From what I read on a Lipsey post, the slide and trigger modifications in the V models will not allow the use of the Glock Performance Trigger.

There are plenty of existing models available but it will be interesting to see what these changes entail.

Also of interest is how this will impact the prices on current models. Is this the S&W revolver lock that makes older models worth more?

Looks like glock took the Budlight route.

The strangest thing I read online is that this new “V” lineup is going to be exclusive to the US market. If true, this will probably be what kills sales. It’d be different if Glock was doing a fresh new design worldwide because that would make it easier to see the new trigger system’s incompatibility with existing switches more as a natural tradeoff of a redesign that was thorough for other reasons. I think people would eventually get over it. But if it’s exclusive to the US, it’ll be a repeat of those horrendous AWB-mandated rifle mods.

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Originally posted by XLT:
Looks like glock took the Budlight route.

No kidding.
Ronnie Barrett gave them the outline of what to do when the state decides to fuck with a company.
All they had to do was cut them off completely. No parts, no service, no shirt, no shoes, no dice.

Sorry folks that live behind the CA iron curtain but changes have to be made sooner rather than later.
MOVE OUT - THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE A WALL!
Your life will improve just by moving to a free state that thinks YOU can decide for yourself how you conduct your daily business. The west coast is lost, the northeast coast has been lost for years. Please…MOVE!

I have all the Glocks I really need, but another gen5 26 or 17 could raise my interest slightly.

THE END IS NIGH!!!!!!!

THE END IS NIGH!!!!!!!

Those idiots at Glock will destroy the pistol with this new design. I mean, really, they’ve only been making polymer framed, striker fired pistols for 43 years.

Funny how everyone forgot that Glock redesigned their extractor to act as a loaded chamber indicator.

Having a patent on this device, and laws that require it, would solve a number of competitive problems that have arisen in the age of open source Glock cloning.

Just sayin…

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I poured my Corn Flakes into a bowl this morning and a G19 fell out of the box.

Makes the G19 I may pick up from my brother in law a bit more appealing.

It makes my decision to two gen 5 Glocks before the tariffs and now this look prescient. Either that or I’m just lucky.

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Originally posted by MacGyver:
But if it’s exclusive to the US, it’ll be a repeat of those horrendous AWB-mandated rifle mods.

Why do I have the feeling that Glock saw how poorly Sig handled their P320 fiasco, then said, "Hold my beer. Watch this."?

I just don't understand why the gun manufacturers just don't band together and do what Barrett did.

After California banned .50 cal, they simply return all rifles in their repair shops back to the LE agency and said...nope, not today.

You pass these insane laws that make our product illegal or banned, we will cease to provide your state/county/local pd with the guns/services you need. In fact, we will just revoke all warranty work.

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Originally posted by Beanhead:
I just don't understand why the gun manufacturers just don't band together and do what Barrett did.

After California banned .50 cal, they simply return all rifles in their repair shops back to the LE agency and said...nope, not today.

You pass these insane laws that make our product illegal or banned, we will cease to provide your state/county/local pd with the guns/services you need. In fact, we will just revoke all warranty work.

Because Glock owns the Global LE market, it'd be foolish at best to endanger that with some sort of stunt.

I don't believe it will be too long before Ruger and other companies that make Glock clones will follow suit or stop production altogether for liability reasons.

The switch issue is bigger than just CA's silly new law.

Most manufacturers make efforts to prevent easy modification to full auto. AR's need extra machining, HK's need a lot of mods, and so on.

If I was making a gun that idiots could easily make FA with a $10 part, I would also change the design to prevent this.

Has anyone actually seen anything other than the original rumor being respread?

All I've seen from Glock directly is that they are effectively discontinuing the Gen 3 and 4 lines and the MOS version of the Gen 5 17 (which is effectively replaced by the 47). Low sellers like the 22 and 27 are also gone.

Gen 3 was only being kept alive for California, and that is no longer an issue, so why keep building them? Streamline production into one model line.

The Gen 5 (Gen V) also have redesigned slides and triggers, just like the rumor suggests.

I'm seriously wondering if this whole thing didn't start as an online company trying to stir up a panic and clean out some inventory.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
The switch issue is bigger than just CA's silly new law.

Most manufacturers make efforts to prevent easy modification to full auto. AR's need extra machining, HK's need a lot of mods, and so on.

If I was making a gun that idiots could easily make FA with a $10 part, I would also change the design to prevent this.

This is sort of the crux of my complaint. So what if a gun is easy to turn into a machine gun? Why do we treat machine guns like they are some sort of Star Trek Doomsday Machine? I know it’s the liberals and the media that foist this BS narrative, but darn it we should be fighting it. It’s easy to buy galvanized pipe and gun powder and make a pipe bomb so does that mean we should make fence posts difficult to thread for end caps? It’s easy to get loaded and drive a car and hurt or kill others, but are ignition interlocks mandatory for every vehicle in the United States? With 3D printing and other emerging manufacturing technologies it’s getting easier and easier to make damn near anything, even things that aren’t legal. I was really hoping that Glock would take a stand against this incrementalism, and that is at the core of my dissatisfaction with their choice in this regard.

If Glock believes this strategy will appease the gungrabbers, they need to give Bill Ruger, Sr. a call.

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Originally posted by copaup:
Has anyone actually seen anything other than the original rumor being respread?

Yes, Glock unhappily confirmed yesterday's leaked info in a statement made this morning.

Yesterday, a retailer NOT affiliated with GLOCK Inc. made premature statements concerning the availability of certain GLOCK pistols. The individuals making these representations are not authorized to speak for GLOCK. As part of GLOCK’s commitment to future innovations, we are making necessary updates to our product line to align with upcoming offerings. Our dedication continues to be with maintaining the highest level of quality, reliability, and accessibility that you expect from GLOCK. The GLOCK V Series is here to establish a baseline of products while simplifying our processes. V Models will be available on shelves and for media loan December 2025. GLOCK V Series pistols are marked on the slide and frame with a "V."

https://www.usacarry.com/confi...-the-g19-v-and-g45-v

That image isn't pulling up, but the only thing on Glock's site or that I can find attributed directly to Glock are the Gen 3, Gen 4, and a small number of Gen 5 guns (G17 MOS, 22, 27). Effectively they deleted 35 SKUs that are either slow moving or already replaced by a newer generation and superfluous.

I do find A LOT of sites claiming to have heard otherwise, but they all seem to refer back to the same rumor from Glockstore. Glockstore is NOT Glock and even in their initial post stated they did not know if the information was confirmed.

Well. Scratch that. I have seen a screenshot now of an announcement from Lipsey's, but I don't know if it is real. Still nothing from Glock itself other than the list of discontinued models.

^^^^ The image in the article linked by iron chef comes from Glock that also contains their marketing email. If that doesn’t convince you that it came from Glock and is real, well then, I guess…you wait.