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Standard rifling vs polygonal allows for better forensic investigations at shootings as it allows the bullet remains to be more easily matched to the weapon google "Glock Miami barrel"Originally Posted by ray1970
Is that the rumor about the rifling? That it's more of a standard rifling?
It's standard not polygonal
From military arms channel
I had a chance to shoot the new Glock 17M, which is the new FBI 9mm Glock that many speculate will become the Generation 5 guns. Here are some of the features of the 17M that I observed today.
The new gun has a button rifled barrel with traditional lands and grooves. It does not use the polygonal rifling of its predecessors.
It uses a longer recoil spring and the locking lug has been set back on the barrel a bit to facilitate this. It uses what looks to be a similar arrangement as the Gen 4 guns in terms of the spring design.
It has a trigger that's very similar to the G42/43. This means it has a slightly improved trigger pull and it's definitely noticeable when I fired it.
The magazine well is beveled inside. This is not visible externally though.
It has a two pin design similar to older generation guns.
It features an new ambidextrous slide stop however the magazine release is only accessible from one side of the gun at a time.
No finger grooves on this one.
While the magazines for the 17M are slightly different than a Glock 17 Gen 1-4 mag, the older mags will still lock into and work properly in the 17M. I fired the gun with a Gen 1 magazine. The finish is claimed to be more durable than previous generations of guns. It's not uncommon for Glock to change up the finishes from generation to generation.
I will have a video to release on the channel in a few days. Meanwhile, here are some pics for you guys to look over.
It is almost as ugly as a Hi Point- and I don't want one... I keep coming to this thread trying to figure out what the draw is (pun intended)
It's interesting how the contract transpired- but that's about where my interest ends... is this just a Glock fanboi thing, an FBI fascination, or a combination of both?
I'm genuinely curious... I've never really understood the rabid fanbase that Glock enjoys, and to be honest, it's one of the things that turns me off of them... I never was much for following the crowd.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, we are the III%, CIP2, and some other catchphrase meant to aggravate progreSSives who are hell bent on taking rights away...
Simple reason people appreciate the Glock platform? They work. They are the world's golden standard for handgun reliability.
There are of course the rabid followers who will like it because Lord Gaston told them to.
Velocitas, Opprimere,
Violentia Operandi
Doesn't address the huge interest in the FBI version- is the new button-rifled barrel also going to be fully supported? That hasn't been much of a problem with 9mm because of the design of the brass being thicker at the base... but I like my brass unhappy (no Glock smilies)
(loaded question, I'm sure the FBI doesn't care if their brass is scrap- since they don't reload)
Last edited by 68Charger; 08-17-2016 at 08:28.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, we are the III%, CIP2, and some other catchphrase meant to aggravate progreSSives who are hell bent on taking rights away...
Some assert this is the new G17M, but not necessarily the FBI version.
Last edited by MarkCO; 08-17-2016 at 08:28.
On topic:
The change to standard rifling will be nice and I wonder if it was driven by all the new poly coated bullets being used. If I remember correctly polygonal rifling and lead bullets are a no no.
Off topic:
I did not buy a glock for over 10 years after I started shooting. I was never into the hype and besides Horace and Daniel are the true deciples and not Gaston.
But the Glock has a few things going for it that sold me over. Parts are available, and magazines are cheap. Can't say either of those about my SW guns. (Maybe the M&P line fixed this problem)
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