Posted: 10/4/2008 6:51:17 AM EDT
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I just purchsed a NEW LE Glock that has mismatched serial numbers. The frame and slide have the same numbers but the barrel has one digit off. (Example ABC123 on the frame and slide ABC124 on the barrel). I realized this after I left the store which was closing for the day shortly after I purchased it and Glock was already closed so I have to wait till Monday to see what they will do. I checked with our rangemaster and was advised I could not carry it at work because of the mismatched numbers. I am almost positive the error occurred when the gun was assembled at Glock but I am very frustrated with this!!!!!!! Does anyone have an idea of how they will sort it out and how long it will take. Thanks Kevin |
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Either someone at a store or distributor switched them out, or someone at the factory screwed up. Either way, the matching barrel is most likely in another gun, and your most likely not going to get it back. Glock serialized spare barrels L12345, so when you contact glock, they are most likely not going to offer a barrel with your guns serial number. I understand you need a matching number glock, but for functionality, it will work fine. I have many mismatched glocks. My 17(I sold it) had a replacement barrel and frame. My 19C carries a replacement non-ported barrel. And I swapped topends on 2 of my other 19s.(One was a second gen with replaced frame, the other a olive gun, so I have a olive framed 2nd gen slide, and black 3rd gen gun) |
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I doubt that it was a mistake at the factory. It was most likely done at the gun shop. Someone was assembling a few different pistols and mismatched the two when reassembling. Keep in mind that all new weapons have to be logged into the bound book of the shop owner upon receipt. If there were different serial #'s, he would have caught it there. He should have caught it when he sold it too. |
There are many surplus guns with mismatched serials. Only one that matters is the one on the frame. To the OP. If the dealer doesn't have the correct barrel, you may be best off by having them exchange the gun for a matching serial number gun. Or, I'll give you $50 for it. |
I agree. When I worked there the slides would come in fully assembled with the barrels and recoil spring already put together. All we did was build up the frames, slap the slides on in order (two matched boxes) and test fire them, clean then ship etc. If a complete upper was on the wrong receiver this would make more sense. |
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It happens. Probably when the assembler in Austria placed the barrel/slide in the bag prior to shipment to Smyrna. Contact Glock Inc. to see if they can help you, or simply shoot it until it breaks. Since that is unlikely to happen (the breaking part), enjoy your new Glock 19. I too have a mis-matched Glock 19 that I purchased NIB (two of the three major components are matching, the third is exactly 100 off) that I will never part with. A perfect 2nd Generation G19. The gun doesn't know its "wrong". The mis-matching of serial numbers doesn't happen very often, almost never really, but it does happen. And will happen again. As long as Glock Inc. wrote down the correct serial number on the FRAME, it really doesn't matter a hill of beans to anyone else. Between the operator running the stamping machines in Austria, to the slide assembler in Austria, to the guy in Smyrna who puts it all together prior to shipment to a Distributor, the chance of a mis-match is not only possible, it simply happens. Good luck. |