Duty gun clone concept:
I am issued a gen 4 G17 and I have no complaints about it. I am in the market for a clone of my work gun and a backup gun. We cannot modify internals, but we can get authorization to carry personal guns. If am going to buy a clone of my duty gun, it only makes sense to make it as identical to the work gun as possible. That logic would lead me to two gen 4 guns, which seems like ageing technology now and would be hard to sell/worth less, later if the department changes to gen 5s in a year or two.
Do the better trigger and barrel, glock’s claim of increased reliability, etc of the gen 5 make it worthwhile to buy two gen 5 17s, and a gen 5 G26 (as a backup gun)? Or buy one gen 4 17 and a gen 4 26 and be good with that? Money its self is less of an issue if it’s well spent.
RMR is a possibility down the road but probably not for a year or two.
I have not been able to find meaningful gen 4 vs gen 5 comparisons from well recognized folks like Fisher, Blowers, Pressburg, etc. Maybe they can chime in here or if someone knows their stance on the matter I would appreciate that being shared.
I typically shoot about 500 rounds a month of pistol. I had been averaging right about 90 scores on a B8 untimed at 25 yards with oem glock night sights and 115g hand loads. With the Ameriglos I just got on the gun, and AE 147s I shot a 95 but I only got that 10-shot string.
Thanks
I am issued a gen 4 G17 and I have no complaints about it. I am in the market for a clone of my work gun and a backup gun. We cannot modify internals, but we can get authorization to carry personal guns. If am going to buy a clone of my duty gun, it only makes sense to make it as identical to the work gun as possible. That logic would lead me to two gen 4 guns, which seems like ageing technology now and would be hard to sell/worth less, later if the department changes to gen 5s in a year or two.
Do the better trigger and barrel, glock’s claim of increased reliability, etc of the gen 5 make it worthwhile to buy two gen 5 17s, and a gen 5 G26 (as a backup gun)? Or buy one gen 4 17 and a gen 4 26 and be good with that? Money its self is less of an issue if it’s well spent.
RMR is a possibility down the road but probably not for a year or two.
I have not been able to find meaningful gen 4 vs gen 5 comparisons from well recognized folks like Fisher, Blowers, Pressburg, etc. Maybe they can chime in here or if someone knows their stance on the matter I would appreciate that being shared.
I typically shoot about 500 rounds a month of pistol. I had been averaging right about 90 scores on a B8 untimed at 25 yards with oem glock night sights and 115g hand loads. With the Ameriglos I just got on the gun, and AE 147s I shot a 95 but I only got that 10-shot string.
Thanks