G17 gen 5 vs g47 gen 5 recoil and other questions

[minnesota1]

I was going to get the g17 gen 5 but saw the g47 which I hadn’t paid attention to before.  Does the g47 use g17 mags?  If you were going to use it in competition does one recoil more than the other?   I see the 47 has the g19 recoil spring so just curious.   Anything else about one vs the other you think I should know about?  I’ve always shot the g17 better than the g34.  Not sure why but I shoot it better and faster so the g34 is not an option.  
 

Thanks for you help!  

[floater]

Same mags. If you want the MOS cut it's the 47, Glock isn't offering the 17 in the MOS anymore. As for recoil I can't tell any big deference, but I've only have 50 rounds out of the 47 and multi thousands out of the 17.  

[Braxton1]

16 hours ago, minnesota1 said:

I’ve always shot the g17 better than the g34.  Not sure why but I shoot it better and faster so the g34 is not an option.  

 

Some folks who are REALLY on the sights will experience this.

 

Long Sight Radius guns (24s, 17Ls, 34/35s) allow one to have a relatively sloppy sight picture and still make the hit.  The down side of this is that it is harder to obtain a perfect sight picture (even a slight twitch will kill the perfection). 

 

Folks who can accept a sloppy sight picture will shoot a longer gun better than a shorter one.  Folks who demand perfection will shoot a long gun slower than a short gun because they spend too much time trying to achieve it.

 

I tell people all the time: "With a G17L or a 24, get the front sight somewhere in the same ZIP Code as the rear sight notch and then try to not whack the trigger too hard.  The shot will be there....".

 

 

[uhmeebuh]

Hello MN1 (not in TX) - 

 

I posted this a bit ago that might help: 

Shoot me a message and I can share any other details you might want to know.