This seems pretty significant gun news: Glock has evidently announced that they’re discontinuing almost all their handgun models as of November 30. Discontinued models include:
G17 – Gen4 G17 MOS – Gen4 | Gen5 G17L – Classic | Gen3 G17L MOS – Gen5 G19 – Gen4 G19 MOS – Gen4 G20 – Gen3 | Gen4 G21 – Gen3 | Gen4 G21SF G22 – Gen3 | Gen4 | Gen5 G22 MOS – Gen5 G23 – Gen4 G24 G26 – Gen4 G27 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5 G29 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5 G29SF G30 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5 G31 – Gen3 | Gen4 G32 – Gen3 | Gen4 G33 – Gen3 | Gen4 G34 – Gen3 | Gen4 G34 MOS – Gen4 | Gen5 G35 – Gen3 | Gen4 G35 MOS – Gen4 G36 G36 FGR G37 – Gen3 | Gen4 G38 G39 G40 MOS – Gen4 G41 – Gen4 G41 MOS – Gen4 G49
That’s quite a depth and breadth. Supposedly these will be replaced by “V Model” handguns in short order.
Here’s GlockStore’s Lenny Magill, who I think broke the news:
One gun guy I know thinks it might be a response to a lot of lawsuits against Glock. I think a big contributing factor is California literally outlawing Glock guns in a law signed just even days ago.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning sales of one of the most popular types of handgun in the U.S.
Assembly Bill 1127, authored by state Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, and state Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco, received the governor’s signature on Friday, Oct. 10.
The law bans new sales of “semi-automatic handguns that can be easily converted to a fully automatic machine gun with the use of a simple ‘switch,'” according to a statement from Gabriel’s office.
It covers handguns manufactured by Glock, as well as similarly designed pistols, that use a “cruciform trigger bar,” which lawmakers said makes them easily convertible to fully automatic fire.
The law, which takes effect on July 1, bars firearms dealers from selling Glock-style handguns.
The NRA has already sued California over the law, and there’s a decent chance it won’t stand up to post-Bruen scrutiny.
While significant news, this probably isn’t cause for Glock fans to panic, as I suspect Glock is already ready to start producing the new model V guns. I wouldn’t panic-buy what is about to become old stock right now, but you might keep an eye out for sales on current models you like. And you could also use the news as an excuse look at new models from some of Glock’s competitors…
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#1 They bowed. Never bow. Now there will be more demands – neverending demands – for more bowing and now there’s precedence.
#2 Someone will have come up with a new ‘switch’ in Tinkercad within 6 months for the model V or whatever nextgen they come out with. You can’t stop the signal.
Who would convert a *handgun* to full-auto? That’s barmy; you couldn’t hit anything.
@M. Rad., ‘handguns’ in FA suck. But ported G18s with a stock and folding foregrip are surprisingly controllable and unported G18s with a suppressor (which slows cyclic) are extremely controllable. And they’re concealable in ways an MP5k is not…
I sincerely hope the Glock V models dispense with the archaic trigger guard hook. No one has used that feature since Ross Seyfried was declared world UPSC champion in 1981.
While they are at it, reducing the pistol’s dimensions, similar to what SIG did with the P-365, would make for a handler handgun. Then fit it with steel sights. Finally, jettison the stupid “pull trigger to disassemble” manual of arms and Glock would represent a new standard in handgun excellence.
*IPSC* champion
“…. Finally, jettison the stupid “pull trigger to disassemble” manual of arms and Glock would represent a new standard in handgun excellence.”
This requires a mechanical connection between the takedown mechanism and the sear to clear the sear/striker interference from preventing slide forward movement. This was the rationale for Adrian Thomele’s U.S. Patent 10,724,814 B2 – Handgun Safety Mechanism, which was incorporated into the SIG-Sauer P.320 and P.365 handguns.
This P.320’s connection between the takedown lever and the sear/striker lockwork is what those vidiots from Wyoming actuated with their drywall screw inserted in front of the P.320 trigger, allowing them to create entirely bogus “uncommanded discharges”.
I am old enough to remember your fondness for the vidiots from Wyoming and your libelous abuse of SIG-Sauer. Now you pine for the Thomele safety mechanism in Glocks.
You cannot have it both ways.
I’m not a Glock aficionado, so don’t know, but have they discontinued the models chambered in 10x25mm?
ISWYDT We can only hope.