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This past May, I sent my one Gen 3 17 back to Glock with a broken rail. They replaced the frame and all other parts except the slide and barrel. When I sent it in, it had right around 150K though it. I asked them about the barrel, and they said it was fine. You can actually "feel" the smiley on the barrel when you run your finger across it. Bore still looks good, but there are a couple of dark spots in it though.My Gen2 Glock 17 went 120,000+ rounds and I sold it to another match shooter because I was concerned about barrel rifling wear. Well, another match shooter bought it and after checking for accuracy, he said accuracy was fine and kept shooting USPSA matches with it (Tennifer surface hardening of barrel and slide makes for one hard surface to wear).
As to trigger wear? AFAIK, trigger was smooth and operated normally.
Or dry fire 800 times instead while watching the front sight to improve your trigger control/grip ... much cheaper. M
I tell people to dry fire pistols at the gun store (with approval) prior to buying while watching the front sight. I figure, pistols that jerks/moves the front sight less when the striker is released out of the box will have smoother trigger as the pistol is broken in and will be more accurate.
Before I bought my last Glock (Gen3 Glock 23), I went through several models before I found one that did not jerk/move the front sight. When the store staff got curious what I was looking for, I showed him the front sight movement and he was shocked how much other pistols jerked/moved the front sight.
It was gone two weeks, and that was the longest it has gone without being shot, in over 10 years. Right back at it when it came home too.
Its also the gun I dry fire with on a daily basis. And to tell the truth, I really dont see a difference in how the trigger feels between it, and the one they replaced. But then again, I dont think about the trigger when I shoot, I either focus on the sights or the target. Thats where your focus belongs.
If you have to think about making the gun work, whats going on with the trigger, or your grip, ect, you have a bit of a ways to go yet I think.