Glock 17 Gen. 3 Reviews

Look, feel, weight (with loaded magazine in) is very good compared to real gen 3 G17. Even trigger pull with no BBs in inserted magazine in magazine well, feels good. (but with a huge caveat to be discussed in the: Things I would change section). Fits my Blackhawk Serpa level 2 retention holster perfect. Feel of a draw out of this holster is spot on to the real thing.

If you are looking for a training gun with realistic partial trigger reset for quick follow up shots, this is *not* the gun you are looking for. Trigger pull with BBs in magazine changes as a BB has to stage from magazine to chamber, which happens *only on a full travel trigger pull*, and because its doing this, trigger is janky feeling. If you do a partial pull on the trigger like you would for a quick double tap (like with a real G17), the gun will release compressed air and action will cycle, but no BB comes out. At first I thought I could not hit a target to save my life on follow-up shots, because I *only* do partial reset trigger pulls with a real G17. I did not realize no BB was staging because I was not using full trigger travel on follow-up shots. Doing a partial reset feels good, almost like the real thing. Air comes out, action cycles, but no BB shoots. In fact, if you tilt the gun down after, it will roll out of the barrel.

You will not become a Jerry Miculek practicing with this gun. 1st draw from holster is good, other than that, fuh-ged-about-it.

Absolutely everything

The safety

All around a beautiful air pistol

Very realistic in looks, weight and performance. Comfortable to shoot. Very good sights. Pretty close replica of a real Glock 17. Although Blowback is partial, the feel is realistic. Accuracy was better than I expected. Performance was excellent. Good value for the price.

Full blowback would have been better for realism, instead of partial. The ability to load multliple BBs into the breach before shooting was distressing. Once you begin pulling the trigger you need to follow through. Relaxing the trigger and beginning another pull to shoot will result in a second BB loading up and shooting with the first BB loaded. Trigger is rough to pull (not smooth). A full field-takedown feature would have been nice. Otherwise, there is'nt anything else I would have changed.

The most important point that drove me to make the purchase of this Glock is that Umarex's Gen 3 model is the only model of the Glock they produce that was advertized at 365 fps out of the box. The only comparison I had was my Air Venturi ISSC M22, which handles more comfortably. All the other models so far of the Umarex Glock shoot at about 320 fps. The sights on the G17 are very visible with a white dot on the front sight and the rear sight notch is bracketed in white. This is a significant improvement in aiming accuracy. Performance was very good: Using Black Diamond BBs best performance was: Hi=403 fps, Lo=373 fps, Average=381.8 fps, SD=10.1 fps. Of the 4 Glocks offered by Umarex, I would recommend this one on performance alone. I currently am on the waiting list for the Gen 5, which is a belt fed pellet pistol similar to my Sig Sauer P320. The Gen 5 promises to be the best of the Umarex Glock line IMHO.

Overall for my first realistic bb gun. I like it works well I am able to go over gun safety with my kids. Very easy to use.

At least an extra mag for the price.

This is my first bb gun so I have ran Into problems with taking it apart.

Cool look

It keeps jamming up I dont Know ifs iTs missing lube

I purchased this for a friend so that we could practice our techniques. Very realistic blow back, very nice feel, and looks pretty darn awesome!

Not much.

Remember to release the spring after adding BBs to the magazine. Without that you will not be pushing BBs into the chamber. We initially thought there was a defect, that was not the case. The defect was us!

Over all feel is pretty good. With the magazine in the weight is not too far off.

Trigger is terrible, which is nor uncommon on semi-auto air guns but I had hoped, being a licensed product it, would be better. Finish is not great, the flashing at the parting lines from the mold for the body are much larger and rougher than on a Glock. The worst part was it DOES NOT FIT A GLOCK HOLSTER. The slide is .5mm (.02 in) wider than a Glock slide (26mm vs. 25.5). That doesn't sound like a lot but it will not holster in a CompTac holster for a Glock 17 & 34 without loosening. The slide pushes out of battery and the trigger guard will only seat if you jam it in hard which messes up the retention for a comparable draw. With the holster loosened all the way up, it almost works OK but then a real Glock has no retention.

Would have preferred pellet over bb but I see there is a pellet version coming out at the end of the year. One of the reasons I went with it even though it was bb, was because I thought I could just swap it and a Glock back and forth in the holsters I already have. I would return it if I had kept the packaging.

Like the real thing

Nothing

Works and feels like the real thing

Has the feel of a Glock. Fits in the glock holster.

The trigger is pretty rough and three stage.

Not a Glock trigger but is good training pistol.

The gun is just like the real thing. It is so fun to shoot. The trigger is a bit ruff, i think it may get better with use.

I think the manual safety should be located somewhere other tha where it is, because if you put a laser or a light on the rail you can't use the safety.

I think the spare magazines are a bit over priced.

I like the look and weight of this gun. The controls are very similar to the actual firearm. It shoots decently, not any better or worse than other replica guns I have. I haven't had any issues with its function.

The trigger. The reset is too long, and the pull is too clunky. The trigger is it's biggest problem. I don't enjoy shooting the gun because of it. I wanted to use this to practice with, but it just is too different from the real one.

I don't mind the CO2 in the magazine, but it makes it expensive if you want to keep spare magazines. Also it would be nice to be able to keep a tool for the CO2 in the gun, so you don't have to keep track of an allen wrench.

I love the fact that its an officially licensed blowback glock

The slide is a little clanky not too bad tho

This is a great gun to add to your collection so if you get a chance go ahead and buy.

Love the blowback feature. Love the weight and feel.

The slide feels loose and rattles. The clip jams on occasion. Uses a lot of co2.

The overall realism of the gun, full size frame, kick back..... and the best part of it all was it was delivered on a Sunday. This gun feels real and has a good sound to it. I like that the safety isn't a little button on the trigger on this one. The safety is under the barrel on the underside of the frame. Everything is great on this gun.

Make the cartridge tool like the one on the Glock 19 so you don't have to keep up with an accessory.

This gun screams buy me. On a nice warm day, you'll get a great reaction from this gun.

Authentic BB gun replica of Glock 17. Great for practice with in a low cost package. Size weight features outstanding.

Nothing

Buy your before they sell out. Many vendors would not ship to Illinois, so I purchased directly form Umarex.

Every thing

Nothing

Buy it

The gun is a nice gun but a pen or bolt bring inside of it and it cycles the bullets but does not send out co2.

I would say make it field strippable but there is already a gen 4 that is so.

The gun is a nice gun but a pen or bolt bring inside of it and it cycles the bullets but does not send out co2.

I would say make it field strippable but there is already a gen 4 that is so.

I really like the similarities between the actual Glock model

Almost an exact copy or the actual pistol. Fits my Glock 22 holster. Reliable so far.

Nothing.

Fun and reliable co2 pistol. Fairly accurate.