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This is my review of the Umarex Glock 17 BB pistol. I like the pistol I got it in the mail today. It shoot nice. One thing I don't like about this is that one is unable to field strip it. I own an Airsoft KJW Glock that also runs on CO2 with that one I get 49 shots on a CO2 powerlet however on the Umarex BB pistol that I got I got in excess of 100 shoots per CO2 powerlet (I stopped counting after 100). It is not a complete blowback it has I would estimate around 75% blowback. It does have complete trades with the exception of the 9X19 markings. I am recommending this pistol.

The Gen 3 Glock 17 is not a full blow-back pistol, it's a partial blow-back. This saves on CO2 usage and apparently helps increase BB FPS, but does not give the blow-back much of a kick. If you want a G17 with full blow-back, Umarex is supposed to be releasing a Glock 17 Gen 4 .177 (4.5 mm) BB in the coming months (approx Q2 2019) that will be a full blow-back, but probably cost more.Initially the slide would get stuck when you press the catch release while not charged with air. After a few mags and some break-in this issue went away and the slide works just fine. I am noticing the slide moves slower than I'd expect it to move forward after a shot is fired. I'm going to guess Umarex could have put a slightly stronger spring in there or maybe it will need more time to break-in.The mag is an awesome weighted full-size dropout, press the button and it just falls right out. I've had no problem with this at all and it's worked flawlessly for me. Pushing the mag in has worked fine too, nice and solid.Fit and finish is very good, shaking the gun did not produce much slide rattling noise when compared to some other models like the Umarex 9XP. There is the centre-line seem where the two halves come together on the lower, but none of the seems on my gun are even that noticeable much less sharp enough to cut your hands as another reviewer was commenting on.The blow-back could have been stronger given the cost of this gun vs the Berretta APX and even the Umarex 9XP. I think Umarex fell short given how in-demand this gun has been to get made and the fact they have the official license from Glock - this gun should have been "Glock perfection".I like it but I don't love it and I so wanted to love it.