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TripleBravo
27 October 2013, 11:09
It's probably not news to most of you, but in case you didn't know, Glock has started to actually manufacture some of their pistols right here in the US.

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/G19-madeinusa01-1500-B3_zps8b784849.jpg

Over the next few days, I'll post up some photos of the G19 that I recently obtained so you can see some of the unique markings of the US made models.

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/G19-USA-slide01-1500-B3_zpsf542d539.jpg

Has one else picked up a US made Glock yet?

TripleBravo
27 October 2013, 11:11
A stamp of the outline of the State of Georgia is used on several locations on the US made pistols. Here's the right side of a US made Gen4 G19 and a Austrian made Gen3 G19:

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/GAglock01-1500-B3_zps7d2b5613.jpg

zero7one
27 October 2013, 12:11
Aside from the markings, what are the differences between the two? Correct me if I am wrong, but the Austrian slide is finished with Tenifer and the US slide is finished in Nitride? I believe that Nitride is actually harder on the Rockwell Hardness scale around 68 and Tenifer being around 64. The scale only goes to 70.

TripleBravo
28 October 2013, 11:57
Aside from the markings, what are the differences between the two? Correct me if I am wrong, but the Austrian slide is finished with Tenifer and the US slide is finished in Nitride? I believe that Nitride is actually harder on the Rockwell Hardness scale around 68 and Tenifer being around 64. The scale only goes to 70.

I'll try to get a confirmation of this from Glock, but I believe you are correct. IIRC, the Tenifer process cannot be done in the US because it creates too many EPA issues.

TripleBravo
28 October 2013, 14:19
The other side of both pistols:

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/US-Austria-Glockleft01-1500-B3_zps778555b0.jpg

TripleBravo
29 October 2013, 14:51
And here's a view of both barrel hoods. Note the State of Georgia proof stamp on the US one.

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/G19-barrelhoods01-1500-B3_zpsa6486dba.jpg

TripleBravo
31 October 2013, 21:56
Here's a US made Glock 23. The point of the photo though, is to show that it ships with magazines made in Austria.

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww189/wjt1169/Glock%20-%20US%20made/G23-USA-mags-FL01-1500-B3_zps0ebc7876.jpg