1. Enter three letters of the serial (barrel) number on your Glock firearm: Glock Serial (Barrel) Number Lookup basesd on information from The Gun Digest Book Of The Glock. It enables you to check production date of a glock using the serial number from the barrel. Best Upgrades for Your Glock.
2. Just call Glock an give them the serial number and they can tell you the exact date it was assemble in Georgia. Make sure all three serial numbers on the pistol match exactly. Remember if you live in the U.S. Your Glock will be assembled. And, sadly you can not buy from Glock Austria.

Glock has been around since 1963 and in 1981 Glock handguns as we know them were born. Glock categorizes their guns as Generation 1, Generation 2, Generation 3, Generation 4, and recently Generation 5. On top of that, there have been changes to the line between full generations, for instance the glock 26 is available in a generation 2.5.

Apr 13, 2018 My dads a cop and found some guy with a glock slide and barrel in.357 sig. He ran the serial number and it failed to come back on anything. It has a serial number, but he doesn’t think it an actual glock frame. Do you guys know of a company that makes an 80% glock frame with a serial number.

Telling the difference between the Generations (we’ll can then Gens from here on) may seem daunting at first however if you know what you’re looking for it’s not hard at all. We’ll break down the aesthetic differences in the Gens to help you easily determine what you Gen you have so you can get the right TALON Grip for your Glock pistol.

Gen 1 Glocks (1982-1988)

17, 17L, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23

Characteristics:

• Flat front strap (no finger grooves)
• Subtle pebble grip texture on the entire pistol grip area
• No thumb rests

Gen 2 Glocks (1988-1997)

17, 17L, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, 24, 31, 32

Characteristics:

• Flat front strap (no finger grooves)
• Subtle Pebble grip texture on the side panels
• Checkering on the front strap and backstrap
• No thumb rests

Gen 3 Glocks (1995-2010)

17, 17L, 19, 19C, 20, 20SF, 21, 21C, 21SF, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39

Characteristics:

• Finger grooves on front strap
• Thumb rests
• Ambidextrous magazine release on some models
• A rail is molded into the frame
• Addition of Rough Textured Finish (RTF) in Gen 3.5

Gen 4 Glocks (2010-Present)

17, 17L, 19, 19C, 20, 20SF, 21, 21C, 21SF, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30S, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43

Characteristics:

• Finger grooves on front strap
• Thumb rests
• Additional backstraps on all models except the 42 and 43
• Addition of Gen 4 on the slide

Gen 5 Glocks (2017-Present)

Date Your Glock

Radom model 35 serial numbers. 17, 19, 19X, 26, 34, 43X, 45, 48

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Glock Serial Number Decoder Chart

• No finger grooves
• Thumb rests
• Flared magwell
• Ambidextrous slide stop
• Ambidextrous magazine release
• Additional backstraps on all models except the 43X and 48
• Gen 5 on the slide

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