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Offline FarmerRick

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Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« on: July 05, 2014, 09:14:21 PM »
I want a loooooong slide Glock in 9mm, the question is which one should I buy, and why?

It's purpose would be purely recreational shooting, and maybe some quiet shooting with an Osprey suppressor.

I don't need one, but I don't see what that has to do with anything anyway.  ;D


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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2014, 09:33:53 PM »
If you ever want to try USPSA, the 17L is not legal because the barrel is too long.

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 09:52:00 PM »
Does anyone make a threaded barrel long enough to fit the L slide?

From what I am seeing the 34 is more readily available new and used than the 17L.
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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2014, 10:01:19 PM »
Glock has just released a run of 17Ls .....Gen 3. 

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2014, 08:03:01 AM »
Lone wolf makes a 6.6" threaded barrel for the 17.
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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2014, 04:37:25 PM »
G34 in my opinion has the best overall balance and good feel.

I shot 3 divisions at a GSSF match 2 weeks ago with these three guns: G17, G34 and G17L. G17 felt the best to me, G34 felt pretty good.... G17L felt heavy and bulky.

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2014, 07:05:29 PM »
If you ever want to try USPSA, the 17L is not legal because the barrel is too long.

Only illegal in production, it's g2g in open and limited minor.

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2014, 04:25:14 PM »
I have the 34 and love it, but I bought it primarily to shoot USPSA production. If I were just buying a range toy, I'd lean toward the 17L for the cool factor. The 40 cal version, the G24 is on my short list. 

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2014, 06:59:37 PM »
I want one of the two as well but I've only seen the 34 in stores never seen the 17L well at least not when I went specifically looking for these.

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2014, 07:43:22 PM »
Thunder Alley has 3-4 17Ls

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Re: Yet another Glock thread... 17L or 34, and why?
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2014, 12:23:07 AM »
Threads like this scream for photos, for people that think visual.  (like me)