Glock 19 Series 1, value?
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@knifeman32 will have a good idea
That's a Gen 2. $400-$600 depending on if.it has the frame relief cuts and how fanatical the buyer is.
Gen 1 Glock 19s go for several thousand and typically start a bidding war. They're rarer than hen teeth.
Gen 1 Glock 19s go for several thousand and typically start a bidding war. They're rarer than hen teeth.
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You are correct, after you posted this reply I finally found a good reference page. https://rttgunsgear.com/2019/12/glock-generations-how-to-tell-them-apart-very-simplified/ So based on the fact that it is NOT a Gen 1, should I go ahead and customized it the way I want?
Well, they certainly aren't making any more Gen 2s. You're probably better off selling it and buying a more common one like a Gen 3 or Gen 5 to modify.
I agree with Gaston, if you want to creakote it and modify you should pick something generic that's more readily available. Glocks aren't hard to swap parts around in, as long as you stick to triggers and springs and bits that are easily removed you can at least go back when the project is done. Once you start down the road of finishes, undercuts, stippling and all that then you've ruined it.
That's a gen 2 my friend. If you had a gen 1, I would have already found your location and dropped cash in your hands.
It's dated for around December of 1992 so it is a pre-ban gun. If you have the original mags, box, etc.. it would sell well to a buyer in Massachusetts. Definitely not uncommon but still brings a little bit of a preimum compared to a gen 3 to the right buyer.
With no box, docs, and standard post ban mags, $450-$550 to the right buyer. With the box, docs, preban mags, etc. $550-$700 to the right buyer.
If it was a gen 1, you could name your price for the most part. They are hen's teeth.
I have the box and magazines. I thought it was so old that it was Gen 1 but it clearly is gen 2. I will not modify this one.... Well i did switch barrels for a suppressor but have the original.
stangs&glocks
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Not trying to steal your thread but i also dont want to start a new one.
Op if youd like me to start a new one i will.
I have a gen 2 21 with box. Can anyone tell me value?
Op if youd like me to start a new one i will.
I have a gen 2 21 with box. Can anyone tell me value?
About the same as any other Glock. They might be worth a 100 bucks more. Again depends on the buyer and their desire for it. It also depends on if the original box, loader, mags, rod, brush and owners manual are with it. The label is important as well.
He would have dropped a bunch of stacks in your hand! There is rumored to be only about 35 original Glock 19 Generation ones. They were originally bought by the Kansas state Alcoholic beverage commission officers. The last one I saw for sale sold for 24,000 bucks.
stangs&glocks
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Thanks for the info. Didn't think it was worth anything crazy. Just unsure if it was kinda rare or not.
I know at least one that changed hands privately for more than $24k. I know where a few are but have always missed the chance when one hit the market privately or publicly. There is at least one or two that weren't Kansas guns.
I've been very close before but the owner got cold feet. Luckily I'm friends with a lot of other collectors so if something comes about, I will hear about it.
The sad part is that I would do absolutely nothing with it.
Heh...because the box is worth soooo much!
I love how boxes are valued so much! I guess I can kind of see that for rare guns and such...but in general, it's amazing how much people at least expect the box to drive the price up on the average gun sale!
Oh...and by the way, I see you're very new to the site! Welcome to CFF! We've quite a family here!
And Greer is not that far from home for me, in Simpsonville.
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According to my wife, who is from Simpsonville, evidently the e's are silent in "Greer" for the locals...I've always wondered if this is true? 🙃
And Greer is not that far from home for me, in Simpsonville.
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According to my wife, who is from Simpsonville, evidently the e's are silent in "Greer" for the locals...I've always wondered if this is true? 🙃
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Thanks, and good to know that you do not have to travel far to buy some guns off of me.
Where do you shoot? I was a member of Greenville gun range but let my membership lapse, I might join the Clinton Plantation.
There is a collector market for gen 2 guns like this one so the box will make a little bit of a difference to the right buyer. In general, standard gen 2 boxes aren't worth much. Early gen 2 boxes do a little better. Gen 1 bullet boxes are where its at. They bring a premium.
Don't even get me started on the early Gen 1 manuals.
It's crazy to see for sure.
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I enjoyed being a member of the Belton Gun Club when I lived in Simpsonville but that was over 7 years ago. Very nice facilities and ranges when I was there, especially if you liked shooting shotgun/trap/skeet etc.
Oh, and I will echo @RetiredUSNChief. Welcome to CFF!
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In warmer weather, we usually drive down 385 to Philson's Crossroads Range, about a 45 minute trip for us. It's a SCDNR outdoor range.
There's a SCDNR Rifle Range not far from Greer...next to Pauline, which is just a few miles South of Spartanburg. It's the James O. Thomason Rifle Range:
Here's a list of the SCDNR Rifle Ranges by county, so you might find another one you might want to visit:
www.dnr.sc.gov
They have a really nice setup, well maintained, with sheltered benches. Google the various sites and look at the images for them.
