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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Resurrecting an old thread instead of starting a new one: I saw a Gen 5 G19 at the LGS for $420 with the public safety discount. I almost bit but I'm still so attached to my Gen 3. I had a Gen 4 that I never warmed to and traded here for a VP9. How is everyone doing with their Gen 5 guns, after a while? Any quirks pop up? Any buyers remorse? Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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| addicted to trailing-throttle oversteer |
I still haven't bought one. But the G17, G19X and G34 are high on appeal. All full size grips. I would not mind having an example of all three. | |||
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Loving my 19 and 19X. Have only had them since February and only a few thousand rounds through each. Both are sweet shooters. I did not like the stock sights on the 19X and replaced them with Ameriglo Agents for gen4. I really like the grip that I’m going to get my gen3 32 fingergrooves removed to see if I like it. Not minority enough! | |||
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I ended up with a 19X. I had no intention of buying a Gen 5, or the 19X. As it turns out, I really like it. | |||
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I have a 19X, a G19 Gen5, and a G26 Gen 5. I carried a G21 for police work for years but never bought any for personal use. With the Gen5's I am a total convert. I have no regrets and they have replaced my Walthers for everyday carry. La Dolce Vita | |||
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| Ice age heat wave, cant complain.  |
Not a ton of rounds downrange yet, and I've only had it for a month or so, but I sure like it.  NRA Life Member Steak: Rare. Coffee: Black. Bourbon: Neat. | |||
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I didn’t think I’d like the removed finger grooves but must admit, it makes a difference especially how the base of the trigger guard has been cut to allow you to get up on the grip. The nDLC finish is a plus, my Gen 4 had rust develop on the slide from close contact carry. I don’t care for the ambi slide release, creates a problem with a few holsters I own. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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About 12k through my work gun. Zero issues. | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
I have a gen 5 19 and 34, I need the 17. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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Honestly my G17 took a backseat for a while. Been spending a lot of time with revolvers after hand surgery in April. I did bring it out last weekend and ran 4 mags thru it. Still a great shooter *Handguns are fine, Shotguns are final | |||
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No the Brazilian police in Sao Paulo have bought G22 Gen 5!!! | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Only 12k? How many through the one you practice with?  Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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I'm a fan of the G17 gen 5, just recently pick up a G17 Vickers and I definitely like the gen 5 better. The finger grooves are not something I like, the trigger I feel it's smoother, the magwell is also something I like better. | |||
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I have a Gen 5 Glock 19 that I really like. I don't notice the cut out at the bottom of the frame/mag well area that some people are noticing. I am not a fan of the ambi-slide release but understand the need and want to get a factory extended slide release whenever they are available but just for one side,if that is possible. I don't really have any complaints other than Glock not extending the tang just a little bit but they keep adding the frame pieces. I love the grip without the added back straps. I know a lot of people who get slide bite and can't figure out why Glock doesn't just make the back of the frame a bit longer like they did with the Glock 43. I have never had an issue with my 43 and bought it because of the slight modification. It fits "like a glove". | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
To be fair, Jerry just got a new Gen 5 G17 duty gun. So that 12k is over just the last several months.  | |||
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looks identical to every other glock triggerguard. Perhaps it feels better because your finger can sit lower without the grooves. --------------------------- My hovercraft is full of eels. | |||
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| addicted to trailing-throttle oversteer |
Which is all the difference in the world. Everyone else...pretenders. | |||
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Maybe. I never had an issue with the grip on the previous generations. Do much prefer the Gen 5..
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