Too many gens. I can’t keep up. I’ve owned Glocks since 1994 and can’t tell you for sure what gens they are. If it mattered to me at some point, I might be able to look it up. Maybe. Does Glock even say what defines one Gen verses another, or does “Generation Such and Such” even figure into Glock’s literature, or is that “Gen” stuff only used by gun writers? I don’t even know. Certainly they didn’t bother to engrave “Gen (x)” on my guns, so for all I know they don’t use that nomenclature themselves.
Glock turned 30 years old in the USA Not to hard to keep up.
Gen 1 1982 – 1988 First sold in USA in 1987 I think
Gen 2 1988 – 1998
Gen 3 1998 – current
Gen 4 2010 – current
Gen 5 2017 –
I personally like the Gen 2 models as they have no finger grooves and no rail. The new Gen 5 eliminates the finger grooves, which for me is a good thing.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:51 pm
Too many gens. I can’t keep up. I’ve owned Glocks since 1994 and can’t tell you for sure what gens they are. If it mattered to me at some point, I might be able to look it up. Maybe. Does Glock even say what defines one Gen verses another, or does “Generation Such and Such” even figure into Glock’s literature, or is that “Gen” stuff only used by gun writers? I don’t even know. Certainly they didn’t bother to engrave “Gen (x)” on my guns, so for all I know they don’t use that nomenclature themselves.
August 31st, 2017 at 9:27 pm
Glock turned 30 years old in the USA Not to hard to keep up.
Gen 1 1982 – 1988 First sold in USA in 1987 I think
Gen 2 1988 – 1998
Gen 3 1998 – current
Gen 4 2010 – current
Gen 5 2017 –
I personally like the Gen 2 models as they have no finger grooves and no rail. The new Gen 5 eliminates the finger grooves, which for me is a good thing.