Pistol Glock 17 all modifications. Need blueprints for Glock17. Model chambered for .380 Auto
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Several decades ago, the Austrian armed forces were equipped with two models of manual firearms, part of which was released during the Second World War, and part before it. Model 11 is the Austrian designation for the automatic pistol Colt M 1911 A1 (USA), and model 38 is the name used in Austria for the Walter R 38 automatic pistol from Germany.
In the mid-seventies, the Austrian armed forces announced a tender among local and foreign firms for the production of new standard handguns. They needed modern pistol, which would meet the following requirements: the ability to quickly prepare for battle without the need to actuate a lever or fuse; maximum possible safety for the user and large magazine capacity.
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Many enterprises from Austria and other countries took part in the competition, and when the decision was made, the specialists were extremely surprised. It was not an eminent manufacturer that won, but an Austrian enterprise completely unknown in the field of development and production of weapons. Until that time, the company produced only plastic and metal products and was known only for the supply of bayonet shovels and belts for machine guns for the army. But Gaston Glock, director of the family business, by developing the Glock 17 automatic pistol, was ahead of all competitors.
And one more circumstance surprised the experts. The Glock pistol, which was loaded with 9x19 Parabellum cartridges and had a magazine capacity of 17 rounds (which gave the pistol its name), was not generally intended for military use, but was designed as a civilian weapon for free sale. After the company received subsidies in May 1980, the designers began developing some prototypes that could be used for military purposes.
In May 1982, after appropriate tests, the Austrian military ordered 25,000 copies of the Glock 17 pistol for the army.
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The gun was made mainly of plastic and therefore had a small mass. For example, the handle, due to its rough surface, is very comfortable in the hand and is made by flame spraying of polyamide artificial resin. In the production of parts that are subjected to the greatest load, plastic parts were reinforced with steel plates. The bolt body and barrel are made of steel.
The Glock 17 automatic pistol can be used for single fire, and the action of its automation is based on the use of the recoil energy of the moving barrel. The supply of Parabellum 9x19 cartridges is carried out from a two-row magazine, which is made of plastic. Shooting is carried out on the principle of single action. Designers and manufacturers have equipped their weapons not with an external trigger, but with a firing pin, which is automatically cocked when reloading and moving the bolt forward after a shot. Thus, in order to shoot, the shooter only needs to pull the trigger.
The trigger resistance is approximately 3 kg, and its free travel is 5 mm. The resistance and trigger path remain the same with each shot, which guarantees accurate shooting. Aiming even in poor visibility is also easy. The aiming device is made of plastic.
Pistol Glock 17 third generation
Pistol Glock 17 Gen 4 fourth generation
The Austrian Glock 17 is currently one of the most popular and recognizable self-loading pistols, which is in consistently high demand both from police and military forces around the world, and from ordinary citizens who buy weapons for shooting sports and self-defense. Many experts in the field of personal weapons and its combat use consider Glock pistols to be the best in the world due to the excellent combination of such qualities as reliability in the most difficult operating conditions, accuracy more than sufficient for combat shooting and self-defense, both aiming and speed "instinctive" offhand shooting, high safety, convenience, comfort with constant concealed or open wear, maximum ease of use, ease of maintenance, huge service life, interchangeability of parts, very high strength and resistance of the coating of steel parts to corrosion and wear, and finally, relatively low cost.
Update: in 2017-2018, the manufacturer released the fifth generation of pistols. More about Glock 17 Gen5
This weapon is preferred by professionals participating in military operations and special operations, fighters of the best special forces in the world. People living in countries where personal short-barreled weapons are allowed to be sold to civilians, choosing a Glock for shooting or for wearing for self-defense, are guided by the same principles as the military and police. It's always better to own a gun that won't let you down on the range or on the street. It is better to have a weapon that is convenient and easy to use than one that is difficult to handle, which is especially true for those who do not have the opportunity to regularly train with their pistol in the use of weapons in extreme situations. It's no secret that owners in conditions where there is simply no time to think, and all actions are performed automatically, sometimes they simply forget whether the fuse on their pistol is on or not, and often about its location. Of course, this is not a problem for a trained professional, but for ordinary person not accustomed to often face extreme situations, the ease of handling of his pistol is vital.
Today, there are many easy-to-handle models of large and well-known manufacturers that have earned a good reputation on the arms market around the world. Compliance with this requirement is achieved primarily by the presence of only a self-cocking trigger mechanism and the absence of a manually controlled safety lever, or the pistol is equipped with a double-action trigger with a safe release lever from the combat cocking and, again, without a safety lever. There are, of course, a lot of options. But the choice of police, military and civilians is dictated not only by ease of use, but also by the presence of other advantages of Glock pistols, which make these weapons practical and suitable for any task.
