Shooting News Weekly was first to call it. Glock has discontinued production of virtually its entire line-up. Most will return in December with the new “V-series” guns which will have some engineering changes that will prevent Glock switches from being installed.
A few won’t – including the gun chambered in .45 GAP and .357 SIG. This will, quite frankly, probably doom those calibers.
The big question is will foolish anti-gun legislatures try to ban the “old” / “original” Glocks.
Time will tell.
(ShootingNewsWeekly) – GLOCK has announced the discontinuation of more than thirty models of their uber-popular handguns in a move prompted by a combination of litigation and “right-sizing.” The only models not discontinued will be the their single-stack models such as the 42, 43, 43X and 48X.
Well, streamlining their commercial portfolio is one of the objectives. GLOCK is axing pistols chambered in now arcane calibers like .45 GAP, and .357 SIG.
GLOCK will also be stopping production of whatever remaining Gen3 pistols they’ve been producing. That will be a problem for people in California who’ve been enjoying what Perfection® they can with the few Gen3 pistols that were still in production and are on the not-so-Golden State’s approved handgun roster.
The other more significant reason for the move is a legal one. Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill outlawing “machinegun-convertible pistols.” What that really means is GLOCKs that, with the illegal addition of illegally produced switches, either imported from China or 3D-printed, can be made to fire fully automatically.
In December GLOCK will begin shipping a series of new models with “V” designations after the model numbers. The new V models will have rear plates and redesigned trigger bars that will prevent the use of full-auto switches. There will be new models in .22, 9mm, .40 S&W, 10mm, and .45 ACP, all the post . Firearm distributor Lipsey’s sent this notice to their customers with the new model numbers of the guns GLOCK will continue to produce.
Some might blame big blue cities with chronic gang violence problems (and the federal government), jurisdictions that failed/refused to do anything about the recidivist criminals and enabled allowed the proliferation of “GLOCK switches” to continue, forcing this drastic, expensive move on the company…but we couldn’t possibly comment.