rare – A Brief History of Glock Firearms Aimed at Collectors

Updated Vault!

I keep on buying more of these silly early Glocks and, at least for now, they’re just getting tucked away safely in a safe. One day, I would like to own one of every prefix of Gen 1 17 out there and have visuals up to show the changes and design development along the way.Continue reading “Updated Vault!”

Information Continually Leaking Out

A friend of mine recently posted some scans of an article written to review the “new” Glock 19s from the 1989 Annual issued by American Handgunner. Beyond just being cool because it’s one of the earliest articles written about model 19s, I found one detail that was especially compelling: the picture above is of theContinue reading “Information Continually Leaking Out”

Talo Premier Gold Edition

I’ve never been much on commemorative editions of guns because it’s always just seemed like a gunmaker’s excuse to boost sales–build a stock gun and slap a special engraving on it, then call it a “limited edition” and sell it for twice as much money to the same people who already have three of theContinue reading “Talo Premier Gold Edition”

Pictures of a Rare Duotone

Just a quick post to share pictures of a very rare early Glock 17. This pistol is an AC prefix model which is a great example of how the early design was not set. The slide finish is a greenish color of unknown original that was a predecessor of the parkerized finish that became standard.Continue reading “Pictures of a Rare Duotone”

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!”