Went to the gun shop today to buy some sling swivels and walked out with both of these.
I was told both are “factory” guns. I.E. not done by Bob’s cerakoting. One is Tornado Grey and the other is Magpul FDE. Side by side with the previous full FDE colors (I mean the full slide and frame, not just the frame) it looks much better. The FDE matches Magpul FDE perfectly and both the frame and slide match perfectly.
Lipsey’s
^^Yep
I was just looking at one.
http://lipseys.com/itemdetail.aspx?itemno=GLPG1950204D
Yea, those are Lypseys. Is the gray one all gray (slide included)? Looks like it in the pic, but could be lighting… just wanted to confirm. I’ve seen the gray frames ones but never with the slide also done.
I thought lipseys were only frame colored? I know my grey one was only the frame with a regular black slide.
You aren’t suppose to be walking.
They are sold by Lipsey’s - a distributor - but I believe that the cerakoting is done by a contractor working for Lipsey’s, not by Glock proper.
In any case, I think it’s too bad they changed the coloration on the FDE frames. I liked the dark brown of the LAV and other, older dark earth models.
I was researching cerakote colors for a rifle, and the color for the original Glock fde’s is supposedly cerakote Austrian fde. I might do a KAC in that with stock, and small parts in standard fde.
I hate when that happens! Did you get the sling swivels at least??
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Yep. He’s hitting them pain pills hard. Thank God that the shop was sold out of pink pistols. Eurodriver needs to stay at the house for at least two more weeks.
The gray one is all gray. Slide and frame.
They didn’t change the FDE frame color at all. This is just a full cerakote job whereas the Glock produced (proper) FDE guns are frame only. Here you can see the difference in color.
Crutches!
I did! See pic above 
Haha. Actually, what I went in looking for additional to the sling swivel was small pistol primers! 9mm reloading keeps my mind off the pain…and the amazing unicorns and stars that dance around my head when I take the pain meds. 
ETA: Glock is also at A, 4 letter prefix, serial numbers.
Here’s something I just discovered…the beavertails they come with are not cerakoted.
I prefer the large beavertail without the backstrap that extends all the way to the slide. That is currently on my G19 with the threaded barrel in the pic above. I had to use the Large with the extended backstrap as that’s all I had left and the medium was too small. Fortunately, I have an OEM FDE G19 otherwise I would have had to use a black backstrap. The gray gun is going to get a black one.
Here is the color difference. In certain light its not even noticable. I say this from a “Review” perspective, as I do not care what my guns look like and I’m sure they will have scratches from holsters and stained grips from dirty hands anyway.
The four letter serials are USA made guns. You can still get three letter serials that are being made in Austria.
Oh cool. Thanks. Is there any difference between the two?
I saw a grey one at an lgs on Sunday and asked if it was used/done by a previous owner. Salesman said it was new and factory. Having never seen one I figured either he was lying or just didn’t see it when it was brought in. Guess I was wrong
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Just don’t make any hand loads while under the effects of the pain meds.
We don’t want to see a thread titled
“Help! My all gray G19 blew up!”
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ETA: Is the gray one the new gray frame with just the slide cerakoted like the older all FDE guns or is the frame coated too?
You been living under a Glock rock? The full FDE (which is nothing like Magpul FDE…no idea how you can say it matches perfectly. Glock OD matches Magpul FDE much better) have been out for a year. The grey frames have been out for a month or so now.
Of course the beavertail isn’t cerakoted…why would it be? It’s dyed that way in the mold just like the frame.
Of course Glock isn’t cerakoted slides. Lipsey’s buys them two toned and contracts out a 3rd party to cerakote them.
Change out the striker channel liner OP, the company Lipseys contracts to apply and bake the cerakote does not remove or replace the liners.
He has a factory frame FDE G19. The new one is completely cerakoted in a color that matches the magpul FDE.
He posted a picture with both and you can see the deference between the two.
Based off this pic- something is off. The frames should literally be the same exact color. Unless your two tone FDE is really oily or dirty something isn’t right (still doesn’t add up as those colors are very different and under the same light, not sure dirt and oil would make your frame that much dirtier, and it looks uniformly darker) . Almost looks like you got a completely aftermarket coated gun…not a Lipseys full FDE.
Based off your description of the Gray gun, something is also off. Lipsey’s hasn’t done a full grey run yet either. The most recent Glock slide finish is a bit gray/chalky but it is still more black then gray,