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Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:39 pm
by kokopelli
...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:03 pm
by WLJ
kokopelli wrote:...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...
You mean like when perfect Glock perfectly realized they perfectly used the perfectly wrong perfect spring on the perfect 9mm perfect models on the perfect Gen 4s?

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:09 pm
by Toddstang
Manufacturers need to learn, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
In my opinion VW should still be producing 1968 style Beetles.

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:34 pm
by kokopelli
WLJ wrote:
kokopelli wrote:...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...
You mean like when perfect Glock perfectly realized they perfectly used the perfectly wrong perfect spring on the perfect 9mm perfect models on the perfect Gen 4s?
wow, harsh!

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:37 pm
by Niceguy
kokopelli wrote:...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...
Crazy how similar the VP9 and PPQ are. I love them both and I probably shoot them better than any out of the box non-1911 based 9mm pistol made.

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:05 pm
by WLJ
kokopelli wrote:
WLJ wrote:
kokopelli wrote:...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...
You mean like when perfect Glock perfectly realized they perfectly used the perfectly wrong perfect spring on the perfect 9mm perfect models on the perfect Gen 4s?
wow, harsh!
Nah, just playing around with the Glock Perfection thing, always found it a little bit pretentious. Actually have nothing against Glocks, I own one and actually like it

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:50 am
by samb.
Toddstang wrote:Manufacturers need to learn, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
In my opinion VW should still be producing 1968 style Beetles.
Pretty sure all the tooling was bought by a company in Mexico and they still produce them new. Don't know if its actually true but there were tons of them there when I went down a few years ago and most looked new.

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:39 am
by Toddstang
Yea Mexico still builds them or they did last time I checked on one of our MFG sheets at work. Those cars were built to last unless you live in the rust belt.

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:53 am
by kokopelli
They stopped production a couple of years ago...

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:09 pm
by DDgunslinger
Eh, I'm still rocking all Gen 3 glocks... with the exception of my 43 and Gen 4 26. So the Gen 5 doesn't do much for me, but the the removal of the finger groves is nice.

Re: Gen 5 Glock 17 and 19 reality

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:14 pm
by RedRocker
kokopelli wrote:...for LEO...pre-orders for Gen 5 17 and 19's are live.


...sold my gen3 19 and was going to order one of the OD Green 'Summer Specials', but then saw this.
...not sure I want to be a beta tester, though. ...and still thinking VP9 or PPQ M1 as well...
"pre-order" as in blue label sales for LEO's, or departments can order to "issue" to LEO's?