For the last year, I have been in gun collecting mode. Recently I was talking to an instructor friend of mine and he was trading in his GEN 4 G19 for a GEN 3 G19 RTF2 with straight serrations. I asked him if he could get a couple more for me. Sure enough, two arrived at our shop. As I am opening the box, I glance at the serial number. Then I open the other box and look at its serial number. Consecutive! :dance3:
I have never personally never seen consecutive numbered Glock, especially LE RTF2’s. So now I am on the fence. Do I just lock them in the safe or shoot one of them???
NOTE* I am told that Glock is no longer making this gun and they are VERY hard to find. So if you want one of the best guns Glock ever made, you might want to start your search.
I have a pair of consecutive Gen3 Glock 19’s that I bought I about 2001 to put aside for my two kids. I ordered them from a LE Dealer at the time. Didn’t mean to specifically order consecutive guns, just happened that way.
They will be shot when the kids are old enough.
I’d hang onto them. Their value would have to be a bit higher, one because the guns are no longer made, and two, because they are consecutively numbered.
If you sell them, I’d definitely sell them as a pair.
The whole point of not shooting a handgun is so that it retains its collector’s value and appeal. Glocks, being the epitome of purpose-driven, soulless tools, will never be a collectors piece except to the hardest of the hardcore military collectors. Unless you’re building an entire collection of Glocks and you need these to complete your set, there’s nothing really collectible about them. Barring being banned, I don’t see them gaining any investment value and so I see no reason not to shoot them.
If you already have a number of handguns at available, I see no reason to shoot these. I say hold on to them for a while; it’s not like they have an expiration date.
When my dad bought his Gen3 G26, the guy tried to sell him another one because he had consecutive serial numbers. He didnt even realize it until he brought the wrong case out for the gun that my dad was buying and saw it was only 1 number different.
Here’s my collectible G-17 with an identical number to my Benchmade 805 TSEK. All I did was line my Comp-Tac holster with moleskin and it’s been my competition gun for the past 2 years. I say shoot them!
If you don’t shoot these, I predict you becoming one of those guys that talks endlessly about how to clean his 1911s, debates on 1911 checkering, and states that the only real rifles are made of wood and steel and in .30 cal