Shooters competing in the IPSC field shooting competition, in the mass-produced firearm class, also often prefer the simple, accurate, reliable, and convenient Glock 17 to more expensive handguns. Of course, the design features of its trigger and the need to ensure safe handling imply a rather large force and length of the trigger, which are generally quite acceptable, but nevertheless negatively affect the accuracy of aimed shooting, say at a distance of 14 meters, in comparison with pistols equipped with a double or single action trigger. However, apart from the advantages in combat over such classic designs, it should be noted that Glock pistols consistently demonstrate quite good accuracy for a combat pistol with a variety of shooter stances and weapon holding methods. In addition, its accuracy is quite enough even for lovers of precisely aimed shooting from serial pistols and achieve maximum results. With a new, just bought Glock pistol, you can immediately go to the shooting range and it will shoot accurately.
However, controversy continues over the design of these popular Austrian pistols. Let's just say that most of the self-loading pistols on the market today are more visually pleasing than the monotonous Glocks with a strictly functional and, so to speak, ascetic design. Although many people like strict forms more than elegant models. But this is a matter of taste. This controversy does not subside in the gun press, shooting clubs and forums on the Internet. Moreover, shooters and gun lovers are mostly divided into those for whom Glock is the best pistol in the world, and those who hold the opposite opinion, or argue in favor of other manufacturers and their models that are superior to Glock in one way or another.
Sometimes those who prefer the Glock 17 choose another weapon as their main pistol, and opponents of these Austrian pistols become their ardent supporters. There were many legends about the pistols of this company at the very beginning of their entry into the market that detectors at airports could not recognize these weapons. Of course, this was pure fiction, blown up by incompetent journalists. There are more than enough metal parts in the gun to detect it. However, Gaston Glock had to personally demonstrate in public the "visibility" of his company's pistol detectors, as a result of which the myth was dispelled. In any case, Glock has achieved tremendous success, supplying its products to the arms markets of the most different countries Worldwide. And those who have tried these pistols in shooting, even in the case of a not particularly positive attitude towards their design, choose Glock for themselves to use as a main, one of the main or reserve weapons.
Glock, was created in 1980 by a group of designers with the participation of Friedrich Dehant under the leadership of Gaston Glock from an Austrian company founded in 1963, which had never before been engaged in the design and manufacture of weapons. At first, the company specialized in the manufacture of tools, then began the production of military goods - machine-gun belts, grenades and knives. By the way, the company still produces high quality knives. And the search for a new personal weapon by the Austrian army in 1980 prompted the production of Gaston Glock pistols. The designers managed to implement solutions that were revolutionary at that time, which, as practice has shown, work great in combat pistols. The result was one of the leading positions of the company in the global arms market and the widest popularity of its products. The Glock 17 is the first plastic-framed pistol to have achieved great success in the global firearms market. The frame, trigger and magazine are made of high-strength polymer.
The pistol for the first time combines light weight, large magazine capacity, compactness and safety in use, when carried with a cartridge in the chamber. The Austrians borrowed the barrel lock from the Sig Sauer P220 pistol. Designers abandoned the flag, manually operated, fuse in favor of automatic ones. The trigger mechanism was the simplest, created on the basis of the same Austrian Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol. It should be clarified that index 17 does not indicate the number of rounds in the magazine. This is the patent number of Gaston Glock. In 1982, under the designation P-90, the pistol was adopted by the Austrian army and police. Glock 17 was equipped with the anti-terrorist unit of the Austrian Federal Police EKO Cobra (Einsatzkommando Cobra).
Later, the Glock 17 pistol began to be used by the armed forces, law enforcement agencies and special forces of Sweden and Finland, and since 1986 it was adopted by the Norwegian army. Since the start of production of the first Glock model, three generations of these pistols have already changed, and the fourth generation, Gen 4, is currently in production. The first generation did not have a notch on the front and back surfaces of the handle, which appeared in the second, which began to be produced in 1990. The third generation, in addition to notches and chaotic corrugations on the sides of the handle, also received recesses for fingers on the front surface of the handle and recesses with a lower protrusion for the thumb, both on the left and right surfaces of the handle, as well as guides in the front of the frame for attaching accessories.
In the late 1990s, the Glock 17 replaced the Jericho 941 in YAMAM - special unit Israeli police. After that, some special units of the Israel Defense Forces adopted it to replace the Sig Sauer P226 and Sig Sauer P228. Currently, Glock pistols are used in the armies and various law enforcement agencies in about 60 countries around the world. In 1986, Austrian pistols began to be imported into the United States. The first law enforcement agency to adopt Glock 17 pistols was the police department of Colby, Kansas, and the first large batch was delivered to the department of St. Paul, Minnesota. Noteworthy are the tests of Austrian pistols, conducted by 25 police officers from Miami.
