 Laserlyte Sub-Compact V-3 Laser Designator Sight Black Rail Mounted FSL-3 US $93.74 
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 Streamlight TLR4 Weapon Rail Mounted Compact Gun Light w/LASER sight 69240 US $116.59
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questions about accessories for the glock 17?
are they really worth the cost. like night sights, laser and flashlight mounts and extended magazine. will these help in a self defense situations
Accessories are worth their DEVELOPED TRAINING VALUE. That is, night sights do you little good if you never practice with them. They help some in dusk/dawn situations but you'd have to practice with them to get a sight picture in severely limited light. A flashlight on the gun is a plus and/or a negative. It's not that simple. I had to learn house clearing with a hand-held flashlight and a 1911. We couldn't put the flashlight on the gun back then (no rail). There are three main (not the only) ways to use a flashlight while holding a pistol. Which one is the "right" one, and does it belong on the gun? It depends on how you train/practice. A flashlight can give you away or blind an aggressor. It can be fired at but so can muzzle flash--and you can't fire the first shot when you can't see any target. It's a matter of overall training and repeated practice. I know that it's not popular in this forum to say that a flashlight or laser could go on a gun. But they have their place. The laser can let you know that you're staying on a known target while, let's say, holding a perp at gunpoint while voice-dialing a cell. Even in broad daylight at close ranges it can confirm where you’re pointing very well at close ranges--ranges at which you've practiced and know the corollary between where the laser shines and the bullet will go. A further problem comes into play if a person either has accessories that they can't use (because they, you guessed it... haven't continued to train with them) when pressure comes or were relying on their use only to find out that "stuff happens". You have to train "without" even if your gun is "with". Your accessory may not work at the worst moment and "oh, no" won't advance your standing at such a time. An extended magazine is neutral--add a couple of cartridges or not; "whatever". A more salient concern is can you perform a magazine change (not necessarily because you shot dry but because it ceased to function or "stuff happened")? I'm not looking down at any other answers here. I'm making two points: the equipment can be VERY useful under the right circumstances and the right circumstances never occur without one having trained for all circumstances. "More stuff" is just that if you can't deploy it properly when necessary. Not enough stuff can stink just as badly. Your gun is almost useless when you can't see. Sure, there's no trail of light to pinpoint you--and you can see squat in the dark. (NEVER use a laser for a light, by the way.) The other guy with a flashlight (on or off his gun) may prove his advantage to you at worst possible time. ("Why didn't I put a light on my gun where I would know where it was at all times?!") Where and when would you use accessories? Are you willing to practice under controlled, but similar, circumstances? Don't hang "cool" on your gun ever--but do hang the practiced "tool" on your gun when it's called for.
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