USA Glock vs Austrian Glock

[NWSharpshooter]

How true all this is? who knows. I was told by Glock that the EPA here will not allow Tennifer process. I don't know whats true http://firearms.fortreg.com/?p=1358
Guess I was late to the party looking up stuff. lol

That is dated 2011 before USA made Glocks hit the market.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Ohhhhhh change my vote. Ten infer Is the best Finnish on the planet

In fairness tennifer is not a finish but rather a treatment. Polish all the black off a Glock slide and the tennifer is still there. This is the biggest hole in the argument that melonite and tennifer are the same thing...that and the fact that a melonite treated piece of steel is not as corrosion resistant as a piece treated with Tennifer.

 

[righter13]

Austrian Glock all the way. As I understand it they are still treating the Glocks made in Austria with Tennifer, and the USA made Glocks cannot be due to EPA regulations. Tennifer is one of the main selling points of a Glock for me so I would prefer not buy one without it.

What is the coating on the USA ones?

 

[Kyzrsoze]

Here's a question - is any content imported, or are all of the parts manufactured here in Georgia?

 

[Zeake]

Here's a question - is any content imported, or are all of the parts manufactured here in Georgia?

I need to find this out. Slides could be made it finished in Austria.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Here's a question - is any content imported, or are all of the parts manufactured here in Georgia?

My understanding is the USA made Glocks are 100% American.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

What is the coating on the USA ones?

I believe melonite

 

[righter13]

I believe melonite

Wonder if the gen 4 slide will fit the gen 3 frame?

Then I could use the gen 3 frame and barrel with the gen 4 slide.

It would be the best of both worlds.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Wonder if the gen 4 slide will fit the gen 3 frame?

Then I could use the gen 3 frame and barrel with the gen 4 slide.

It would be the best of both worlds.

Yes, any gen slide will fit any gen frame.

 

[Kyzrsoze]

My understanding is the USA made Glocks are 100% American.

What I'm wondering, and it doesn't seem likely, are they not only 100% USA - but 100% Georgian. It may be tinfoil hat thinking, but there may come a time when it's an advantage to own a gun that was manufactured and sold without ever crossing state lines.