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CDP1802's Glock 17L (Gen 3)
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I love Glocks, they're just awesome little pistols which don't
cost a ton of money and work reliably, but I've had an issue
with every one I owned: I love Glock irons in video games but
I hate them in real life.

Wanting to "learn how to shoot the things", my usual 21 Gen 2
modded with a fancy new trigger and cut for an optic, I figured 
why not buy the model with the longest sight radius?
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There's not much fun to say about buying my 17L. I walked into
the usual shop, I saw the thing in the case, I asked to hold it,
I loved it, and I did the paperwork. Fifteen minutes in and out,
possibly a record as I think I usually spend two hours browsing.

I think it cost $525? Brand new, plastic case with two mags and
the speedloader. 

I was a little miffed that not long post-buy Glock put out the 
Gen5 MOS version, that said I don't mind Gen3 finger grooves and 
I like how the slide has the big cut-out for whatever weight 
that saves.
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So, "learn how to shoot stock Glocks". What that means to my gun
is the following:
* No Timney trigger, arguably something good as the one in my 21
  is very not drop safe and why I'd never carry the thing
* No optic cut, irons or nothing
and what that means to me is the following:
* I have to get used to the 5lb trigger, no 3lb competition here
* I have to remember to line the sights up for point-of-aim
  holds, not putting the dots over what I want to hit

How has it been going? So far, owning the gun for about a year,
I went from "I was hitting a 12" steel plate at 25 yards three
times out of 17" to "...ten times out of 17". I'm admittedly not
practicing very often, buying 9mm and getting out isn't a thing
that I actively make myself do more than once every other month
unless buddies want to go shooting, so I could probably be
moving a lot faster if I actually put some effort in. Whoops.
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PICTURES:
17L when new - Jan. 6 2024
17L on a Table - Mar. 9 2024
(back-right, ignore the everything else and yes I feed it 
steel-case because I can the ejector has not worn down)
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