The weapon was tested for safety when dropped onto steel and concrete from a height of 18 meters with a cartridge in the chamber. The shot didn't happen. The weapon was kept in salt water and a fully equipped magazine was fired at a high pace. There wasn't a single delay. It fired 1,000 rounds of expansive bullets continuously for 45 minutes without any problems. After these tests, the Miami Police Department adopted the Glock 17 pistols into service. Currently various options Glock personal short-barreled weapons are in service with the US FBI (models 22, 23 and 27), the New York Police Department (with the New-York Trigger trigger, which has a greater trigger force), the police departments of Florida, Miami, Boston, the Kansas State Police and South Carolina (police South Carolina first adopted the Glock 22 pistol) and the Mississippi, the Customs Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as various special forces, for example, the US Navy Seals and Delta. Approximately 5,000 US federal and local police departments have adopted it.
Glock pistols make up slightly more than half of all short-barreled weapons purchased law enforcement USA. They are used by police officers around the world, for example, the Glock is in service in Canada, Holland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, India and the Philippines. Glock 17 is used by the Hong Kong police. Iraqi police also use Glock pistols along with other handguns from manufacturers such as Beretta and Sig Sauer. In Germany, the Glock 17 is in service with the famous Special Forces Unit of the German Federal Police GSG9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9 - Border Guard Group 9) and SEK - the special forces of the German police (Saxony-Anhalt Spezialeinsatzkommando). In France, Glock 17, along with models 19 and 26, are in service with the GIGN National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (Groupe d "Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale), the RAID Search, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion Anti-Terrorist Special Forces and the GIPN French National Police Investigation Group .
In Belgium, Glock is used by the assault unit of the National Gendarmerie - ESI (Esquadron d "Intervention Special) and the BBT special unit of the Antwerp Police Department. Glock pistols are used by the Polish Mobile Rapid Response Group GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego). Glock 17 is used in law enforcement agencies and departments of the Russian Federation, along with other Western models, such as CZ 75 B, and Russian ones - SPS, PYa, GSh-18, firing cartridges 9 × 19. For example, these pistols are adopted by the FSB, GRU, FSO, UFSIN RF and special forces Ministry of Internal Affairs. The success of the pistol is also promoted to a large extent by the wide advertising campaign of the manufacturer. But not only. In comparative tests, Glock has always withstood tests for reliability, ease and safety in handling, shooting accuracy. Glock is famous for its good service. All defective parts without problems are replaced with new ones, and instead of the old coating with a worn outer black layer, a new one is applied after nominal fee. At the moment, the manufacturer has sold more than 2,000,000 pistols of various modifications.
The principle of operation of the Glock 17 pistol
Automation works according to the scheme of using recoil with a short barrel stroke. Locking is carried out with the help of a descending breech breech, which enters with its rectangular ledge located above the chamber into the window for ejecting spent cartridge cases of the shutter-casing. The reduction occurs when the bevel of the lower tide of the breech breech interacts with the protrusion of the frame. The firing mechanism of the striker type, with a preliminary, partial cocking of the firing pin when the shutter-casing moves back and additional cocking when the trigger is pressed. Glock calls the trigger of this design only self-cocking (DAO). However this system in fact, it is a classic single-action trigger with an additional firing pin. In Glock pistols, the drummer is cocked by moving the shutter-casing back, and the relatively long trigger stroke and the slightly larger force than the conventional single-action trigger required to cock the drummer replace a manually controlled fuse. The length and force of the stroke in this case prevent an accidental shot in the absence of a safety lever.
In addition to this, the trigger of Glock pistols does not allow the shooter to re-trigger after a misfire by trying to initiate the primer again. It is necessary to extract the defective cartridge, thereby putting the drummer on a preliminary platoon, and send a new cartridge from the magazine into the chamber to fire a shot. This is also a sign of the classic single-action trigger, it's just that in this case the stroke and trigger pull are greater. The pistol is equipped with three independently operating automatic safety locks. Glock called this system Safe Action. The trigger safety lever blocks the movement of the trigger back and releases it only when the shooter is consciously pressed. The automatic fuse of the firing pin makes it impossible for the firing pin to strike the cartridge primer if the sear is accidentally released from the cocking due to external impact. The trigger rod, with its special protrusion, raises the fuse, which is a cylinder with a groove, and opens the way forward for the drummer. The shockproof fuse is a protrusion of the trigger rod, which has a cruciform shape, which is included in the groove of the shutter-casing. It prevents the disruption of the whisper from the cocking during an external impact.
