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Additionally, most people love removing the finger grooves on the grip and including illuminated night sights. The addition of the ambidextrous slide stop makes it perfect for both left and right-handed shooters. As the grip goes down at the very end, the two sides are flared out ever so slightly, which is just enough to help funnel your magazine into the gun during a speed reload. The Glock 17 Gen 5 also added a flared mag-well. Another positive feature on the Glock 17 Gen 5, is the magazine capacity of 17 rounds of 9MM, which gives the user a lot of firepower, if needed to deploy this pistol. This new trigger on the Gen 5 Glock is very smooth with all the grittiness taken away allowing a very clean reset and crisp break. The trigger on the Gen 5 line up was re-engineered with customer complaints considered. One of the great improvements of the Gen 5, which was a major complaint of every Glock generation prior, was the trigger. In the October issue of our newsletter, I talked about Glock coming out with their new Gen 5 lineup of pistols, which consisted of the Glock 19 and Glock 17 and the new special features that were added to the Gen 5. So, let's get started!įirst, I am going to talk about the Glock 17 Gen 5. Although, I do not own these newer models, I do own an M&P9 and a Glock 19 Gen 4 and have shot both the new 2.0 M&P9 and the new Glock 17 Gen 5.
Glock 17 vs 19 full size#
Both are full size 9MM polymer frame pistols, and by doing so, we will be able to see which is preferred out of these two amazing firearms. Rather than having it be a discussion of Smith and Wesson vs Glock, let's narrow it down to two specific pistols, the M&P9 2.0 and the Glock 17 Gen 5. Both are extremely reliable handguns with police departments around the country, choosing either one as their officers sidearm of choice. This is another one of those "Great Debate Topics" that has been discussed since the day these two were produced. Those two brands are Smith and Wesson, specifically their M&P line, and Glock.
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When it comes to polymer frame pistols, there are two brands that are always battling each other for the title of "The Best Polymer Frame Pistol".