Odd question on my Glocks

[BP Hunter]

OK, I have Gen 4 Glock 22 in coyote brown grip and recently purchased a Gen 4 Glock 17 in regular black. I was playing around with the guns and interchanged the full slide assembly. And they fit! Will the guns function normally if they are interchanged?

 

[justin22885]

umm.. if youre trying to shoot 40 S&W out of your 22 with a 17 slide, no, they wont work, bolt face and extractor would be different

if youre trying to shoot 9mm out of your 22 with a 17 slide and magazines, then it should work.. not a glock expert, but i believe theyre compatible frames

 

[AK103K]

Ive shot a boatload of 9mm from a Glock 31 in 357SIG using a LWD 40-9 9mm barrel. Used a 17 mag, and it ran flawlessly using the stock 357SIG extractor and ejector. Also seemed to work OK using a 357SIG mag, but I really didnt shoot 9mm with them much.

I doubt the .40 barrel will fit the 17 slide. Nor will the barrel fit the 22's slide properly.

Trying a complete swap of the tops..... not telling you to do it, but Id probably try it.

 

[psyopspec]

They should function normally swapping between slide assemblies and mags. The ejectors are different, but most postings I've seen from people who've played around, that didn't seem to impact functionality.

 

[BP Hunter]

No, they fit perfectly amd extract normally. But, it was just for fun. I wouldn't want to end up with a gun with parts with different serial numbers.

 

[psyopspec]

No, they fit perfectly amd extract normally.

Right, I'd heard that too. IIRC, the extractors may have different part numbers but are not visibly different, whereas the ejectors do differ.