In practice, this design turned out to be very simple and effective. It ensures the production of a shot in the shortest possible time and safe handling. Pistols latest releases are equipped with an ejector, which also acts as an indicator of the presence of a cartridge in the chamber. The trigger pull is 2.5 kg and can be adjusted from 2 to 4 kg. The polymer frame is equipped with four steel guides along which the shutter-casing moves. The ergonomically shaped handle has a 112 degree inclination. On the left side of the frame is a small slide stop lever. Its small surface area is often the reason for criticism, but the original lever can be easily replaced with an enlarged one if necessary. The barrel lock is double-sided, located above the trigger guard. The magazine latch is located at the base of the trigger guard.
Right-hand rifling has a hexagonal profile with rounded side edges, which reduces friction and evenly distributes the load on the barrel when a bullet passes through it. A barrel with such a profile lasts longer, and the bore is less covered with a layer of brass or copper from bullet shells and deforms the shells themselves less. That is, such a barrel is easier and faster to clean, and the integrity of the bullet shell increases accuracy. The shell of the bullet adheres more closely to the edges of the bore, creating a better obturation of the powder gases, due to which they betray it with somewhat more energy and initial speed, but in general this is hardly noticeable. Sights, made of plastic, consist of a rear sight with the possibility of making horizontal corrections by shifting it, and a front sight that can be replaced with another one with a different height for vertical correction. The double-row magazine holds 17 rounds, but higher capacities can also be used. The gun consists of only 34 parts and can be completely disassembled with a pin or nail in one minute. Glock pistols are currently chambered in .380 ACP, 9mm Parabellum, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, and .45 ACP.
Glock 17 pistol customization
Today on the arms market there is great amount parts for "customization", various additional devices and accessories from enlarged safety levers or bolt delays to adjustable sights and even steel frames, produced by both large and well-known, and small private firms. The most popular parts for Glock pistols are oversized magazine catches, recoil springs of various resilience, steel front sights and adjustable rear sights with tritium inserts. Practice has shown that replacing a standard magazine latch with an enlarged one for faster replacement can lead to its spontaneous loss in a holster and when removing a weapon. It is advisable to replace the return spring only if the firing will be carried out with the same, as a rule, reinforced cartridges, since when using less powerful ammunition, there will be delays in firing due to insufficient opening of the shutter-casing.
by the most best solution To improve and increase the effectiveness of the pistol, the standard front sight and rear sight will be replaced with sights such as TFO (Tritium Fiber Optic) from Truglo, equipped with green light-collecting fiber optic inserts containing tritium. Green color differs better than red and white in good light. Fiber optic plastic directs most of the light along the axis of the insert cylinder, resulting in the shooter's attention being instantly focused on them and aiming much faster. At the same time, at dusk or in a dark room, aiming is carried out using brightly luminous tritium. These sights, for obvious reasons, are of course more expensive than usual ones, but they work perfectly day and night, significantly increasing the speed of aiming.
The Glock range includes a series of pistols with integrated compensators. These pistols are designated by the letter C (Compensated) in addition to the index of the original sample - Glock 17C. Such models are intended mainly for practical shooting competitions, as well as for beginner shooters. The main function of the compensator is to reduce the toss of the weapon when fired. The jet stream of powder gases, directed upwards, counteracts the tossing of the pistol. As a result, the rate of fire and accuracy of high-speed fire increases. The disadvantage is a strong flash. In low light, the image of this flash on a short time is stored in memory, which makes it difficult to quickly fire the next shot accurately. Such a pistol gets dirty faster, and when firing from the hip, the flow of powder gases unpleasantly hits the shooter in the face. There are also delays if weak cartridges are used.
The frame, made of polymer, makes the weapon light and at the same time has high strength. Early release pistols had grips with flat sides and grooved front and back surfaces. The wide-angle handle is very comfortable to hold, with finger lugs on the front surface, thumb rests on both sides, and front and back knurling. Such a grip makes the weapon well controlled and ensures accuracy, both with careful aiming and with high-speed shooting. When firing a double shot for all full-size and compact models feature is a high accuracy and a strictly vertical arrangement of hits. Glock pistol grips do not "cool" the hand at low temperatures. On the front of the frame there are slots for attaching tactical lights and laser designators. The shutter-casing is produced by high-precision casting. A special treatment of steel parts called Tenifer, which is carbonitriding, increases their surface hardness to 64 HRC, and also greatly improves corrosion resistance.
The drum trigger was chosen by the designers not only because of the ease of production. It allows you to minimize the distance from the butt plate of the frame to the axis of the bore. In turn, the recoil shoulder decreases and, accordingly, the toss of the weapon when firing. This design also does not require the frame to be reinforced with steel inserts that increase the weight. The Glock 17 was the first pistol to use a helical recoil spring with rectangular coils. IN modern models this spring is fixed on its own rail, which simplifies and facilitates the disassembly and assembly of the weapon. The magazine has a plastic body - the result of the absence of equipment for the manufacture of magazines from sheet steel in the production during the start of production of the pistol. They did not begin to produce a steel store in the future due to deunification.
