Are Glocks actually MADE in GA?

[Hemingway]

Or just imported?

I'm asking because if an order/law is passed banning the importation of guns, would it affect Glock?

Also, a related legal question: when the feds get involved in firearms laws, they use the interstate commerce here in Indiana. They say that the firearm was transferred from the state of manufacture to Indiana. What do they say in the state of manufacture if it doesn't transit state lines?

 

[phylodog]

Yes. The majority of the Glock pistols made in GA are exported though. The majority sold in the USA are imported. I have no idea why this is the case but it is.

 

[45calibre]

I have a usa made gen 4 glock. Is says usa on the slide and frame and also has the georgia state outline next to the letters mbs on the frame.

 

[Hemingway]

A Google search shows some forums where guys have Glocks that are stamped "Made in USA" from late 2012.

Why would Glocks be made here and exported? The US has to be the largest market by a factor of 10? Seems like Austria would be able to handle most of the world. I don't know.

 

[PGRChaplain]

Inside a States border is considered Intrastate.

 

[Hemingway]

Inside a States border is considered Intrastate.

What are you saying then? That the US GOV can't enforce federal interstate commerce laws? I know for a fact that they do in GA with regards to Glocks.

I'm wondering how they do it.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Why would Glocks be made here and exported?

How familiar are you with environmental regulations?

 

[nipprdog]

Yes. The majority of the Glock pistols made in GA are exported though. The majority sold in the USA are imported. I have no idea why this is the case but it is.

How familiar are you with environmental regulations?

Key word.........Tenifer.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Key word.........Tenifer

Ummm, key word . . . EPA.

 

[jmiller676]

Ummm, key word . . . EPA.

eicosapentaenoic acid

 

[45calibre]

supposedly certain countries dont accept things made in austria but they do from the USA. USA made glocks have a different finish because tenifer cant be used here due to EPA restrictions.

 

[nipprdog]

Ummm, key word . . . EPA.

Oh crap!!!! Does this mean they're going to storm my house now????

 

[Hemingway]

How familiar are you with environmental regulations?

I'm a little obtuse, but this doesn't make sense to me. If it's against EPA regulations for a chemical to be used here, it wouldn't be allowed to be made here, regardless of the destination country.

I realize the effect the EPA has with forcing manufacturing to go overseas (chromed tools are an example) but I don't understand how tight EPA regulations figure into this circumstance?

 

[Hemingway]

Mine all say Made in Austria, even my Gen 4 purchased in mid-2012. I see that others have newer Glocks that say "Made in USA" so it seems as if something is changing.

 

[nipprdog]

Mine all say Made in Austria, even my Gen 4 purchased in mid-2012. I see that others have newer Glocks that say "Made in USA" so it seems as if something is changing.

Nothing is changing. The ones that are sold here have imported slides. The ones that are made with slides from GA are exported.

 

[Hemingway]

Nothing is changing. The ones that are sold here have imported slides. The ones that are made with slides from GA are exported.

I have seen many posts in other forums of guys who have purchased Gen 4's in late 2012 and early 2013 that now read "Made in USA". Prior to this, the ones sold here have all said Made in Austria.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

If it's against EPA regulations for a chemical to be used here, it wouldn't be allowed to be made here, regardless of the destination country.

Unless . . . you use a different process in the USA guns, e.g. Melonite vs. Tennifer.

 

[45calibre]

they are not real glocks, sort of, since original glocks use tenifer.

 

[nipprdog]

I have seen many posts in other forums of guys who have purchased Gen 4's in late 2012 and early 2013 that now read "Made in USA". Prior to this, the ones sold here have all said Made in Austria.

There were sold here saying made in USA long before 2012, but the slides weren't made here.

I'm done. He's all yours, Kirk.

 

[Hemingway]

Unless . . . you use a different process in the USA guns, e.g. Melonite vs. Tennifer.

Melonite is also used overseas. Melonite and Tennifer are just trade names for the generic Controlled Liquid Ionic Nitriding, no? I understand the same company owns the process for each and that they are cyanide free overseas now as well for the most part.

I don't see the advantage of producing something in a place that has higher labor costs, more restrictive EPA regulations, higher transportation costs, etc for virtually the same product.