Glock not shipping frames?

[Jkwas]

A friend that works at a gun shop told me that glock has stopped shipping frames to the US until it knows what will happen with any import regulations.  Do you think this is B.S. or has anyone heard any similar stories?
Right now, if you can find a glock, it's going for $200 more than they were a month ago in our area.  Craziness!

[ellis4538]

Glock is 2 years behind and having a hard time keeping up with demand is what I am being told.

Richard


PS:  The panic has not hit handguns in this area YET!

[1Buckshot]

One of my local stores has had a number of Glocks on hand for a wile. I picked up a second Model 19 about two weeks ago. I really didn't need it but it was the only way to get more magazines.

[billt]

Cabela's by me is out of everything and anything Glock related. Not a pistol or magazine to be had. Their entire pistol case is around 2/3rds empty. All that's avaliable are high end 1911's and revolvers. No tactical firearms what so ever are on the racks. The firearms industry is seeing sales, that up until now were unprecedented in the industry. You're going to be hearing a lot of B.S. as to why guns are not avaliable until things settle down. If Feinstein's bill goes down to defeat, which it is all but certain to, and the folks start running out of money and credit that is fueling their impulse spending on this stuff, this will all start to die down. It took around 10 months for things to get back to normal after Hussein was coronated back in 2008. I'm guessing this will be much the same or less. Especially after 4 years of a horrible economy.

[Solus]

Actually I'm surprised Glock isn't making frames in the US.

I understand it might not be a good business decision for whatever reasons, but it would be possible.

The slides and other parts would not be possible without losing the Tenifer treatment.

Might also work to get around some of the import limitations too.

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[tombogan03884]

I've read from others that the Tenifer treatment can't get past the EPA.

[WatchManUSA]

The only supply issue with Glocks are that 9mm models are flying off the shelves so fast we can't keep up.  Also, it isn't just Glock.  All models of 9mm are difficult to keep in stock.  For most of this past week we have had no 9mm Glocks, M&Ps, Sprinfields, Ruger, Sigs, Kahrs, FN pistols and the like.  The only 9mm in stock were a few from Taurus and a couple of Walther PPS units.

[Solus]

I've read from others that the Tenifer treatment can't get past the EPA.

Exactly.

But with the frame being the "official" firearm, if it was manufactured here they would not be "imports"

[MikeBjerum]

I have read four articles on the process.  Some were based on Tenifer, and some were the process and Tenifer named later.  They all agree that it is the process that is not allowed in the US because it does not meet EPA standards.  However, treated products do not hold the hazardous components and may be imported.

So, it is BS that Tenifer is the reason they are not coming in.

[billt]

So, it is BS that Tenifer is the reason they are not coming in.

It has to be. Tennifer is applied to the slides, not the frames. I believe it's the slides they ship in from Austria. The frames are built, (molded), in Smyrna, Georgia.