Glock 17 Gen 5 and Glock 34 Gen 5 slides and barrels - interchangeable?

[gunsrfun1]

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I could not find anything on the web specific to the Gen 5.

My question is: Are the G17 Gen 5 and G34 Gen 5 frames exactly the same, so that if you buy a G17 Gen 5, and later want to replace the G17 slide and barrel with a G34 slide and barrel, can you do so?

And of course, vice versa: If you buy a G34 Gen 5 and want to install a G17 slide and barrel, can you do so?

If the answer is yes, will any generation (3-5) of G34 or G17 slide and barrel work on a Gen 5 frame, or only a Gen 5 slide and barrel. (Not sure if there is any difference.)

Thanks

 

[CNobbe]

I'm sure this has been discussed, but I could not find anything on the web specific to the Gen 5.

If the answer is yes, will any generation (3-5) of G34 or G17 slide and barrel work on a Gen 5 frame, or only a Gen 5 slide and barrel. (Not sure if there is any difference.)

Check GlockTalk forum as it's been discussed several times. For the first question - Yes, the Gen5 17/34 can be swapped.

Second question: No. Only a Gen 5 slide will work on a Gen 5 frame. Nearly two-thirds of the internals are different between Gen 5 and Gen 4 and the same is true with a Gen 3 or 2. Gen 3 uses a completely different recoil spring design and again, many of the internals are different. There are some very informative threads on Glock Talk explaining it all, but long story short : if you're gonna swap between two different slides, best to make sure they're the same generation.