Like any weapon, Glock pistols have their drawbacks. Often the cause of misfires is contamination of the channel of the striker, as a rule, due to sand that has got there. With a weak grip, sometimes there are cases of missing cartridges. Plastic front sights turned out to be not strong and get off the shutter-casing when hit from behind, but this drawback can be easily eliminated by replacing the sights with steel ones. Another disadvantage is the small dimensions of the slide delay and the magazine latch, but this is again eliminated by replacing them with larger ones. Pistols 17C and other versions with integrated compensators, when using insufficiently powerful cartridges or loaded with light bullets, often do not extract spent cartridges and do not refill cartridges due to the fact that part of the energy necessary for the stable operation of automation is consumed by the compensator. There were problems with the guides that broke from side impacts, which arose due to errors in production, but they were quickly eliminated. Glock pistols are easy to shoot, but in order to shoot very accurately, quite a lot of practice is needed. The reason for the breakdown of parts and the destruction of frames are too powerful, as a rule, manually loaded cartridges, but this is no longer a direct drawback of the design itself. The disadvantages can also be indirectly attributed to the chatter of parts relative to each other, for example, the bolt on the frame and the magazine in the neck of the handle.
An interesting feature of Glock pistols is the ability to fire underwater. In this case, not only rupture, but also swelling of the trunk does not occur. However, for stable triggering of the primer, a special striker with transverse grooves or a set of Spring cups amfibia is required - the mainspring of the striker with a plastic pallet with holes. Available only for pistols chambered in 9mm Parabellum. But for firing under water without the risk of blowing up the barrel, it is recommended to use cartridges with full-shell bullets of the FMJ type. Glock pistols allow shooting underwater at a depth of up to three meters. The bullet retains great energy at a distance of up to two meters when fired at a depth of one meter. Also effective is shooting at close range from under the water, while the sound of the shot is absent. This method of shooting is taught in many special forces.
Tests in different conditions
It is necessary to mention a series of tests that the serial Glock 17 successfully passed. Ice: a pistol with a loaded magazine was frozen in an ice cube for 60 days. After that, he was removed from the ice and fired 100 shots of 10 rounds. Dirt: The gun was oiled, closed and immersed in mud of varying consistency: dry sand, clay, wet river sand. After each such procedure, repeated 5 times, 100 shots were fired. Mud: The gun was completely soaked in water and submerged in river mud. After a single shaking from a pistol with silt residues, 10 series of 10 shots were fired. Water: a fully equipped pistol was immersed in water for 1 hour to a depth of 1 meter, then the pistol was removed from the water and immediately fired 10 series of 10 shots. Durability: A loaded pistol was placed on coarse gravel, after which a heavy truck drove over it. The truck was then left parked with a wheel on a gun for an hour. After that, 100 shots were fired. All tests were carried out in the specified sequence with the same pistol and one magazine. None of them had any delays.
PERFORMANCE AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS| Caliber, mm | 9 |
| Cartridge | 9x19 mm "Parabellum" |
| Weight (equipped), kg | 0,87 |
| Weight (without magazine), kg | 0,62 |
| Length, mm | 188 |
| Barrel length, mm | 114 |
| Sighting line length, mm | 165 |
| Muzzle velocity, m/s | 350 |
| rifling | 6, right hand |
| Magazine capacity, cartridges | 17 |
Pistol Glock 17(17 - from the capacity of the magazine for 17 rounds) was developed by an Austrian company glock for the Austrian army, while this was the first experience of creating pistols for this company. Nevertheless, the pistol turned out to be extremely successful, reliable and convenient, and was adopted by the Austrian army under the designation P80. In addition, the Glock 17, and then its younger brothers, took their place among the most popular pistols for police and self-defense.
Currently, there are several families of Glock pistols for all major pistol calibers (9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, .357 SIG, .45 ACP, .380/9x17mm Kurz).
The frames of all pistols are made of impact-resistant plastic. The valves are made of steel by high-precision casting and subjected to special treatment to improve corrosion and wear resistance. Early releases of pistols had handles with flat cheeks and corrugated front and back surfaces.
Later release pistols have finger grooves on the front side of the grip and small thumb "shelves" on their sidewalls. In addition, on the frame of full-size and semi-compact models, now fashionable guides for attaching accessories (a laser designator or a flashlight) appeared under the barrel.
For most modifications, versions with an integrated barrel toss compensator are available. The compensator is made in the form of a group of holes in the upper muzzle of the barrel, and corresponding cutouts in the bolt next to the front sight. The compensator is designed to reduce barrel vibrations. For such models, the letter "C" is added to the name. The following models are equipped with a compensator: G17C, G19C, G20C, G21C, G22C, G23C, G31C, G32C.
