The longer that one collects a brand of firearm, the more nuance and variation one will notice. While manufacturers frequently release major design changes all at once, there are often smaller variations is design hidden throughout the evolution of a gun. Glock is a veritable treasure trove for those interested in small variations–and today IContinue reading “Looking for Hidden Variants”
Yearly Archives: 2021
Does Your Glock Have a Picatinny Rail?
The Glock above is one of my favorite and obscure versions from my collection. It is the first variant of the Gen 3 21SF, released in 2007 and can be considered an experimental model–probably too many made to call it a prototype as it was available to the public for a short while before beingContinue reading “Does Your Glock Have a Picatinny Rail?”
The Very First Glock?
The above picture is of one of the very earliest made Glock’s known. It was featured in a Soldier of Fortune article introducing the Glock brand to the US market. As has been well documented, the Austrian Army was the first to adopt a Glock firearm–a variant of the model 17 that they named theContinue reading “The Very First Glock?”
Glock Enters The Watch Market With 35th Anniversary Limited Edition
In other news, Glock also enters the field of neon green polymers! The watch pictured just arrived from the mother ship today via special FedEx Home Delivery and is a new product from Glock. While we may have been clamoring for Glock to enter the 1911 or the handgun caliber carbine market for years onContinue reading “Glock Enters The Watch Market With 35th Anniversary Limited Edition”
How I Store My Rare Glock (s)
Ok, so you’ve begun to corner the market on rare and collectible Glocks; A 1st series 17, 1st Gen 17L Ported WITH the tupperware to match, and each of the RTF2 variants–including the 22C! Congrats, you’re a lucky lucky bastard! But now what do you do with them all? Over the next twenty to fiftyContinue reading “How I Store My Rare Glock (s)”
Euro Imports
This pair recently came into my collection but I had not had a chance to write about them. What you see here are two consecutive numbered BE prefix gen 1s. The BE prefix was not a serial bank originally imported to the US and so they do not feature a serialized frame like what we’reContinue reading “Euro Imports”
Finally… a Gen 1 19!
It has been a long time coming, but I finally found a 1st generation model 19! I don’t believe I’ve ever shared the story of how I became a Glock enthusiast/collector, but it all started around the phantom “1st Gen Glock 19.” Sometime around 2010, a dealer friend of mine sold me a 17 andContinue reading “Finally… a Gen 1 19!”
1st Series 17!
Saturday was an exciting day for That Glock Guy! I’ve followed 1st series guns for years and have seen and even bid on a few auctions that came up–but had never successfully consummated a sale. That finally changed last week and filled a big hole in my collection. These pictures are of my new GenContinue reading “1st Series 17!”
A 000 Gen 1 Find
There has been a lot of speculation and theorizing about how Gaston Glock originally wanted to memorialize his creation. There has also been a lot of observations and postulations about serial numbers ending in “000.” One of the overlapping theories that emerged over time is that Gaston used to hoard all the “000” serial numbersContinue reading “A 000 Gen 1 Find”
A Brief History of Glock Firearms Aimed at Collectors 