GLOCK has announced the discontinuation of more than thirty models of their uber-popular handguns yesterday in a move prompted by a combination of litigation and “right-sizing.” The company posted the full list here. The only models not discontinued will be the their single-stack models such as the 42, 43, 43X and 48X. As for the stated reasoning for the move, the company said this . . .
Why is GLOCK discontinuing so many models?
In order to focus on the products that will drive future innovation and growth, we are making a strategic decision to reduce our current commercial portfolio. This streamlined approach allows us to concentrate on continuing to deliver the highest-quality and most relevant solutions for the market.
What does this mean for me as a customer?
You’ll still have access to the most popular GLOCK models you know and love—just with a more focused selection.
Will discontinued models still be supported?
Yes! Just like we do with previous generations. We will continue to service discontinued models.
Do these portfolio changes affect law enforcement agencies?
GLOCK remains fully committed to supporting the varying needs of our law enforcement partners. While IOP programs may be affected, GLOCK is prepared to work closely with LE partners to make sure officer and agency needs are met. For more questions, contact your LE District Manager.
Well, streamlining their commercial portfolio is one of the objectives. GLOCK is axing pistols chambered in now arcane calibers like .45 GAP, and .357 SIG.
GLOCK will also be stopping production of whatever remaining Gen3 pistols they’ve been producing. That will be a problem for people in California who’ve been enjoying what Perfection® they can with the few Gen3 pistols that were still in production and are on the not-so-Golden State’s approved handgun roster.
The other more significant reason for the move is a legal one. Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill outlawing “machinegun-convertible pistols.” What that really means is GLOCKs that, with the illegal addition of illegally produced switches, either imported from China or 3D-printed, can be made to fire fully automatically.
In December GLOCK will begin shipping a series of new models with “V” designations after the model numbers. The new V models will have rear plates and redesigned trigger bars that will prevent the use of full-auto switches. There will be new models in .22, 9mm, .40 S&W, 10mm, and .45 ACP, all the post . Firearm distributor Lipsey’s sent this notice to their customers with the new model numbers of the guns GLOCK will continue to produce.
So there you have it. While GLOCK no doubt had long wanted to streamline its product list, this was doubtlessly moved along by the California ban and other potential similar actions by other states.
Some might blame big blue cities with chronic gang violence problems (and the federal government), jurisdictions that failed/refused to do anything about the recidivist criminals and enabled allowed the proliferation of “GLOCK switches” to continue, forcing this drastic, expensive move on the company…but we couldn’t possibly comment.
That’s ok I will comment.
How many libertarians liberals and leftists agreed with the cities democrats, to order a stand down of the police? And allow crime levels to skyrocket?
And they supported emptying the jails in 2020. Because they were afraid the inmates would catch the flue???
Glock is a foreign gun company. They have no loyalty to the American idea of second amendment civil rights. And Gaston Glock believed civilians should never own his guns at all.
And since the “gun community” supports restrictions on machine gun ownership. This makes sense. And let’s be honest for a change.
The only reports of switch ownership involved black teenagers and a few black adults. Undisciplined young criminals. Raised without a father. And without a father’s love and discipline. Something the three L’s all said was not necessary in the home.
You cannot have liberty and the freedom to do what you want, without the responsibility and consequences that goes with it.
And that is why we can’t have nice things.
If Gaston Glock “believed civilians should never own his guns at all”, he never would have opened a branch in the USA that sold Glocks to non-military/LE. There was no requirement for him to do so just to get military/cop sales, and yet that is what he did, along with moving production to the USA for the vast majority of models sold here. He was the head of the company, and could have stopped “civilian” sales with a single edict, but he never did, so I think you are confused or have been mislead on this issue.
Actions speak louder than words.
The end of an era… I wonder how well a .357 Sig barrel will work with the new .40s?
Unless something drastic changes, it should fit just fine. Swapping from 40 to 357 or to 45GAP has always just been a barrel swap- same locking lug dimension and muzzle journal diameter
Swapping .40 and .357 barrels is one thing, but I think the .45 GAP barrels were larger in diameter and breech dimensions.
They made them fit into the same frame, but the slides were wider, along with the barrels, IIRC.
Do we know that’s a reason for the change?
People have been bitching for decades about having to the pull the trigger for disassembly and there are a lot of Gen 6 and patent leaks out there pointing to modularity.
California laws.
So my g19 tupperware may go up in value?
“So my g19 tupperware may go up in value?”
At a minimum, it will hold its value…
People have been whining about GLOCK’s lack of “innovation” for damn near 2 decades….and now that it’s happening, they wanna act like it’s the end of the world.
Sooner or later GLOCK was going to make a few design changes to keep up with the times, and apparently they have decided now is as good a time as any. Rumors about the new “Gen 6/V” models have been circulating for the last couple of years, so it’s more likely that coincidental timing had more to do with it than Gov. Nuisance’s new GLOCK ban.
The same crowd who cried ‘no change’ are now auditioning for Doomwatch.