Early/Rare Glocks

I guess that would include my brothers Gen 1 G17 that was a jam-o-matic special (even using factory FMJ) went down river in the 1992 timeframe.

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It is my understanding that there were only a very few Gen 1 G19s and the frames were actually modified G17 frames.

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I kind of remember reading that too when the G19 was first introduced.

Anyways this is my one and only Glock: a relatively early Gen.1 that still has the original "adjustable" rear sight on it.

Holy crap, I’ve never seen the inside of an early Glock case. This seems like an extremely unsafe design, a ND waiting to happen.

There are rare Glocks?

I recall a guy at the LGS years ago that bought several Glocks in OD Green, to put in the safe as safe Queens as the value was gonna go up due to the color??

I just want the old style case like the one pictured. Would love to have one.

Wanderling said:

Holy crap, I’ve never seen the inside of an early Glock case. This seems like an extremely unsafe design, a ND waiting to happen.

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The gun cant go into the case, unless the trigger has been tripped. You cant put a "loaded" gun in it, or, at least one with the trigger "cocked".


I had a Gen 1 17 and a couple of early 19's. Not sure what Gen they were, but I got them when they first came out.

I had a lot of issues with the 17, and it actually turned me off of Glock for another decade or so. It went back to Glock a couple of times, and they never did get it straightened out.

The 19's worked fine, but their grips always annoyed me (that front cut out was especially very annoying), and I traded both off to my buddy for things he had that I wanted. Hes still got them both as far as I know.

All of those Glocks came in a "Tupperware" box like the pic above.

The OP said "rare Glock."

I’d like an 18 but that ain’t happening.

My brother's G17 had the Negligent Discharge storage box as well. Even as a teenager, I thought it was about the dumbest "feature" I had ever seen.

AK103K said:

The gun cant go into the case, unless the trigger has been tripped. You cant put a "loaded" gun in it, or, at least one with the trigger "cocked".

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Not in my experience- The version of the case that came with my brother's G17 would absolutely fire the trigger when a cocked pistol was set into it.

The prices on the Gen 1 G19s are amazing. I would never fork over 5 figures for a Glock, but then again, people throw away money on new Jeeps, so...

.455_Hunter said:

Not in my experience- The version of the case that came with my brother's G17 would absolutely fire the trigger when a cocked pistol was set into it.

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Maybe if you forced it.

The three cases I had, that post blocked the gun going into the box, if the trigger was ready to fire. The trigger had to be in the rearward, fired position, like in the pic above, for the gun to go into the box.

Now, maybe, if you were to try and force the gun in there, yea, I could see that it might fire. But I would think that you would have to work at it to get it to happen, and I would really hope you were intelligent enough to know something wasnt right if it wasnt dropping right in.

But, people are people, and given that, I suppose anything could happen.

ATLDave said:

The OP said "rare Glock."

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I would call probably less than 20 in existence of the Gen 1 G19 pretty rare. They are approaching $10k in value among collectors, which is nothing to sneeze at.

I remember when Beanie Babies were a subject of interest to collectors.

Wanderling said:

Holy crap, I’ve never seen the inside of an early Glock case. This seems like an extremely unsafe design, a ND waiting to happen.

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AK103K said:

The gun cant go into the case, unless the trigger has been tripped. You cant put a "loaded" gun in it, or, at least one with the trigger "cocked".

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.455_Hunter said:

Not in my experience- The version of the case that came with my brother's G17 would absolutely fire the trigger when a cocked pistol was set into it.

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An acquaintance of mine in the 80's was shot with a 9mm HP at a public range through the tricep, shattering his humerus and exiting through his bicep, by a lawyer. The guy had fired his glock at the range, and when he was finished, he decided to reload his pistol (behind the firing line) and place it back into the "A-D" box. The box (along with the victim's arm) had a hole in it. After numerous surgeries, he was able to get most of the use of his right arm back. The lawsuit that resulted was legendary, from my understanding.

.455_Hunter said:

Not in my experience- The version of the case that came with my brother's G17 would absolutely fire the trigger when a cocked pistol was set into it.

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So Gaston was right... you can’t put a cocked Glock INTO the case.

AK103K said:

Maybe if you forced it.

The three cases I had, that post blocked the gun going into the box, if the trigger was ready to fire. The trigger had to be in the rearward, fired position, like in the pic above, for the gun to go into the box.

Now, maybe, if you were to try and force the gun in there, yea, I could see that it might fire. But I would think that you would have to work at it to get it to happen, and I would really hope you were intelligent enough to know something wasnt right if it wasnt dropping right in.

But, people are people, and given that, I suppose anything could happen.

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No force required. Just putting the gun into the case in normal fashion would actuate the trigger. This was not a "mistake" but a feature of that version of the case, perhaps to prevent long term set of the striker spring. The concept of the gun being stored loaded and chambered was not on the radar screen yet.

My brother's gun was super early. It wouldn't surprise me that all of your boxes had a different post. The design was stupid and I am sure it was fixed quickly, even recalling boxes in the distribution system.

Trey Veston said:

I would call probably less than 20 in existence of the Gen 1 G19 pretty rare. They are approaching $10k in value among collectors, which is nothing to sneeze at.

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I guess if you got it, and it makes you happy, you might as well spend it.


Personally, I would never spend that much on a Glock. I wouldn’t spend that much on 15 Glocks. I don’t care how rare they are.

Yeah, it was a bad design...

Anyway, I am not sure about “rare” Glocks but I was very happy to be able to purchase a brand new Gen 3 Glock 34 recently. I owned one that I bought in 2006 and sold a few years ago and was mad at myself for selling it. Feels good to have another one. I also bought a Gen 3 Glock 26 a couple of months ago. I also have a Glock 45 I bought last year.
I really like Glocks and to be honest I hope they are never rare. Folks can have their other favorite guns. I will stick with my Glocks and my S&W revolvers.

What would really be rare in regards to Glocks would be to see a thread about Glocks and not see posts where people are verbally peeing all over them...now THAT would be RARE!

Pat Riot said:

What would really be rare in regards to Glocks would be to see a thread about Glocks and not see posts where people are verbally peeing all over them...now THAT would be RARE!

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When you brand yourself "Perfection", your are asking for every bit of pee coming your way.

.455_Hunter said:

When you brand yourself "Perfection", your are asking for every bit of pee coming your way.

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Hmmm...I rarely let a company slogan dictate my choices. I also rarely let a company slogan dictate how I treat people. I guess I don’t let things like that manipulate me. But, to each his own, I guess.

.455_Hunter said:

When you brand yourself "Perfection", your are asking for every bit of pee coming your way.

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Really? Their marketing catch phrase is what triggers you?

But this is OK?



Or this gem...