Dateline: Glocklands USA
OCT 2025- Glock announces they are stopping production of popular GEN 5 high cap models. Pending lawsuits and legislation are believed to be the cause.
NOV25- Glock announced (GEN 5) V-series high cap models are in production. Ostensibly, V-series cannot be converted to full auto with a slip-on switch/sear
NOV25 and 10 minutes- Internet wankers post videos of them making Glock V Series pistols go full auto.
DEC25- Glock releases “new” GEN 6 pistols to media outlets and reviewers.
JAN25- GEN 6 pistols to be released publicly at SHOT Show on 20JAN26.
This weekend my in box was chock full of media reps and gun magazine types showing and shooting the brand spanking new Glock GEN 6. Glock has a chokehold on media releases and would not even admit they had a GEN 6 coming out this year. They also apparently shipped the GEN 6 to gun testers under penalty of death and would not allow video or photos until a certain date.
Since their inception, Glock puts out a new generation variant about every eight or nine years and was overdue for a GEN 6. Typically, the new generation updates have very minor changes, and fanboys flock to them like GEN 5, despite the fact GENs 3 and 4 are still in production.
The November released Glock Model Vs could become the most collectible Glocks ever. They had a production life of about 30 days from November to December 2025.
Glock is touting nine changes in the new GEN 6 series. Per their website and others, the changes are still relatively minor and of course include the Model V internal redesign to avoid criminals converting them to full auto machine pistols. Is there anything really groundbreaking here? Uh, no. Not so much. Don’t hurt your eyes squinting too hard at the picture to see “all the new changes.” It does say “Gen 6” in tiny print on the slide…. so I guess that’s something.
Ironic point of the day: Despite the nine new changes Glock still touts their corporate logo as “Perfection Continued.” Sure. Most of the GEN 6 “upgrades” are just things which have long been upgraded by aftermarket Glock parts and sellers- but now you can get them already part of the “Perfection” direct from Glock!
Hold on to your collective hats when you see the 9 changes!
1. Palm swell. Uh yeah. A bit more polymer in the sides of the grip panel. Whee
2. New stippling on the grip module. Really? Yes, another different kind of texture, the RTF6 grip textures which Glock says combines two different textures into one “to create the perfect blend of performance and comfort.” Glock users have been doing their own stippling or buying already modified after-market grip modules for years. Perhaps this grip patter will achieve “perfection” this time as well as all of the other RTFs.
3. Elongated beavertail. This is a welcome factory edition at the top rear of the grip and up under the slide. It allows the shooter to attain a higher grip and be protected from the slide cutting the web of the shooting hand. Lone Wolf has been producing grips like this for about 20 years now. Innovative? Nope just doing what after-market has been doing for years for Glock owners.
4. Slide stop lever enlarged border. Yes, the raised border surrounding the slide stop is a bit taller to prevent accidentally holding the slide stop down with a thumbs forward grip. Whoo. Heady stuff that.
5. Thumb rest. Molded into the grip module a bit of a divot for your shooting hand thumb.
6. Serrations. Not a new Glock feature, however they are touting the serrations on the GEN 6 are angled deeper in the slide. Yes, just like after market parts and gunsmiths have been offering for years.
7. Undercut trigger guard. Molded into the grip module the area under the trigger guard, it is relieved a bit to help with a higher grip/centerline axis hold. Droves of Glock owners over the years have made this simple 3-minute modification to their pistols with a Dremel and round sandpaper drum for couple of decades now. It is a good mod- just long past the time for Glock to get around to changing it at the factory. Overshadowed by “perfection” I guess until now.
8. New flat faced trigger. Just like all the other aftermarket triggers. Did Glock take the time with this major redesign to make their legendary gritty trigger smoother? Nope. Same Safe Action System and no stated effort into making it feel better.
9. Optic Ready from the factory. Thank goodness Glock has abandoned their proprietary MOS optics mounting system. The new GEN 6 come optics ready, pre-drilled and with a cover plate that will fit more red dots and optics already on the market.
Will the GEN 6 be a better pistol? I don’t know. It was certainly due for updates which have been used by shooters and competitors for a long, long time. Internet media types have been posting their shooting sessions with the pistol for only 48 hours now. They seem to like it and most of all it is dependable- which is of course the best part of any Glock, it will just flat work if needed.
The palm swell may have the most impact in the nine new features. “Feeling” is a thing. If it feels better in your hand, well that may increase your satisfaction. Good on ya. If it doesn’t fit it doesn’t hit that psychological sweet spot and you are less likely to carry or practice with it.
Reading all the reviews and looking at all the pictures of the new series, I have to say the 2025 Ruger RXM pistol features eight of the nine GEN 6 design changes- all for half the price. The Ruger had Magpull design the grip and grip angle for the RXM (a semi brilliant thing to do) but it does not have a palm swell. Again-whee.
I really hoped for more radical changes in the new GEN 6. Glock knocked the gun manufacturing market on its butt when they hit the US with their striker fired system back in 1987. It is a solid system, but so many manufacturers and aftermarket gunsmiths and parts sellers have improved upon the factory Glock guns over the years it seemed silly to remain blocky, and stodgy about “Perfection” when so many others improved upon it. Take a look at Zev or Shadow systems for better use of that platform, or Canik and even Sig Sauer and Springfield selling truckloads of striker fired pistols.
I do look forward to getting my hands on the GEN 6 at the SHOT Show Range Day in January.
I hope it shoots and sells well for Glock, and I would never hesitate to reach for one, of any Generation if needed. They remain as cosmetically fancy and dependable as my favorite toolbox hammer.