Originally posted by Sig Sauer: For Hire:
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Originally posted by bigwagon:
I'd rather see a new "Gen 1" G19.
My understanding is that all of the "Gen1" G19's were prototypes, with a VERY tiny handful inadvertently making it out to the commercial market, as in we're talking the equivalent of two hands with fingers left over, levels of numbers. I believe I heard those numbers were around 5 or 6 guns, maybe. To put it in perspective The availability of the G19 RTF2 with the fish scale serrations put out between 2009 and 2010, dwarfs the production of any "Gen1" G19 prototype, by several orders of magnitude, if you'll forgive the hyperbole.
The G19 introduced in 1988, was essentially the beginning of Gen2 Glocks, so in reality if you purchase an early production Gen2 G19, you're essentially purchasing a "Gen1" variant. A few weeks ago I was in GT Distributors in Dallas, and they had a pair of of EXCELLENT condition GEN2 G19's, that by the serial numbers put them in production around 1990 and 1991 respectively. And my recollection was they were selling at a normal used gun price.