All families (except caliber .380) consist of a full-size, compact and sub-compact model and are built according to the scheme with a short stroke of the barrel and locking with a lug on the barrel that enters the window of the shutter for the extraction of cartridge cases. The lowering of the trunk is carried out by a curly tide made under the trunk. 
.380 caliber pistols are built according to the blowback scheme. All pistols have a striker trigger of the so-called "safe action" (Safe Action), with 3 automatic fuses, including one on the trigger. A feature of the “safe action” trigger is that during the reloading cycle of the pistol, the drummer is cocked only partially, while it is blocked by an automatic safety lock. The cocking of the drummer occurs only when the trigger is pressed, while the drummer remains blocked from moving forward until the trigger is fully squeezed out.
Thus, it is possible to achieve a uniform force on the trigger from the first to the last shot, which has a positive effect on the accuracy of shooting. The trigger force is adjustable from 2.5 to 5 kgf by replacing the spring.
The disadvantages of this design sometimes include the inability to re-fire a cartridge that misfired. Another unfortunate consequence of the design without manual safety is a fair number of accidents among American police officers, with enviable regularity shooting themselves in the legs in the process of holstering a pistol.
In the absence of proper skills, they often try to holster the pistol without removing their finger from the trigger, the finger bumps into the edge of the holster, squeezes the trigger ... and urgently call 911. However, this is of course more a question of lack of skills than the design of the pistol.
The sights of the Glocks are made removable and are installed in transverse grooves of the dovetail type. Non-adjustable sights with applied white or luminous (tritium) dots are installed as standard for ease of aiming in poor lighting conditions. On "sports" models (for example Glock17 L) adjustable rear sight and front sight can be installed.
Another widely advertised feature of the Glock 17 pistols (and only the Model 17) is the ability to fire underwater. To do this, a special return spring is installed on the gun. By itself, such an opportunity is not of particular value, since shooting can only be carried out at small (on the order of several meters) depths and at ultra-small ranges (a meter or two).
On the other hand, such tricks firstly demonstrate high structural strength and, secondly, allow the weapon to be used in the presence of water in the barrel (in the rain, for example), which in some other pistols can lead to swelling or even rupture of the barrel.
The Glock 17 pistol was first produced in 1982, starting what would become a revolution in the gun and military industry and forever changing the world of modern combat pistols.
Number of Glock 17s on hand civilians, police departments and army units, is stunning and second only to its little brother Glock 19. And for good reason: in the absence of a classic spirit and style, the Glock 17 pistol is a workhorse that will serve you faithfully for a lifetime.
With such a story, I can freely use the term "long-term operation". And I can guarantee that to this day, the first generation samples are used, thirty years old and hundreds of thousands of shots fired.
My third generation pistol has only 7000-8000 shots in five years. And again, there is nothing outstanding in these numbers, but I cannot remember what else I carried with me almost every day for five years and what other of my pistols can boast of such a record.
Comfort and appearance
Manufactured in 2009, this Glock 17 features a Tenifer finish, widely known for its corrosion resistance and surface hardness. Sometime in 2012, Glock switched to using a nitride coating on their guns, which drew criticism from some fans who claimed it wore out faster and was less resistant to corrosion than the Tenifer. But even with the well-proven Tenifer coating, my Glock 17 still has holster scuffs on the slide edges.
I would probably be disappointed if there were no individual marks left on my pistol: this is a tool, not a sample from a display case.
The resin frame, aside from my choice of dot-knurled overlay, is nearly flawless. Although I have always been good with my pistol (I am not a SWAT operator), he has seen different climate, from the dry and dusty plains of Colorado to hot and humid summers in New England. But there are no signs of fading, cracking or deformation on the frame.
The guides and internal parts of the gun are also in perfect condition. You'll have a hard time telling this one from the one that left the assembly line in Smyrna last week.
A cursory examination of the chamber and rifling also reveals nothing out of the ordinary, except that I should be more diligent in cleaning. This barrel will outlive me and will continue to serve.
Functioning
After 7000+ shots, I can honestly say that this Glock 17 never failed.. And we, who carry weapons every day, sometimes take this quality on faith, but we should not. If your trust and hopes are tied to any mechanism, its reliability must be supported by real (and personal) evidence.
Basically, my pistol was on a constant diet of Winchester Ranger 147gr JHP, Federal HST 124gr and 147gr JHP, and Army +P FMJs. This Glock 17 is truly omnivorous when it comes to ammo types and has yet to choke on anything.
Perhaps the most controversial feature of Glock pistols is their trigger. I can guarantee that the trigger of the Glock 17 doesn't even come close to the smooth action of a redesigned trigger. And rightfully so, since the Safe Action System used by Glock negates the need for external fuses.
