shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Hey, all!
I attended the Glock Armorer's course today (my fourth time recertifying... damn I've been doing this a long time
), hosted by the Greenwood Police Department. Our instructor, Joel Hodges, was great - very knowledgeable and personable, and an effective teacher.
Was issued the latest revision of the Armorer's Manual and U.S. Addendum (which are already out of date, LOL), got a good refresher on the mechanics and theory of how the gun operates, learned a few tips and tricks for working on the gun and troubleshooting, and picked up a few bits of inside info along the way.
A few things you might like to know:
1) The Gen4 G27 has just received ATF approval and should be on store shelves shortly, to be followed by the Gen4 G26. It is unknown if Glock will offer the G20/21/29/30 in Gen4 trim.
2) The Glock weaponlights are going to be discontinued.
3) Glock Inc. in Georgia currently has the capacity to manufacture every part of the Glock pistol (except for the various springs) in-house. The Tenifer formulation had to be altered slightly to get EPA approval for use here in the USA.
4) The mythical Glock Carbine does exist, but Glock Inc. is keeping it very close to the vest. It has undergone several configuration changes, and is currently an AR-style weapon chambered in 5.56.
The prototype currently has about 30,000 rounds through it, but is still a back-burner project. I can totally understand this; can you say "saturated market"?
5) Glock pistols are manufactured in lots of 1000 per model. So for instance, if you have a G23 with the serial number FSEXXX, that means all pistols within the range of FSE000 to FSE999 will be G23s; Glock does not switch models in the middle of a run. Current serial number range is in the high Ps; it's not known how the numbering convention will change once they hit ZZZ999. That would be an awesome gun to have in the collection, though...
On a personal note, I scored a 100% on my written exam (I would hope!), and won a nice bit of Glock swag for reassembling my pistol correctly in the shortest amount of time.
If anybody has any (serious) Glock questions of either an historical or technical nature, hit me up and I'll see if I can help out while the knowledge is still fresh in my head! Smart alecs and haterz need not apply.
I attended the Glock Armorer's course today (my fourth time recertifying... damn I've been doing this a long time
), hosted by the Greenwood Police Department. Our instructor, Joel Hodges, was great - very knowledgeable and personable, and an effective teacher. Was issued the latest revision of the Armorer's Manual and U.S. Addendum (which are already out of date, LOL), got a good refresher on the mechanics and theory of how the gun operates, learned a few tips and tricks for working on the gun and troubleshooting, and picked up a few bits of inside info along the way.
A few things you might like to know:
1) The Gen4 G27 has just received ATF approval and should be on store shelves shortly, to be followed by the Gen4 G26. It is unknown if Glock will offer the G20/21/29/30 in Gen4 trim.
2) The Glock weaponlights are going to be discontinued.
3) Glock Inc. in Georgia currently has the capacity to manufacture every part of the Glock pistol (except for the various springs) in-house. The Tenifer formulation had to be altered slightly to get EPA approval for use here in the USA.
4) The mythical Glock Carbine does exist, but Glock Inc. is keeping it very close to the vest. It has undergone several configuration changes, and is currently an AR-style weapon chambered in 5.56.
The prototype currently has about 30,000 rounds through it, but is still a back-burner project. I can totally understand this; can you say "saturated market"?5) Glock pistols are manufactured in lots of 1000 per model. So for instance, if you have a G23 with the serial number FSEXXX, that means all pistols within the range of FSE000 to FSE999 will be G23s; Glock does not switch models in the middle of a run. Current serial number range is in the high Ps; it's not known how the numbering convention will change once they hit ZZZ999. That would be an awesome gun to have in the collection, though...
On a personal note, I scored a 100% on my written exam (I would hope!), and won a nice bit of Glock swag for reassembling my pistol correctly in the shortest amount of time.
If anybody has any (serious) Glock questions of either an historical or technical nature, hit me up and I'll see if I can help out while the knowledge is still fresh in my head! Smart alecs and haterz need not apply.
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IMO, Glock would initially sell a bunch of them to 1) Glock collectors, 2) LEOs wanting a backup gun with the same feel and manual of arms as their duty gun but in a lighter caliber, and 3) smaller-statured, female and elderly shooters (the .380 Glocks have very little recoil). After that, sales would die down. If they do choose to offer the .380 Glocks here, my bet is that they'll be a limited-run item like the G17L and 24 are now.
Sweet gun though.
