I mean, of the three the 19, but I'm a G34 guy through and through.

26. It’s the only Glock I have left. Takes all the double stack 9mm mags.

Glock 23. Same form factor as a 19 with a larger diameter bullet. Great for shooting steel, great as a woods gun with heavy solids.

G19 Gen3 is my favorite

G19 Gen5, my one and only Glock.

Tough poll because my favorite of the three listed to shoot is the 45, but if I had to chose just one it would be the 19. I have probably the same amount of rounds through a 17 and a 19 which is multiples higher than the 45 or 34.

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The G45 - it fit's my hand better than any other Glock.

One of my 43s is my choice because I don't have, nor care for, the larger Glocks since they are harder to carry for me, and the 43s, with a plus one and a second mag seems, I hope, sufficient if I have to (may God forbid) use it.

Bob

After using/owning glocks since the early 90s I must admit I no longer have any, but the 19 is the best - do all - option. Can use g19 and g17 mags, as well as g18. The 19 is a very common size, so having the ability to easily use that size mag is a great option long term for having only one glock.

The last glock I parted with was a g26, though..

I chose the 19, but the 21 would be my actual choice.

The poll is incomplete. Glock 26 is the only 9mm Glock I have any interest in owning again. I shoot them as well or better than the bigger guns, but it's easier to carry. I sold my Gen 3 a few years back, but the Gen 5 sometimes calls to me...

Glock 17.

It’s as close that you’ll come to a “Do all” as you’ll get. Everything is a trade off. Can the 19 be carried easier? Yeah. Can it be shot as well as a 17? No. The 19/45 is snappier than the 17. The 19/45/47 share the same recoil impulse. In this scenario, I’d say that we carry guns in case we have to shoot them. And if I had to shoot just one, I would want the one that shoots the best over any other priorities. Look at most major competitors. They are shooting a 17 or 34. The big kid .mil units are carrying the 17.

The further you get away from the 17, the more small variables worsen.


Now, multiple guns allow you options. I have a 19/RMR/TLR7A that I carry most days. I accept the trade off. But, I have a 17/RMR/X300 out in the truck vault with my rifle and the rest of my kit. We live in great times right now.

I agree wholeheartedly. The G19 is a great compromise and it's not at all difficult to argue for it to be to all-around choice, but I choose the G17.

The G26, I love dearly. Such a great, chunky little pistol, but the G17 is second to none.

My very early production two-pin gen3 G17 (September 1998) serves as my HD pistol. When things go bump in the night, it's what I pick up. The weight of a Surefire X300 hanging off of the rail makes it even easier to shoot.

There must be a reason I have three Glock 17s and only one Glock 19.

I'm not much of a Glock fan, even with all their obviuos pluses. I once had a first gen G17 with the light trigger - and sold it! Bought a 19X a couple years ago, which as far as I can tell is a G19 slide on a G17 frame. If you take out the stupid loop in the back, you can run Apex add-on lowers which allow you to swap out springs by removing a plate.

So Glock guys, correct me if I'm wrong, but a G45 MOS is a 19X in black with the cut for an optic. I have been on the lookout for one. Found the old version but want one to mount an optic on. I voted for the G45 because of that.

Well, I can immediately eliminate the G19. The back-strap does not extend far enough to reach the “heel bone” of my hand, so, is less stable in my hand, resulting in less stability, and less accuracy potential. When riding to the sound of the guns, through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I want that stability and accuracy.

Then, starting in late 2017, when I reached age 56, the G19 started really vexing the arthritis in my right thumb, hand, and wrist. If I do not train with a weapon, I do not feel comfortable continuing to carry it.

As for conceal-ability, the challenge, for me, was the protruding outer rear corner of the slide, which is equal, whether G19 or G17, in my usual carry position. So, day to day, when I was still using the G19, I usually carried a G17, rather than carry a G19.

I do not yet own a G45. That leaves the G17, as my final answer, by default. I like the G45 concept, but, simply lack experience with it.

There is nothing theoretical or hypothetical about my answer. I carried one of my G17 pistols on the streets, as a duty pistol, and tended to carry it concealed, during personal time. My overall favorite auto-loading pistol is the 1911, but, my aging right hand is getting a bit gimpy, with good days and bad days. A Glock is a better lefty pistol, for me. Plus, I have confidence gained during law enforcement training, using “sim” Glocks, when I made some memorable hits during force-on-force and other live-action training. Now retired, I could transition to another system, but, have so very many training reps with the G17, and with G17-sized pistols, so, I see no reason to change anything.

For me, it would be the G47. Now that I have had time to compare the G47 to other pistols in the Glock lineup, all things considered, the G47 would be my first choice as a do-all Glock. I look at the G47 as an improved G17.

One of the largest Police Departments in the country just finished evaluating several 9mm handguns to replace their current .40 caliber duty weapons. After extensive testing, the choices were narrowed down to the G47, G45 and G19. Testing data shows the G47 to be the clear winner followed by the G45. The G47, with the heavier slide (1.5 oz. heavier than a G17) at the muzzle mitigates any recoil differences between the G17 with the longer recoil assembly according to users testing the pistols. With the G47 you get a pistol that shoots as well as a G17 and is compatible with G45/G19 slides/frames. None of the Glocks evaluated had a single malfunction over many thousands of rounds.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

My very early production two-pin gen3 G17 (September 1998) serves as my HD pistol. When things go bump in the night, it's what I pick up. The weight of a Surefire X300 hanging off of the rail makes it even easier to shoot.

My home HD pistol and also my longest and most used carry is still my very early production two pin Gen 3 Glock 32, the front site is staked which is also a feature of extremely early Gen 3 Glocks.

My Glock did have a failure around 3K-5K rounds where those pins broke and then the slide was sliding back and forth on the frame during target practice at Reds Indoor Range.

Locking block broke maybe too, it was almost 2 decades ago so I can't remember.

It was sent to Glock from the range and they fixed it all back up and hadn't had the same thing happen twice.

Either way it didn't make me hate the gun.

I firmly believe no gun is perfect, nothing is without need to maintain properly, I probably needed a new recoil spring at the time.

After that I can barely say I ever carried anything but that G32 my adult life.

I even got an Xmacro thinking that would make replace my G32 but it didn't.

My Glock 32 has 3 barrels, 357SIG with the original barrel, .40 S&W with its Glock 23 barrel, and 9mm with a Brownell's "Match" Barrel and none of them had feeding or extraction issues as long as you use the correct magazines.

The diversity with ammunition is a good thing just a barrel and magazine change required.

Glock 19/23/32 grip is perfect for me, of course everyone's different.

Only modifications I have done with the trigger was the 3.5 lb connector iirc.

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G45 best of both worlds for me.

I've got small hands and the gen 5 Glock 19 fits perfectly. But as a side note, a Gen 5 Glock 34 sleeps in my nightstand with a Magpul 21 round magazine inserted.