GLOCK
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GLOCK
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Newsletter
Evolution of GLOCK17
Generation 1
Production: 1981‐1988
- Safe Action®System
- Black and non reflective nitration finish
- No finger grooves
- Pebbles texture
- Polygonal barrel profile
- No mounting rail
Generation 2
Production: 1988‐1998
- Safe Action®System
- Black and non reflective nitration finish
- No finger grooves
- Polygonal barrel profile
- No mounting rail
Generation 3
Production: 1998–ongoing
• Safe Action®System
• Black and non reflective nitration finish
• Finger grooves
• Polygonal barrel profile
• Mounting rail
• Safe Action®System
• Black and non reflective nitration finish
• Finger grooves
• Polygonal barrel profile
• Mounting rail
Generation 4
Production: 2009–ongoing
• Safe Action®System
• Black and non reflective nitration finish
• Finger grooves
• RTF – rough textured frame
• Polygonal barrel profile
• Mounting rail
• Reversible magazine catch
• Beavertail backstraps
• Dual recoil spring
• Safe Action®System
• Black and non reflective nitration finish
• Finger grooves
• RTF – rough textured frame
• Polygonal barrel profile
• Mounting rail
• Reversible magazine catch
• Beavertail backstraps
• Dual recoil spring
Generation 5
Production: 2017–ongoing
• Safe Action®System
• nDLC finish
• No finger grooves
• RTF – rough textured frame
• GLOCK Marksman Barrel
• Mounting rail
• Reversible magazine catch
• Ambidextrous slide stop lever
• Front serrations
• Beavertail backstraps
• Dual recoil spring
• Enlarged magazine floor plate
• Flared magwell
• Safe Action®System
• nDLC finish
• No finger grooves
• RTF – rough textured frame
• GLOCK Marksman Barrel
• Mounting rail
• Reversible magazine catch
• Ambidextrous slide stop lever
• Front serrations
• Beavertail backstraps
• Dual recoil spring
• Enlarged magazine floor plate
• Flared magwell