gen 2.5 glock. 17 ?

General Firearms Handguns - Semi Auto
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I’m about to trade for a gen 2 glock 17 tomorrow, the owner does not know too much about the gun, he got it in trade. At first I thought it was a glock 17 gen 2.5 but from what I have read those have finger groves and no rail . This gun has no finger grooves, a rail. And a 3 pin frame. I’m certainly stumped as to what gen it is. Here’s a picture .

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Looks like a Gen 3 with the finger groves the dremeled down.

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That’s a hard photo to see. Did you take it or the guy selling it? I can barely see the checkering where the fingers grooves should be. That’s a Gen 3. The first three letters of the serial number will tell the year. http://www.flarms.com/forums/showthread.php?113-Glock-Serial-Numbers/page2 up to January 2010

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That also crossed my mind. It indeed looks like a gen 3 frame Sans the finger grooves

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The guy selling it took the pictures. Yeah that’s what I thought as well. Maybe the shadows in the picture are playing a trick on my eyes.

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I think the fingers grooves are still there. It’s still a great pistol.

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I agree. In the second picture I see what looks like shadows of the grooves.

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Yeah ether way I’m not complaining, a g17 is a g17, I’m not really too picky when it comes to finger grooves or not just was trying to find out the gen. Will update tomorrow for sure with the verdict on exactly the gen.

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Was indeed a gen 3 2009 date code. With what seems a matte finish compared to my 2012 19

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I never new there was a G17 with finger grooves and no rail…My G17 is what I’ve always referred to as a transitional model and it’s a 2 pin frame with finger grooves and rail (but no more finger groves after I sent it to Boresight Solutions).

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If I remember correctly, the few Gen 2.5 Glocks had the finger grooves on the grip but no rail.

But I may be remembering it backwards :frowning:

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Yep, the “2.5” had finger grooves and no rails.

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I have a 2 pin G17 in my holster now with finger grooves and a rail.

Prefix is: CTH

It has been great to me so far.