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glock .380
bingeebob
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Can someone here please tell me why Glock can't sell their .380 here?
Hizzoner
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Hizzoner
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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The don't meet the import point control requirements of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
And what are those??
not enough market to sell them here, or they would make some here
They are on the same frame as the 9mm ie md 26
no, they make them for countries where non military calibers are required.
not enough market to sell them here, or they would make some here
They are on the same frame as the 9mm ie md 26
It isn't that there isn't a market. They simply are not importable for the average Joe. The GCA of 1968 locked the import of foreign made "Saturday Night Specials", by requiring a certain number of "points" t be importable. The 380 Glocks do not have enough points due to their weaker caliber which gets less points, other criteria are grips, barrel length, and sights.
All Glock pistols sold in the US are manufactured here, so it's not due to any sort import restrictions. As for it being unprofitable to sell them here, Glock manufactures 24 models of handguns but only the two chambered for .380 ACP (25 & 28) and their slide mounted safety equipped 17 are unavailable here.
It would be a simple matter for them to tool up for manufacturing them. Their frames are the same as models they're already manufacturing here and, due to their being blow-back, their slide assemblies are actually more simple to manufacture than any others in their line.
It's true that these are no smaller or lighter than some of their 9mm brothers, but as aggressively as Glock operates in the handgun market you'd expect them to at least offer a pistol in this caliber.
quote:Originally posted by tsavo303
no, they make them for countries where non military calibers are required.
not enough market to sell them here, or they would make some here
They are on the same frame as the 9mm ie md 26
It isn't that there isn't a market. They simply are not importable for the average Joe. The GCA of 1968 locked the import of foreign made "Saturday Night Specials", by requiring a certain number of "points" t be importable. The 380 Glocks do not have enough points due to their weaker caliber which gets less points, other criteria are grips, barrel length, and sights.