Why are Gen 1's so hard to find or am I missing something?
Thank you Quail Fat, I realize your post is 10 years old, but you just answered my question about the newly released P80 classic edition not having a lanyard hole.I happen to own a minty gen 1 that has all it's original components. It has the black serial number plate, all the black guts and does not have the lanyard hole in the grip. I baby this gun and occasionally will take it out of the safe and shoot it at the range.
No, that's a Gen 2 pistol. Gen 1s were over before they got half-way through the 2-digit alpha prefixes.Does this mean I should hang on to my G17 serial ARM053US.
Does it make it worth more than the $489.00 I paid for it?
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So you own a G18, and you're worried about getting a first gen G17???Thanks for the reply... I don't intend on selling it or my other 3 glocks. (G17,G18,G26,G27)
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A lot of the 1st gen Glocks were issued to Law Enforcement Agencies and were up-graded with new trigger bars, fps, firing pins and extractors. They were used and abused by the Police and eventually ended up on the Surplus Markets, which have long since dried up.
I go to gun shows all the time and when I do see a 1st gen they are almost always in fair condition. A few years ago I found a NIB AA*** Glock 17 for selling for $400. Some old man had it, and I would have bought it but at the time I didn't have any money with me. A like new minty Glock 17 gen 1 can sometimes be found on Gunbroker.com
I happen to own a minty gen 1 that has all it's original components. It has the black serial number plate, all the black guts and does not have the lanyard hole in the grip. I baby this gun and occasionally will take it out of the safe and shoot it at the range.
Thanks, actually the whole setup goes like this:And people gripe about Glock's not changing ('til the Gen 4 came about), but look at how cool it is that a Gen 1 slide/barrel fits on a Gen 3 G-22 frame so well that it looks like it was made for it!
That's a nice set up .38Super... :wavey:
Mine is DC395.Is there a poster here who has the earliest/oldest Gen 1 Glock 17 on the forum/board and has identified it's provenance and history ?