how do you ID what generation a glock

FISHBOXFULL · 02-12-2012, 03:01 AM

well cant sleep now after tonights events so how do you ID what generation a glock is.. bought after college in 93. Just wondering since I hear about all the talk on the diffrent generations.
Thx
Erik

aaronious45 · 02-12-2012, 11:24 AM

"Gen 2 added finger grooves on the grip, Gen 3 added a Rail under the muzzle, and gen 4 has ambi mag release, and a different texture grip. also extra back straps to adjust grip"
Quote from pilotpop on previous thread

XnotedgeanymoreX · 02-12-2012, 11:32 AM

That is an early second generation based on the grip and number of pins in the frame in my understanding.

JD7.62 · 02-12-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by aaronious45

"Gen 2 added finger grooves on the grip, Gen 3 added a Rail under the muzzle, and gen 4 has ambi mag release, and a different texture grip. also extra back straps to adjust grip"
Quote from pilotpop on previous thread

Incorrect.

skullworks · 02-12-2012, 12:06 PM

Interesting. I have a Glock 30 and it has the finger grooves but no rail.

MrFish · 02-12-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by skullworks

Interesting. I have a Glock 30 and it has the finger grooves but no rail.

I thought there were some later second gens that had finger grooves. Not sure, but I thought I read that somewhere.

XnotedgeanymoreX · 02-12-2012, 12:23 PM

I believe the 30 was one of those "exceptions"... some people call them gen 2.5

Jason · 02-12-2012, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JD7.62

Incorrect.

Good pic!!!!

grey ghost · 02-12-2012, 07:50 PM

value wise, I have gen 2 from pic! Which is most valuble?

JD7.62 · 02-12-2012, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by grey ghost

value wise, I have gen 2 from pic! Which is most valuble?

No generation is really worth more then another. The fourth gen guns when they first came out had some reliability issues, a first for Glock so they kind of have a tarnished reputation.

Third gens are probably the most popular but a lot of people like the lack of finger grooves on the first and second gens. Heck, first gen G Seventeens -my number keys stopped working today- are, dare I say, getting collectible.

An interesting thing about Glocks, Back in the mid eighties when they first came out they retailed for around five hundred dollars which is the same as today.

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02-12-2012, 11:24 AM	#2
aaronious45 Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ferry pass Pensacola Posts: 600	"Gen 2 added finger grooves on the grip, Gen 3 added a Rail under the muzzle, and gen 4 has ambi mag release, and a different texture grip. also extra back straps to adjust grip" Quote from pilotpop on previous thread

02-12-2012, 11:32 AM	#3
XnotedgeanymoreX Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: downtown Posts: 39	That is an early second generation based on the grip and number of pins in the frame in my understanding.

02-12-2012, 12:06 PM	#5
skullworks Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Prattville, Alabama Posts: 1,365	Interesting. I have a Glock 30 and it has the finger grooves but no rail.

02-12-2012, 12:23 PM	#7
XnotedgeanymoreX Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: downtown Posts: 39	I believe the 30 was one of those "exceptions"... some people call them gen 2.5

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grey ghost Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 604	value wise, I have gen 2 from pic! Which is most valuble?

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