Not to bring up the dead, but this is sort of a "respawn" in a couple of ways.
I finally had something serious break on the above 17. The left rear rail broke off about two weeks ago. Semi-official round count was 147,400 rounds. I had trigger springs go at around 90 and 120,000, but they were easy fixes. This one wasnt.
Its actually got probably better than 150,000 through it, but Ive only been counting the 300 a week I shot through it over the past decade, and that wasnt always the case, a lot of weeks it was more.
Gun was still running with the rail broke, but I did notice a couple of weird malfunctions when I first started shooting (I assumed thats when it went), and accuracy was a bit different. It was throwing occasional flyers here and there that I didnt call. Found out what happened when I got home and was cleaning the gun.
I called Glock to see what my options were. While looking for the number I found out that Glock only has a "1 year" warranty, which was a bit of a surprise and shock.
I brought this up while talking to them, and they said to send it in, they would look at it "might" still be covered. So in it went.
Got a call a couple of days later, and they said they were covering it under warranty and would replace the frame, and rebuild the rest of the gun. Go Glock!
Got her back yesterday afternoon, and as far as I can tell by the repair order list, it looks like the only thing original left is the barrel, slide, and night sights. They put a new Gen 3 frame with a "G" serial number on it and rebuilt the gun.
Total cost to me, was the $25 it cost to send it down.
Contrary to what you often hear, "stippling" the grip doesnt appear to void the warranty. They never even brought it up when I was talking to them. In fact, all they really said was, "we'll fix it". Didnt ask me any questions about it.
Nor does it being 9 years out of warranty seem to be an issue either.
Anyway, Im happy all around. Looks like you can shoot Glocks to death and they will take care of you. Works for me! Go Glock!