Glock 17 mods

[oddjob]

OP,

I'd get new sights. I like fiber optic, but I shoot competition. I use these....

http://tarantacticalinnovations.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=44_51&products_id=127

I also their connector kit, but you probably don't need those. What nikki#2 said about a butt plug is not a bad idea. If dirt and junk fall in there you might have problems.

get some spare mags and your ready to roll!

[quadmx301]

I won't use a butt plug, I usually roll out with a Blackhawk dummy cord when I hike so a but plug makes no sense on a glock to me.

[Che762x39]

Hey guys, ... my first Glock.

Anything you would/ wouldn't do?

-a bunch of ammo and a few extra mags

First Glock so just ammo and see how it works out for you.

[FUBAR]

Unless you compete, Trijicon night sights and your done.

[David_Lawrence]

First thing I changed on my glock was the sights.

Trijicon HD night sights. Front big orange sights and green in the rear.

[1911whore]

Replace the sights. 3.5 connector will give a more mushy trigger, I like the standard pull better. Shoot it, polish what needs polishing.

[CinnamonBear723]

When it comes to glocks i wouldn't waste too much money on extras that won't gain you anything. First, the spring, i wouldn't bother spending money on it until you wear out the factory one. Ive shot thousands and thousands of rounds out of my glocks and have had zero issues with the stock plastic one. I wouldn't change the slide "release" either. Its not meant to be a release, only a stop. Train to rack the slide because its not a fine motor skill, which is the first thing to go during stress.

If you really wanna spend money on things that will change how you shoot, spend money on some decent sights, an buy a Zev Trigger. Zev triggers are amazing in glocks and will do the most to improve your shooting. Just my opinion, but again, I've trained my a mofo with glocks.

[CinnamonBear723]

Racking the slide is slower, and with regards fine vs gross motor skill thing, that's more of a myth.

http://soldiersystems.net/2013/04/20...ike-pannone-8/

Thats a very tactical article you found. Racking the slide is my experience is not slower and i will stand by my training. Glocks are not made to be functioned with a slide release. And anyone who's training is up to par will have no timing issues with racking the slide over using a slide release.

Fine vs gross motor skills is not a myth. I will stand by this as well.

[CinnamonBear723]

Yeah, it's a pretty tactical article. The guy who wrote it was a Recon Marine, Green Beret and Delta operator.

What are your shot to shot reload times with your racking method? Like on the A zone of an IPSC target at 7 yards? I've found that it takes at least .5 seconds longer to rack the slide vs. using the slide stop/release.

What is your gross motor skill way of pressing the mag release? The mag release button is about 1" away from the slide release, and about the same size. So if we can't use the slide stop as a slide release because of gross motor skills, following that logic we won't be able to press the magazine release, either. Thanks.

Cool story bro.........

[ontmark]

That is a good one!!

[CinnamonBear723]

So I guess you can't explain why you're able to press the mag release but not the slide release?

Mostly because a glock doesn't have one. Hard to push on a button that doesn't exist. Again, I'm just speaking from my experience. Ive had much better luck working the slide than a slide release. And I can assure you I've been timed doing both with various handguns from different makers. As far as the mag release issue goes, I suppose I see some point in what you are saying but I was trying to answer the original question on what the OP should spend money on and what he should skip. I think adding a slide release to a glock is worthless and gains you very little/nothing at all. I personally don't like using slide releases and find working the slide to be faster and much more aggressive and positive. That's how I've trained for years and that's what I know works.

[quadmx301]

I'm in agreement about the slide release. What I originally mentioned was the magazine release, not slide. I have little baby hands and the extended helps me out a lot. I use my full hand to rack the slide, I'm a believer in the degradation of fine motor skills in a gunfight and always trained for that in the Corps.

[Gary13]

Interesting, I've never had a mag malfunction.

Agreed, and I have 20 of them.

I would skip the guide rod and extended slide release, if you want do the .25 trigger job. Just my thoughts.

[CinnamonBear723]

I say go for mag release, trigger, and sights. Everything else will give you very little benefit for the cost. But at the end of the day it's ur gun and you can mod the heck out of every part of you want. Like I told you before, I took one through the academy and shot thousands of rounds from it. It got exposed to dirt, carbon build up, rain, mud, and general being thrown around and zero issues. They are just good reliable pistols. Happy shooting

[Echidin]

There's not much you really NEED to do to a Glock, it's more about what you WANT to do to one. Glocks have become fashion statements nowadays.