That being said, I like the Glock trigger; it's crisp and has a distinctly felt reset that allows for quick and accurate bursts of shots. Of course, trigger pull and feel is a matter of personal preference, but for myself I still haven't found a trigger that's as comfortable as the Glock trigger. with a force of 2.49 kg.
The second controversial point in Glock pistols is the angle of the handle. And here I will be softer and agree that the criticism of the handle is quite legitimate. The curvature (and angle) of the handle is quite steep. Many owners, when shooting Glock pistols for the first time, hit a little higher, slightly lifting the muzzle when aiming. Having to lower the muzzle of the gun down makes me tense my wrist and makes the stance stiffer and more stable.
Being completely open, I decided to switch to professional grips from Business End Customs, which will allow me to more comfortably position my giant palms around the handle. But I wouldn't have to do that if I had bought a fourth generation Glock 17 with interchangeable rear parts handles.
The longer length, added weight of a larger pistol, and 9x19 caliber make the Glock 17 a reasonably stable pistol, with very little muzzle flip even when firing in rapid bursts. There is nothing unusual for me in three accurate hits three well-aimed shots, with the pistol drawn from its holster, in less than two seconds. I am not an athlete, but this is a decent indicator for a similar series when firing full power cartridges.
Wearing a Glock 17
I don't think the Glock engineers were thinking about concealed carry when they created the G17. It was designed for open wear and official use, mainly due to the length of the bolt and handle. Although with the right holster and body type, the Glock 17 is very comfortable for concealed carry.
And if you're a bit petite, the equally popular Glock 19 is a better fit, as it's 2.5 centimeters shorter in both dimensions. My pistol is even bigger due to the built-in flashlight, the Surefire x300, which, in my opinion, is a must-have on any combat pistol.
The entire life of my Glock 17 has been spent in a Raven Concealment Phantom holster, with the exception of rare trips in the open hip Safariland. There are hundreds of holster options on the market now, but Raven is still at the top of the list and is a great fit for the Glock 17. Someday I will talk about Raven products, because they are really high-quality things.
Aside from the large size of the pistol, the Glock 17 is an excellent choice to carry as a self-defense weapon. With a standard capacity of 17 plus one in the chamber, I rarely feel the need to carry a spare magazine with me.
And in my case, the Taran Tactical Innovations (TTI) magazine heel adds two or three more rounds. This is great ammo for a concealed carry pistol. And another advantage of TTI heels is their smooth aluminum surface, which will not cling to a shirt or jacket.
conclusions
I strongly believe that there is no perfect pistol for self-defense. Each shooter will have their own priorities, and each will have to compromise based on their life situations. For me, the Glock 17 is probably the all-time favorite. This opinion is based on the feeling of confidence when you pick up a Glock 17 or just know that it is strapped to your hip.
In any case, this is a classic pistol with a good reputation and every weapon fan should have one in their arsenal, no matter if it will be used every day.
Take care of yourself!
Characteristics:
Price: $539+
Caliber: 9×19
Length: 20.3 cm
Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 2.99 cm
Weight (unloaded): 710 grams
Weight (charged): 910 grams
Magazine capacity: 17 rounds
Descent force: 2.49 kg
Modifications/Accessories:
Sights: Trijicon Night
Handle pads: Business End Customs
Shop heels: Taran Tactical Innovations
First generation Glock 17 pistol
second generation Glock 17 pistol
third generation Glock 17 pistol
fourth generation Glock 17 pistol
Glock 18 pistol (automatic)
9mm Glock pistols. The .357 and .40 families of weapons look the same and have similar dimensions
.45 caliber Glock pistols
9x17 caliber Glock pistols (.380)
Glock 17 pistol on x-ray. All bright, contrasting details are made of steel, and only the plastic frame and trigger are visible as a faint outline.
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In 1980, due to the moral and physical obsolescence of the pistols in service in Austria, a competition was announced for a new army pistol called the Pistole 80. Pistols from such experienced manufacturers as Beretta, Heckler-Koch, Steyr took part in the competition, but in 1982 the Austrian The army officially adopted the pistol of the hitherto practically unknown company Glock model 17 under the designation P80. Before the start of the competition, Glock was known mainly as a manufacturer of army knives and sapper shovels. Its ambitious owner, Gaston Glock, recruited a team of experienced gunsmiths specifically to participate in the competition and gave them the opportunity to create a pistol “with clean slate', and they succeeded. Using a few unorthodox, but in principle not new ideas, the Glock team managed to create an exceptionally simple, reliable and inexpensive pistol to manufacture.
