Introduction:
First off, the Glock I am reviewing is completely stock (no upgrades). Now, when I got the gun I was very excited, my fellow teammates can tell you first hand, not only because I was getting a new gun but that there were two other guns in the box along with the Glock. A Tactical Master and a Beretta M9. Anyway, I opened the box and saw a bright orange outer barrel, not painted, but it was a plastic orange barrel, a little worried that I couldn't remove the color I looked a little more through the shipment box, then I found that DEN had packed the black outer barrel in the box, thank you! :) Installation of the replacement barrel is very easy and a manual is included but not needed... The gun itself, without magazine, is quite light due to it being basically made entirely of plastic, when the magazine is inserted into the gun it becomes a bit heavy but not by much, for added realism and durability get a metal slide and outer barrel - (65 at DEN.)

Durability:
Well after playing a couple games, indoors only so far, the Glock 17 came through without incident. The stock gun will last a few weeks, in my case. But if you don't shoot it as much, in games or not, like myself I think it will last a couple months at most. But sooner or later you will have to buy replacements as wells as reinforced parts.

Problems:
Basically there were no problems with the "stock glock" that I have run into. Basically all that I ran into were the parts in the gun breaking... 2 parts so far have broken and I have replaced one, I plan on fixing the other soon. These parts were the Part 10 (which breaks on everyone's sooner or later) and the recoil spring rod. I purchased the new steel reinforced part 10 from DEN and it works great. Although the price is a little high (25) and I am planning on buying the ICHI made spring rod guild. The plastic ones of these parts cracked due to excessive use. (by me) These are easy to replace and you should not have any trouble installing these. All in all I have not no major problems with the gun. Once I replace all the breakable plastic parts in the Glock, very few, it will be a very solid gun.

Conclusion:
The Glock 17 is a great gun, but I plan on buying the Glock 18c since it seems everyone has one and is enjoying it. But for reliability I think the Glock 17 rules. If you want a great back-up gun and don't really care about full auto capability go with the glock 17!

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