual cut that would catch a pick or fingernail, or just a machining mark?

 

We're all the Gen 1 and Gen 2 guns ported? I have seen the ported 17L but I don't know when Glock did away with the porting. They were having problems in the porting area of the barrel. The ported ones are hard to come by now.

 

I do not recall any of the 17Ls being ported. But with the slide cut, it is so easy to just drop in a ported barrel

 

Mine is a Gen3 non ported but with the slide cut out. Here is the ported model

 

There were Gen 2 17L's that were also ported.

 

DJ I didn't say it was my 17L only wanted to show one the was ported. Good job on my part to find yours to pick out to use.I do not like ported guns anyway. And yes the ported ones are getting rare to find. I like shooting the 17 Long slide because it's fun. My two G19s are as accurate as the 17L. I am about to add a Vortex Vernom to my 17L to help the old eyes!!

 

Better than a link, I am lucky enough to have one. All numbers match.

 

My son shot my 17L so I no longer have one

 

Yeah, I will try to snap one the next time I am over there. Unfortunately I don't have one saved of the box label.

I need to work on getting the sites and mag release put back to original and find a manual and brush for it, then it will be complete. Luckily the box label says it came with fixed sites so I don't have to find a weekend set for it.

 

I find this interesting the ported barrel that I posted of DJ 17L ,if it is his, has three ports and the one vanquish posted has 4 ports. May be difference between Gen 1 and Gen 2. Mine is a Gen 3 and was not offered ported. I did hear about the barrels cracking at the ports. Explanation anyone? Like I said I like the non ported version.

 

Sad when you have a “purpose “ to buy a gun you like.