Glock To Discontinue Most ALL Models

[Bottom_Feeder]

This looks like the same list they posted months ago, unless they have expanded it.

I agree with it for the most part. Time to trim the fat a bit and focus on their bread and butter SKUs.

 

[wavinwayne]

Seems a silly move. Time will tell.

 

[Hohn]

@Hohn on the other side of the coin, the older Glock design patents have expired and the design is in public domain. Many companies are making exact copies of Glock's expired designs. Why would Glock want to continue to manufacture designs they now have to compete with the likes of Ruger? I think it's a pretty smart move by Glock. Manufacture much higher margin products, instead of making a nickel or a dime competing with every knock-off out there.

And if that is indeed the reason, that makes a lot of sense. And it's a completely different rationale than what it proffered about Glock switches and lawsuits.

 

[bdcardinal]

Maybe my Gen 3's will be worth more

Just kidding, they will never be sold.

Mine are Gen 3s because the Gen 4 never made it on the roster here in California.

 

[thastinger]

Mine are Gen 3s because the Gen 4 never made it on the roster here in California.

So that means there must not be a single Gen4 with a switch on it within the entire state.

 

[bdcardinal]

So that means there must not be a single Gen4 with a switch on it within the entire state.

Well where it gets fun is a LEO can sell a Gen 4 private party to us plebs.

 

[NOTEVIL81]

Well where it gets fun is a LEO can sell a Gen 4 private party to us plebs.

You are so correct. I bought a few off of calguns.net members. They were leo's.

 

[BHopkins]

Glock is the original. And to a lot of people that means something. They want the, "original". Much like Colt with the 1911. They even capitalized on that in their advertising by saying, "If it's not a Colt, it's just a copy".

There are too many manufacturers of the 1911 around the world to even count. Yet Colt sells every single one they make. In spite of being one of the most poorly run corporations in the firearms business.

Original what?

Striker fired pistols? Striker fired pistols where made long before Glock got into the game. Browning even did a striker fired design.

Polymer framed guns? H&K introduced the first polymer framed gun over a decade before Glock.

 

[billt460]

Original Glock design.

 

[burbguy82]

Original what?

Striker fired pistols? Striker fired pistols where made long before Glock got into the game. Browning even did a striker fired design.

Polymer framed guns? H&K introduced the first polymer framed gun over a decade before Glock.

They were definitely the first polymer pistol to be widely accepted and adopted, to that there is no doubt....ill help you out @billt460

 

[burbguy82]

@Hohn on the other side of the coin, the older Glock design patents have expired and the design is in public domain. Many companies are making exact copies of Glock's expired designs. Why would Glock want to continue to manufacture designs they now have to compete with the likes of Ruger? I think it's a pretty smart move by Glock. Manufacture much higher margin products, instead of making a nickel or a dime competing with every knock-off out there.

But do the likes of the RXM or PSA Dagger really compete? Maybe, but Glocks still sell.....Holster compatibility is not the same, etc. The cheaper versions of the Gen 3, IMO so far, do not have the same track record of reliability. Ill bet the "new" glocks will fit into the same holsters and use many like parts

The same could be said about Colt or Armalite AR15 rifles.

Until someone makes a better Glock than Glock, I think they might be ok.

I have to wonder if this thing is only for the US market?

 

[Urshurak776]

My son picked up a Glock 19, Gen4 or 5, whatever the latest is.

I'm still rockin my Ruger RXM. Love it to be honest.

 

[ctechbob]

Mine are Gen 3s because the Gen 4 never made it on the roster here in California.

Mine are just because those are what I prefer. I didn't need all of the new 'features' of the 4/5's.

 

[I<3oil]

Dang, that sucks. Rip

 

[BHopkins]

They were definitely the first polymer pistol to be widely accepted and adopted, to that there is no doubt....ill help you out @billt460

Sheer volume has noting to do with being original.

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

Original what?

Striker fired pistols? Striker fired pistols where made long before Glock got into the game. Browning even did a striker fired design.

Polymer framed guns? H&K introduced the first polymer framed gun over a decade before Glock.

Yeah and the LG Prada was the first phone to use a capacitive touch screen. The iPhone was the OG who perfected it and brought it to mass adoption.

Sheer volume has noting to do with being original.

They were the first to mass market adoption with a simple, reliable, rugged, inexpensive polymer pistol. There’s absolutely nothing debatable about that. They are the OG.

Combining mass market success with innovative new technology is “original.” It’s not an easy thing to achieve.

 

[jws926]

The new series.
Ive been wanting to get a Gen 5 19 to go with my Gen 3 and either .45 or 10.

 

[BHopkins]

Yeah and the LG Prada was the first phone to use a capacitive touch screen. The iPhone was the OG who perfected it and brought it to mass adoption.


They were the first to mass market adoption with a simple, reliable, rugged, inexpensive polymer pistol. There’s absolutely nothing debatable about that. They are the OG.

Combining mass market success with innovative new technology is “original.” It’s not an easy thing to achieve.

Yes, but the technology was not innovated by Glock, and it definitely was not new. Striker fired pistols were almost a 100 years old by the time Glock did it, and polymer frame, while new to us here in the U.S., was not new to Europe. Glock can't even lay claim to be the first one to combine striker fired with polymer frame. That title belongs to the H&K VP70. Glock just made it affordable and reliable for the masses. The Toyota of handguns.

 

[f355spider]

Yes, but the technology was not innovated by Glock, and it definitely was not new. Striker fired pistols were almost a 100 years old by the time Glock did it, and polymer frame, while new to us here in the U.S., was not new to Europe. Glock can't even lay claim to be the first one to combine striker fired with polymer frame. That title belongs to the H&K VP70. Glock just made it affordable and reliable for the masses. The Toyota of handguns.

Glock definitely had the first commercially successful plastic pistol. The VP70 was a curiosity, nothing more. I shot one a bunch, had the absolute worst trigger you can imagine. A bit heavier than a G17 too.

 

[f355spider]

The two big things I see in the discontinuation of all these pistols:
1) If Glock didn't do it, several more states were lining up to block their future sale, just like California. The legal battle would be expensive and lost sales while in litigation.
2) Glock does a ton of LE business and it irks your best customers when they are confiscating dozens of pistols with switches each year, and you aren't doing anything to prevent this illegal conversion.