Best of the 80s! (Gen 1 G17)

Jayne

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Got a lucky break through a friend and finally scored my Gen 1 G17. It's not all that collectable, no box or papers, but it is all original and came with the original mags. Gold internals, fancy.

Called Glock and asked them about the serial number, they said it was manufactured in June of 1988 so it's still all 80s all the time.

Got it to the range and it shoots... like a G17. The trigger is nicer than my G34, or at least lighter with similar levels of glock squishiness. The grip texture is noticeably smooth, and between that and the small and somewhat recessed mag release you know it's 'different', but not horribly so compared to a more modern version of perfection.

In all though, I'm pretty happy with it. Don't plan to abuse it like I do my G34, it will just go to the range on special occasions. I'm trying to establish a "first guns on the first" tradition of going to the range on January 1 and shooting my first pistol and my departed friend's first pistol which I now own. I could add this to that mix, being the 'first' Glock and all.


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Surprise, it looks exactly like all the other generations. I guess it’s true. Perfection is perfection and can’t be improved. @Jayne I guess you already have the solder iron out for the stipple on this prize. A glock without a stipple is like a playboy centerfold without a silicone implant. Nice gun. Signed, Multiple Glock Owner.
 
Agreed. It's from 1991 and the photo on the cover is clearly not a Gen 1.
Plus, am I right in thinking that the only Gen1 models were the 17 and 17L and maybe an incredibly rare number of 19s. Like so little that they wouldn't have shown up in the manual. And certainly not the .40 cals.
 
So does it slip past metal detectors and hijack airplanes as I was led to believe as a child watching NBC news?
 
Plus, am I right in thinking that the only Gen1 models were the 17 and 17L and maybe an incredibly rare number of 19s. Like so little that they wouldn't have shown up in the manual. And certainly not the .40 cals.

From what I know, yes.
 
So does it slip past metal detectors and hijack airplanes as I was led to believe as a child watching NBC news?

I've put it in a locked case inside the locked safe so it doesn't escape and start hijacking. I'm a responsible owner.
 
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Sometime in 1987/88 can't remember, over 85,000 rounds and just got the Glock guy to go through it about 6 months ago. Carried it as a Reserve Officer with a couple of agencies.
 
Good find man! I have a Gen 2 23 w/ box, docs, etc. I’m the second owner and haven’t molested it yet. It handles so much better than my others in Gens 3 &4.
 
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Sometime in 1987/88 can't remember, over 85,000 rounds and just got the Glock guy to go through it about 6 months ago. Carried it as a Reserve Officer with a couple of agencies.

That slide looks newer than my 2008 model Grock 17!
Did you put it in the easy bake oven with a sharpie or something?
 
Have one.

Got it new in 1988. A gun dealer owed me some money and kept putting me off. Finally went to his store and went "shopping". At the time Michael Dukakis was leading Bush the First in the polls and I figured if he got elected the gun would be banned from import.

Shot it for a couple years in IPSC in Limited minor. Skateboard tape on the grip. Mags would not drop free unless there were 7 rounds or less in them (no metal liners, just feed lips). Something to remember for those old 6-reload-6 speed-shoot classifiers. Fun times. In 1994 the price of mags for it shot up to $75 or more (fookin' Clinton).

Lotta rounds through it and it still hits what it's pointed at.
 
That slide looks newer than my 2008 model Grock 17!
Did you put it in the easy bake oven with a sharpie or something?
Nope she actually has some hard miles on her but did get good treatment in general, as to notso556 comment on mags not dropping, you quickly learned to rip 'em out and reload, not slow at all once you built the muscle memory.
 
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