What do you guys think of the G34? It has been my favorite Glock for some time, but I recently sold mine. Big mistake and now I want one again.
I have been eyeing one myself.
I REALLLY hope nobody lets me shoot one, because I most certainly will purchase one.
Why did you sell yours?
My 19 is accurate as hell, but I know that the 34 with the longer sight radius will make me smile.
Damn it, enough of this 34 talk.
I’ve been carrying a Glock 34 / 35 on duty for Patrol / SWAT and for competiton since 1999.
The 34 has to be my favorite Glock. I carried a 1911 for many years, and it was very easy to transition from the 1911 to the Glock 34 (weight, size balance, sight radius were all simular).
The Glock 34 is cheap, utterly reliable, the only thing they need is new sights, no tinkering, no tweeking, no customizing, holster and rail mounted lights are easy to find, ammo is cheap, very well balanced, light weight (if you are wearing it on your belt 10+ hours a day), recoil is gentle, 17 round capacity, great ergonomics (if you give yourself time to acclimate to the ergonomics), decent trigger, excellent pointability, etc, etc.
Just my 2 pesos
I love mine. 14 points better today and I would have moved up from IDPA Expert in SSP to Master SSP. Not too bad as I’ve only shot this gun 3 times since last year.
Dinger,
Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger - I sold my 34 as well, and I’ll probably get another one very soon - I just came back into the Glock fold myself, as I bought a 17… for my wife 
I like the G34. I have found that it fairs well against most.other hadguns on the market. I do think that most 1911s are at least as accurate or more. I am still getting used to the trigger. Overall, I am a big fan of the G34. I am glad that I found some mook that was dumb enough to part company with one. 
That hurts.
You caught me in a moment of weakness.
I just got rid of mine. I had always used it as a dedicated light gun. When I went to something else to use with a light and began running the 34 “bare” I found that I shoot a standard 17 much better. I guess I am the oddball…as usual.
The biggest thing I had to learn to begin to shoot the Glocks really well (and I shoot them better than anything else now) is that I had to stop shooting them like a 1911. They aren’t a 1911. You have to hold them different, they feel different, the trigger press and follow through is different…I guess thats why i am not so hung up on the 34/35 series and their relation to “feeling” like a 1911. Glock does the 9mm pistol better than anything else out there. All their other guns have some issues (in my opinon…which doesn’t matter much). I wish they would have just stopped at the 9mm and called it a day, but thats just me.
I’m really happy with my G34.
I’ve contemplated switching to it from the G17 for duty use as well.
Feel, balance, and trigger are fine.
I carried a G22 for some time on duty as well, but when I switched commissions I had to go to 9mm and chose the G17 so I didn’t have to replace leather.
Getting LE prices on Glocks doesn’t help the addiction.
Go replace that G34 and never sell it again!
Paul,
So go get one already. If I wasn’t broke, I’d jump all over this. It even has the sights that I want.
Thats not a bad deal, but I want a bone stock one (except for sights). Plus Bob’s has one in stock for $550.
I own two of them in 9mm and just bought a third G34 frame to use as a dedicated rimfire gun for training. So yes, I like the G34. But it begs the question “for what application”? For a gamer gun in IDPA SSP or USPSA Production class, I still believe that Glock is king.
Just recently I have started to ask myself the question whether the G34 is really the best choice for a SHTF type of weapon though. I just question the large opening over the barrel and if it could be a source of fowling from mud, sand or whatever in a rough use application. I wonder if and how that might make the firearm fail. While I have no first hand knowledge of this, I would love to see someone like Larry Vickers run a torture test on a G17 vs a G34 and those results would be interesting to me.
I tend to carry G19’s and compete with G34’s.
THis thread is from 2006 (FYI).
C4
Smoothest shooting 9mm glock. One of those “must have” guns on the list.
Apparently the 17L is coming out soon im going to buy one of those too.
I have a few buddies who carry them, I cant really argue since those guna are super accurate.
Back when I used to shoot Glocks I tried a 34 twice and never did well with 'em.
I did best with a 19. Did all my training and competition with a 19. Tried the 17 on several occasions too.
Throw one of your 34’s in the sand and mud and find out for yourself. Mine worked fine when I buried it in the sand. Haven’t tried mud yet…
Holy crap! This thread is almost a DECADE old.
Funny thing is, if someone asks a question that’s been asked before, they get bombarded with “use the search button!!”
If they do use the search button, and respond to an old thread in the belief they have something to contribute, it is a form of necropsy. They are quickly reminded it is an old thread.
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
(you can tell its an old thread) Remember when ammo was cheap and plentiful
Howdy,
When I read that part I was like WTF?!?
On a different note:
I have a G35 and I love it! It’s hunting/CCW/IDP/IPSC/SD/HD gun.
Paul