re: US vs. Austrian made Glocks

The short answer is very good.
The long slide is intended as a target gun and has a lighter trigger which was good. (I forget the color coding of the weight specs) This longer barrel gives the gun a longer sight plane and this adds weight which affects recoil well. The length makes the gun more difficult to conceal. I had a long slide in .40 S&W - G-35 which did very well for me. (It is a Glock...) I bought this after training with some Mississippi State Police tactical guys who were using these. If you do not mind the size and weight, go for it. I preferred the G-27 for daily carry. Very concealable and surprisingly accurate for the size. But for steel plates, bigger is better.
Decide based on how you plan to use it.

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is a nitride coating which is, supposedly, better than tennifer.

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Mostly true.
Tenifer (it is actually spelled with 1 n - my phone auto-incorrected to Jennifer and I missed deleting the second n in my earlier post.) is actually a heat treating method and there is a protective coating placed over that. But this is a process which most shooters never really understand. They just see color and texture. Rust or no rust. Muzzle wear or no muzzle wear.
Glock got shut down by the EPA over a chemical used in the Tenifer process and changed to another slide heat treatment - Melonite which then required a change in the coating/finish. The coating was changed a few times. Went from that Glock gray to a more black look and for a couple of years, but it was not very durable. Slight surface rust broke through with daily carry and holsters often caused wear.
I saw a bunch of G-22s which were not doing well on the cosmetic end.
But, it did improve over time.
For the last decade, I have not seen such issues.
Even the guns with poor coatings functioned very well.
They just went ugly early. :)

I have a G33, .357 sig rounds. How do I tell where it was made?

There's nothing complex about the Glock design, hence the reason they are so rock solid reliable and have a massive amount of aftermarket parts available. I have a few that are built 100% from aftermarket parts.
I'm not even a Glock fan, they don't fit my hand well and the slide always bites me. That said, I give credit where credit is due. They are solid and will fire when the trigger is pulled.

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How do I tell where it was made?

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6 digit serial # is Austrian
7 digit serial # is USA

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6 digit serial # is Austrian
7 digit serial # is USA

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Thanks man.

Canik TP 9 Elite SC. Competition trigger. Heavy barrel.

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Well, sorta yes I guess since I have a PSA Dagger 9mm that is similar to a Glock 19. It’s made in the USA

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We'll be seeing a lot more of these (various brands) in the near future because the Glock Gen 3 patents have run out.

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Speaking of Hi-Points... while the quality may be inconsistent, they are generally pretty functional because they are heavy and built like tanks. The have to be since the Hi-Points utilize a blowback design with a fixed barrel similar to Walther PPKs and Makarovs. In theory, Hi-Points *SHOULD* be pretty accurate due to that fixed design, but not if the overall quality is lacking on a particular individual gun. You might get a great one, or you might get an absolute dud for accuracy.

Another problem due to the blowback design is that the higher power the cartridge, the more energy the slide has to absorb - so they make them heavy. Better blowback designs are usually .380's or lower, but Hi-Point often does this with 9mm pistols. That means the slide and overall weight of the gun WILL be rather heavy. I have seen some of their 9mm pistols in the 32-38 oz range. Might not be fun for everyday carry, I think they even make a blowback .45 ACP with the pistol weight of 40+ oz. That's brutally heavy to tote around (over 2-1/2 lbs).

Hi-Points are not for most gun owners but they can be functional and reliable if really heavy and ugly. A buddy of mine said "Yeah, if I pull the trigger on my Hi-Point it will go bang." I didn't ask him to clarify... but point made. They are a decent enough gun at their price point and one would probably be a good enough choice for a really cheap "truck gun" if on a budget.

Disclaimer: I don't own or have ever owned a Hi-Point, but have owned other blowback design guns in the past.

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what have people heard about the Glock 17 Long Slide pistol?

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I have one - nothing to it. Easy to shoot, easy to dissamble and clean and put back together. Shoots straight, etc

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I typically try to avoid American made products with complex components

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