You’ve probably heard by now that Glock is discontinuing 35 models from its lineup. If not, well, now you have.
Glock hasn’t commented publicly on this action, other than a web page that says, “Streamlining our portfolio for a stronger future,” with a list of the discontinued models. We can infer some reasons ourselves just from the list itself, combined with a little industry and market knowledge.
To be clear, Glock isn’t going anywhere. The world’s most popular handgun will still be in every gun store. Glock, in some cases, is dropping older generations, leaving the latest Gen 5 models as the only option. That’s not really a rare thing. Gun companies retire older generations for the latest thing all the time. Maybe Glock has just spoiled us. In fact, leaving the older models in the catalog is almost unheard of.