For indoor shooting, we go to The Gun Shop, not too far from our house. Usually only in the colder months as we haven't paid for annual membership. Nice pistol type indoor ranges, but you could probably shoot lower powered rifles there.
There's a SCDNR Rifle Range not far from Greer...next to Pauline, which is just a few miles South of Spartanburg. It's the James O. Thomason Rifle Range:
Here's a list of the SCDNR Rifle Ranges by county, so you might find another one you might want to visit:
SCDNR - Shooting Ranges
www.dnr.sc.gov
They have a really nice setup, well maintained, with sheltered benches. Google the various sites and look at the images for them.
For indoor shooting, we go to The Gun Shop, not too far from our house. Usually only in the colder months as we haven't paid for annual membership. Nice pistol type indoor ranges, but you could probably shoot lower powered rifles there.
Yeah, @GoWolfpack and I recently talked about how some people seem to think having the box for any old run of the mill gun automatically means they can jack the price up.
Many of my guns came in cardboard boxes...my AMT Automag II, for example, and every new long gun I ever bought. As far as I'm concerned, those are nothing more than cockroach food which serve no purpose to keep around.
Now, gun boxes that are actually functional plastic gun cases? Yeah, I can see paying a few bucks for them, but certainly not Pelican Case prices.
And, of course, wood cases are in a class all their own.
I enjoyed being a member of the Belton Gun Club when I lived in Simpsonville but that was over 7 years ago. Very nice facilities and ranges when I was there, especially if you liked shooting shotgun/trap/skeet etc.
Oh, and I will echo @RetiredUSNChief. Welcome to CFF!
Belton Gun Club, Inc - Home
I just looked Belton Gun Club up. That was one I considered several years ago, but ironically though it's around half, or a little less, the distance to the SCDNR range we usually go to, it still takes close to the same amount of time to get to.
At the time, I couldn't justify the upfront membership cost for the shooting we were going to do. But the annual dues afterwards are very reasonable. And, of course, they offer a lot more than a SCDNR range in activities!
"This 15 year old G22 is worth the same as a new one because I still have the original box that's just like all the other ones on the planet, plus the plastic cleaning brush that no one ever uses is still just like the day I bought it."
I don't disagree with you under most circumstances. But I have sold gen 1 bullet boxes for well over $500 by themselves with no manual, no loader, etc.. They certainly aren't near the quality of a pelican case.
Age also matters. I see it all the time in my line of work.
Always remember, there is a butt for every seat. What one man may not care for or thinks adds value, some other fella does.
Like @GoWolfpack said, a 15 year old Glock 22 box doesn't do much for me or most folks. But a 1990 or 1991 early G22 with original box, manual, loader, etc.. should do a bit better than any run of the mill G22.
1989 (production date) would be a fairly early Gen 2 19. A collector or two might be interested in it. Certainly worth a premium over a standard glock 19 with the completeness considered.
This is why I curse my younger self. Not for turning down an invitation to go to the movies with Heather and Jennifer who were 'bored and looking for something to do' because I had to go to the freakin' CS lab like a retard, but because I lost the manual to my original gen 2 G23 purchased new by me. Dumb college kid.
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The gen 2 manuals aren't huge bucks but can do okay. The 1985 is probably the highest selling manual followed by the 1986 and 1987, 88 and so on. I've actually bought bulk boxes of manuals from folks before just to go through them and search for an early glock manual. A lot of times I've came up lucky. Most folks don't realize that can be worth money depending on the date.
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I think you need to realign your priorities.
I don't have much passion for buying rifles, especially new ones with boxes and stuff, and there isn't much of a cost to hanging on to pistol boxes, so they all live in the closet at my house. But there is a cost in space and storage for all the junk that we keep around, including gun boxes.
I think it's funny that we're all in this massive game where none of us really wants the box to a gun but we all keep them because someone else might later, so we have to keep it for them.
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You're on to something here, I just can't quite figure out what it is.
You've just got to look at the value each gun would lose if you throw the box away as the price you would have to pay to have that space back.
Or maybe think of the future buyer paying you back rent for the space that case took up when they finally pay that premium for your gun.
In most situations, it's probably not worth it. But I think we have created a weird thing just like comic books and baseball cards, where boxes have no value because everyone keeps theirs, and if everyone threw their gun boxes out, the ones left would suddenly be worth something again.
Still have my Gen 1 G17 I bought in 1988 in Oceanside while in the Marine Corps. I think I still have the plastic box somewhere but not sure. Have had people offer to buy it but don;t see a reason to sell.
Few years back my sis asked if i had glock boxes i didn't want. I used to have quite a few and the boxes piled up so i said sure and sent her 15 of them. By end of the week she had sold them all for 25 each... ebay i think. She sent me a check for half. I was shocked how quickly they sold.
