Glock question?

[TunnelRat]

a person going to buy a used glock will not give a darn about the barrel not being original

As someone that has bought used Glocks, honestly I would give a darn. No it's not a collector item. But I'm going to wonder why the original barrel was replaced. Was it a squib load that went unnoticed? Was it shot out from use? Either of those will make me look a lot harder at the rest of the pistol and check for excessive wear, and I might hesitate a bit more on the purchase as a whole.

That said, keep in mind this is a supposedly new pistol. If you bought a supposedly new car and found out after the fact that it had a replacement engine, wouldn't you wonder why?

 

[James K]

It's always hard to know where such "swaps" occur, but it could have been at the dealer. If that is the only problem, you would be better to thank your wife and not worry about it. (The alternatives, like a divorce or a long-term "feud" are not good.)

Jim

 

[dogtown tom]

P71pilot Someone mentioned it being worth less because the barrel number doesnt match, i disagree, these are not collector guns and will never be, a person going to buy a used glock will not give a darn about the barrel not being original

Never been a gun dealer have ya?

If you have, you would know how wrong you are.
Second year I was in business, I bought a number of used Glocks (LE trade ins). Several had mismatched slides or barrels and it took considerable discounting to get them off my hands.

Buyers aren't idiots and know that mismatched frames/slides/barrels means something ain't right. You don't have to be a "collector" to know they don't ship from Glock that way.

 

[Jak300gt]

I have contacted the dealer that sold it. He is going to email the distributor. It was purchased as a brand new pistol from that distributor. Depending on what they say in response to his email I will be contacting Glock. I posted here to get feed back of others experiences while waiting on emails. With the holidays this could take a while. Once I have a definitive answer I will try to inform everyone on my findings. Most of you have confirmed my suspicion that something funny happened at some point somewhere.

Side note: along with being purchest as a "new" gun the factory lubricant didn't seam disturbed. The barrel had been shot. I'm assuming from a test fire. Based on the fact there was a slight carbon fouling in the barrel. The rest of the pistol was spotless. I have shot 2 mags through it with no failures or signs of any issues. Also wear marks have shown on the trigger bar and slide due to my shooting of it that wasn't there before. So other then the number mismatch all signs look to point toward it is a new gun. Or someone is da#n good at making used parts look new.

Thank you all for your input and checking your own pistols and I will get back to you all as soon as I can with my investigation lol.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Were you to get a NEW barrel from Glock for some reason, it would come without a serial number. Don't know why some manufacturers even worry about numbering parts like a barrel that aren't really "fitted" at the factory or required by regulations. With some older MilSurp guns it was important to keep numbered parts together, but since WWII it's been much less of a practical issue or concern.

 

[dogtown tom]

Walt Sherrill ....Don't know why some manufacturers even worry about numbering parts like a barrel that aren't really "fitted" at the factory or required by regulations. ....

I believe some countries require the barrel to bear a serial#.