Serial Number Glitch on a New Glock

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Would have posted this on their forum, but I'm not a member, don't know about difficulty of joining. Don't laugh, Ruger won't let me join their forum with a gmail account. Anyway, was at Cabelas a few months back, in like to pick up my new revolver. Man in front of me was buying a new Glock, and the barrel serial number and frame serial number didn't match. It was a 357 Sig, they went by the serial on the frame for federal purposes, customer said he didn't care about the non matching barrel number, and away he went. Bud told me he had something like 11 Glock's. Me, I'm OCD, would've wanted the numbers to match!
 
Maybe the # on the Bbl. is a part or assembly #. Legally it doesn't matter what it is, but if its a mistake maybe someday it'll make the gun more collectible.
 
None of my M&P's (4) have a S/N on the barrel. Wonder why Glock has both a frame and barrel S/N? Seems like if it was something that was required Cabela's wouldn't have sold it with mis-matched numbers. Doubt if it would have any affect on future value.
 
I sent a model 22 back to Glock that had the side of the frame blown out. They replaced the frame and put all the other parts back. I am pretty sure that it had the serial on the barrel as well, so the frame and barrel number no longer match.
 
I had an old 1st gen pre-ban Glock and the numbers matched.

I also have several friends with Glocks and non of them have mismatched numbers.
 
Wonder why Glock has both a frame and barrel S/N?

All Glocks have three serial numbers, all matching: Frame (official for ATF purposes), slide, and barrel.

The only time I am aware that a number will not match is if one or more of the three serial numbered items are replaced. Several years ago, they had a rather large run of pistols in which the rails were molded in out of spec, either too high or too low. The rails would shear off. Glock had a recall, and the new frames did not have matching numbers. Since all three numbers should match on a Glock, the failure of all three to match should raise ALL sorts of red flags. I would absolutely NOT purchase a Glock, new, used or in any condition, unless ALL numbers matched.
 
Don't laugh, Ruger won't let me join their forum with a gmail account.

I know this isn't your subject, but are you talking about RugerForum.com? There is another Ruger site, I think, but I'm a member at RugerForum.com, and I have (and use) a gmail account.
 
Yeah, I thought I remembered 3 serial numbers. Sorry, it's been a couple of decades since I had my Glock. In any case, all my serial numbers matched.

If you get a new one with mismatched numbers, perhaps someone at the gun store has been switching stuff around. I seriously doubt Glocks quality control would let something like that slip by.
 
The barrel and slide numbers are irrelevant. The frame serial is all that matters. A quick Google search reveals mismatched numbers on Glocks are common. It's not as if they're hand-fitted like old S&W revolvers, or are ever going to be collectibles, and numbers matching parts actually means something.
 
I'm not for sure. But if I remember right , the serial number on the frame , barrel and slide to identify the firearm is a European thing.
My Glock & CZ has the same serial # stamped on the frame, barrel, & slide.
Here in the U.S. we use the frame serial number for identification.
 
It doesn't matter. Could be an aftermarket barrel. I wouldn't care either.

When I sent in my Glock 21 for a frame replacement (a free option for certain Glock 21's) it wouldn't have matched when it came back. Glock instead called me and asked if I wanted a new one free of charge. ...duh...yeah! So i got a new Glock and a letter stating the old one was destroyed
 
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I had a duty weapon that ended up with 3 different serial numbers because every time it went back to Glock to have the Frame and slide replaced it came back with a new numbered part, 1st the frame and then the slide. When this gun left the only original part was the barrel.
 
The barrel and slide numbers are irrelevant. The frame serial is all that matters. A quick Google search reveals mismatched numbers on Glocks are common. It's not as if they're hand-fitted like old S&W revolvers, or are ever going to be collectibles, and numbers matching parts actually means something.

This is quite correct from a legal stand point. I was speaking more from the standpoint of someone who, even when buying used, looks for honest use, but all original.

Mismatched numbers are always an indication that something has happened after the fact making the pistol not the way it left the factory.

Mismatched numbers could be the result of intentionally or unintentionally swapped parts (think group disassembly/cleaning on an armory table or in an ultrasonic bath), factory replacement parts, which raises the flag of why the part was replaced (i.e. blown barrel, cracked slide, or damaged frame, and what kind of abuse may have happened to require such replacement), and as one poster pointed out, it could simply be an after-market barrel, but such is easily recognized, and if I were looking at a used Glock with an after-market barrel, I would ask for the original to be included in the sale.

Now, all of those concerns having been addressed, if such matters do not bother a buyer (they do bother me as LE trade-in or other used Glocks are not priced THAT much lower than new ones to justify the concerns/excuses if it is not all original), and if the pistol is otherwise safe (I am not sure how you know that for sure other than shooting which often cannot be done unless there is a range in the store), then by all means, buy it and remember that, as -db- points out, the official serial number is the one on the frame.
 
First I don't see any glock as being collectable.

I was thinking about the non matching serial number barrel. These guns could of been sitting in the warehouse when the something could of gone wrong during the manufacture of the orginal barrels and they were pulled out of the warehouse to have the barrels changed.

This would put the brand new gun either way in the category of a rework not a new all serial numbered matching gun. Of course it lesser in value.
 
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