Building on the existing positive experience use of polymers in the creation small arms in pistols (VP-70 of the German company Heckler-Koch) and assault rifles(AUG of the Austrian company Steyr) Glock engineers created a pistol with a polymer frame. This decision made it possible to reduce the cost of production, increase survivability and corrosion resistance, and lighten the weapon. To ensure the most simple handling of weapons, the Austrians abandoned manual fuses, leaving only automatic fuses. USM striker design with pre-cocking drummer was inherited from the Austrian pistol Roth-Steyr model 1907, automatic safety on the trigger - from German pistol Sauer 1930, modified Browning barrel locking system - from the SIG-Sauer P220 pistol. The total number of parts of the new pistol, including the magazine, was only 33.
For more than 30 years since the appearance of the first Glock model 17 pistol, the company has created several dozen models on its basis in all the most popular pistol calibers(9x17, 9x19, .357SIG, .40SW, .45ACP) and even tried to create her own cartridge .45GAP (Glock Auto Pistol), which turned out to be not so successful. Glock pistols have gained worldwide popularity as an army weapon (they are in service not only in Austria, but also in the UK, Sweden and many other countries). In addition, these pistols are popular as police weapon(in particular, in the USA), as well as a civilian weapon for self-defense and sports.
Over the years of the release of Glock pistols, they have changed four generations of models.
The first generation of Glock pistols consisted of the Glock 17 / P80 pistol itself, which had smooth handles with fine corrugation “in a circle”.
The second generation of Glock pistols, which appeared in 1988, additionally included the first compact Glock 19 model and was distinguished by the presence of larger notches on the front and back of the handle.
The third generation of Glock pistols, which appeared in 1998, received a guide for attaching a flashlight or a laser sight under the barrel, recesses for fingers and a “shelf” for the thumb on the weapon handle and a new ejector, which additionally serves as an indicator of the presence of a cartridge in the chamber.
Fourth generation of Glock pistols, launched in a series in 2010 and produced in parallel with the 3rd generation models, received pistol grips of a reduced cross section with interchangeable pads on the back of the handle, allowing you to adapt the weapon to shooters with the most different sizes palms. In addition, the 4th generation pistols received an enlarged magazine ejection button, which can be rearranged on both sides of the weapon, and a number of smaller design improvements.
Standing apart from this entire line of weapons is the Glock 18 automatic pistol. Designed for law enforcement, this pistol was never commercially available and was produced in small numbers.
As mentioned above, the main advantages of Glock pistols are ease of construction and use, high reliability, significant resource, and relatively low weight. The disadvantages of these pistols are usually not the most convenient shape of the handle (corrected in the current 4th generation of pistols), as well as the absence of any manual safety catches, which, with insufficient user training, periodically leads to accidental shots.
Widely exaggerated in the media mass media The “plastic” design of the Glock pistol, which allegedly led to the fact that the pistol was invisible in x-rays and not detected by metal detectors, is nothing more than a fabrication of the press. In fact, any Glock pistol consists of metal for more than half of its mass and is perfectly detected by any special means.
The automation of all pistols of the Glock series (except pistols of models 25 and 28 in 9x17 caliber) is based on the Browning scheme with a short stroke of the barrel and a rigid locking of one protrusion in the breech breech behind the window for ejecting cartridges in the bolt. The skew of the breech for its unlocking and locking is carried out by the interaction of the figured tide under the barrel with a steel insert in a polymer frame. The gates are made of steel by precision casting and have a special coating highly resistant to external influences. Trunks have polygonal rifling. The trigger mechanism is a striker, with a preliminary cocking of the mainspring and its additional cocking by the shooter's muscular strength at the moment the trigger is pressed. To pre-cock the mainspring, it is enough to pull the bolt back about 15mm and release it. The gun does not have non-automatic (manual) fuses. The system of automatic fuses (safeaction) includes a safety on the trigger (blocking its movement if it is pressed incorrectly), blocking the drummer when the trigger is not pressed and blocking the drummer from breaking off the sear when strong blows. The frame of the pistol is made of high-impact plastic in black or (more recently) olive green. Steel guides for the slide are integrated into the frame when it is cast, as well as a small metal plate on which the serial number of the weapon is engraved. In front of the frame of modern pistols there is a guide for attaching a combat flashlight or a laser designator. Sights are open, with white contrasting or luminous inserts. Glock pistols with the index "C" after the model number have a barrel toss compensator, made in the form of upward holes in the muzzle of the barrel and the shutter casing. On the frame above the trigger guard on both sides there are sliders, when pressed down, incomplete disassembly pistol (removing the barrel, return spring and bolt from the frame). Cartridges are fed from box-shaped double-row plastic magazines with cartridges exiting in one row (with the exception of the most compact models 36 and 42, which have single-row magazines).
The Glock 18 automatic pistol differs from the basic Glock 17 model by the presence of a fire mode translator on the left on the shutter. For this pistol, extended magazines with a capacity of 33 rounds have been developed and are being produced, also compatible with 9mm Glock pistols models 17, 19 and 26.
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