F.Y.I.: Glock 17 Owners

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Nightcrawler

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Cabela's has Triple-K brand steel 17 round replacement magazines for the Glock 17 for $24.95 each. They can be seen HERE.

Note: I have NO idea of the reliability of these magazines. But, if I had a Glock 17, I'd grab a couple to see if they work. If they did, I'd grab a bunch as fast as possible.
 
From past experience, I'd recommend avoiding the Triple K mags. The ones I have seen and used have been crude at best, with very spotty reliability.
 
AmmoClip.com has some cheap aftermarket 17 round mags HERE. They say straight up that these are not very good magazines, though.

Why in the heck would anybody sell a faulty magazine? What, exactly, is wrong with the mag that makes it poor? How hard can it be to make a metal box with a spring in it work properly??
 
I've also heard that steel mags aren't good for Glocks as they tend to chew up the mag release. Anyone else know if this is correct?

I stick to factory mags, myself.
 
Well, that's the sucky thing about Glocks. There are so few aftermarket mags, and most of them suck.

Factory preban mags run about a hundred bucks a piece for the model 17. That really prevents stocking up on extra mags, if you're on a budget like me. (say what you want about getting what you pay for, I can't freaking afford to spend eight hundred dollars on magazines).

That's why when I get my 9mm pistol, it'll be something with abundant magazines, like the Beretta or Sig.
 
Nightcrawler...

Anything that someone can make well can be made poorly and cheaply by someone else. A magazine has to be made of good materials and with some quality control in order to work properly. The geometry of the mag has to match the firearm in order to work and little things like seams and welds have to be done properly. You have to check the various brands to see how they work in your firearm.
 
I bought a fist-ful of G17 magazines before they became really expensive, and I've never been sorry. The only aftermarket ones I've ever tried are some RamLine steel ones with a plastic catch notch, and amazingly, they worked pretty well. I still only shoot the real Glock ones, but I have 10 of them... :)
 
There seems little point in unreliable hi-cap mags. You don't need them to practice and you wouldn't trust them to carry.

Having said that, the fully lined polymer Promags are pretty good hi-caps. You need to replace the springs with Glock factory, but otherwise, good quality and no mag latch issues. Going for around $30.

Why not just spend $17 on 10 rounders that you can trust?
 
If you want range mags buy clinton 10 round mags and save the prebans for carry. I would rather have a 10 round mag that worked then a 17 round that did not.
PAT
 
The steel mags will chew up the mag release, which is plastic. Sometimes the ProMags work ok, and somtimes not. Never use an aftermarket mag for carry.
 
I wouldn't use a steel mag in a Glock.

Also, if you pay $100 for a G17 mag you are getting ripped big time. Going price is no more than $65 tops for an FML. NFMLs can be had for $50-$55 if you are patient and do your homework, even less if they are beaters. I have paid as little as $40 in the past year for G17 NFML mags. True, they looked like crap, but worked just fine.

There are more G17 mags out there than any other model. Don't get scalped.
 
slickpuppy


Mag prices have gone up even 17 mags are getting hard to get. NFML lined mags are going for 65 and up and FML mags are going for 85 and up.
PAT
 
The one problem with using 10 rounds in the G17 is the 10 round mags suck! I had two of them, and one jammed up so tight that I couldn't get it apart without destroying the mag, and I trashed it. The other one was never 100% reliable, and a few weeks ago it also jammed up and I pitched it too. I've never had any problems with any of my 17 round mags for the same gun. You can keep the 10 round mags, I'll have trouble wearing out all my full capacity magazines, so I'll just use them.
 
"Even so. A so-so magazine is fine for the range, I would think."

Of all of the 3Ks I've ever tried, they have all been incredibly poor. From standard caps to 30 rounders. (This is before the hi-cap ban so they were going for even cheaper than now if you can believe it.)

Making a mag that meets all of the critical dimensions is actually pretty easy. What's inbetween the dimensions and what the mag is actually made of is the problem. The 3Ks I had bought were usually softer in steel and some times thinner in gage, followers that allow nose diving, internal tube dimensions smaller than spec due to weld lines and slight bowing inwards of the back. A combination of the problems tended to hang up the rounds somewhere in the middle of the mag as the rounds nose dived somehow. Had one 30 round 3K that wouldn't drop from my BHP. Had to realy yank on it to get it out. Thankfully, the sheet steel was much softer than the mag chatch.

The problems were so great that it was a waste of range time and, if you're paying by the hour, money. There is a reason 3Ks and USA mags are so cheap. They usually offer a lifetime gaurantee too. But if you consider the postage and hassle to send their low cost mags back just to get new low grade mags in return, why bother? (And I think that is what they think the buyers will do.)

Some people, myself even, do, however, like to try things out for themselves just to see if all that is said is true. My suggestion is, you you do decide to get 3K mags, get only one first and wring it out before ordering more.
 
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