I took the dogs to the dog park, and it was cold - almost Yankeeland cold. There were just a few of us watching the dogs play. Then a guy showed up. A guy wearing a Glock jacket.
I struck up a conversation, and it turns out that he's in Glock's marketing department. We had a long and very interesting conversation. Glock's Smyrna, GA plant builds 30,000 guns a month, and is running flat out. Their two Austrian plants are jointly building roughly 100,000 guns/month for the American market.* That's about 130,000 guns a month.
They have orders in hand for 1,200,000 guns - that's nearly a year's production. A year, running all their factories at 100% capacity.
He also mentioned that they have a very interesting set of new models that they will be introducing in June. I actually promised not to let the cat out of the bag here (yeah, I'm being a jerk) but it has a model that I might actually consider buying. Even though (as Kim du Toit used to say) they're ugly, plastic, and made by furreners.
* They actually import them as parts - big bags of recoil springs, etc - and assemble them here. That saves something like $150/gun in import duty.
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Please tell me you brought up the New York Boycott.
I second Sean's question...
Third. Motion to adjourn?
Didn't know that about the import thing. Pretty savvy!!! Help boost the local economy, and save money in the process.
Good question, and they ARE selling like hotcakes...
Wow.
They don't have to boycott. They just need to divert all LEO deliveries to the consumer civilian market until the backlog is caught up. Since LEO is such a small % of their sales. ;)
Can we say "in common usage"?
Sean, yes I did. All their sales are via 17 distributors, so they actually don't sell anything to LEOs, even though they have something like 80% of State/local LEO market.
interesting about importing the "bag of parts". It's not like it's difficult to assemble a Glock.
I would be interested in a Glock carbine, 9mm or .45ACP, something built around a basic Glock design, that takes standard Glock magazines. I can't be the only guy to think of this, but what an untapped market for Glock. With the installed base of Glock owners and the LEO market, how is this an idea they haven't developed? I want mine in .45, with a 16 to 18 inch barrel, adjustable sights, and some long stick magazines. I figure I could 3-gun with it if they get it right.
I would be interested in a Glock carbine, 9mm or .45ACP, something built around a basic Glock design, that takes standard Glock magazines.
I'd be interested in the Sub2k that takes Glock 19 mags, but alas they are nowhere to be found at anywhere near MSRP. Friggin Kel-tec and their lack of production capacity, time to expand already dangit!!!!!!
If the traitors we have in power go along and support, Hillary, Obama and Holder have, the UN Small Arms Treaty, our unalienable right to self defense has been stripped by a Despot in the wings. Kiss the 2nd goodbye. I post facts all over craigslist, it's my way to vent, and you wouldn't believe the HATE that flows from people who portray themselves as peace loving humans. The anti crowd is rich, politically powerful,woefully ignorant to reality, God hating and working tirelessly to disarm us...one law at a time if they must. Don't be afraid to speak your mind, the Gov't already has your number...we have nothing to loose but everything. Stand firm and do not give one inch. They will not rest till they have them all.
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