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Originally posted by Vgex:
Was looking for another G47 as a backup, but nada. However, they had this pristine G17 Gen 6

That G17 Gen 6 is the G47 Gen 6... They made the 47 into the new 17, and dropped the old style 17 and the now redundant 47 model.

I realize that. I still would prefer to have an identical G47 as backup. Especially if they become even more difficult to obtain.

The Gen 6 17 is the "same" as the Gen 4 47 on paper, but I am hearing that the recoil impulse between the two is different enough because of how they're sprung that it's not "the same gun". Guys who were big fans of the 47 are apparently discovering that they really like the Gen 6 45.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Guys who were big fans of the 47 are apparently discovering that they really like the Gen 6 45.

Why are fans of the G47.5 becoming fans of the G45.6 instead of the G17.6?

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Originally posted by iron chef:

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Guys who were big fans of the 47 are apparently discovering that they really like the Gen 6 45.

Why are fans of the G47.5 becoming fans of the G45.6 instead of the G17.6?

When competition guys figured out that the 47 cycled faster than the 17 and 34, but softer than the 45, it quickly became a fan favorite as a kind of happy middle ground. The recoil impulse on all the Gen 6 guns across the board is softer compared to the Gen 5's, and so what was a bit of a Goldilocks feel in the Gen 5 iteration in terms of recoil impulse and how fast the gun cycled has become just a bit more sluggish in the Gen 6 17. The guys who liked and got used to that fast cycling feel, but didn't appreciate the Gen 5 45 feeling somewhat snappy in comparison are finding that the Gen 6 iteration is just a little bit softer, so it's somewhat closer to the feel they like in the Gen 5 47.

I haven't gotten to shoot a Gen 6 17 yet, so I can't really speak to that personally, it's just what I'm hearing. I did get to compare the full Gen 5 9mm lineup from the 19 to the 17L and everything in between last year, and found that I liked the 45 the best, and the 47 nearly as much. One of the reasons I got rid of my Gen 5 17 is that it just felt sluggish to me in terms of how it cycled. I shoot some USPSA matches with it and found that I just did better with the 45. I didn't get deep enough into the gun games stuff that I could start throwing split times and percentages of difference at you, but I could feel the difference. I did shoot a match with a friend's 47, and liked it a lot and felt what the G47 fans like about it. I get it.