So I got into this whole Glock thing a while back. You know, the guns. I wasn’t really a gun guy, but a buddy of mine was super into them and kept dragging me to the range. Eventually, I got hooked. Started with a basic Glock 19, the classic, you know? But then I started wondering about the really rare ones, the unicorns. Figured it’d be a fun rabbit hole to go down.
I hit up all the usual spots. Started with good old Google. Typed in “rarest Glock” and got bombarded with a million results. Forums, articles, videos, you name it. Spent a good few hours just clicking through stuff, trying to get a feel for what was actually out there. Most of it was just the usual stuff, special editions, limited runs, but nothing that really blew my mind. I wanted to find something truly unique, something most people had never even heard of.
Then I remembered this one forum, GlockTalk. Yeah, real original name, right? But these guys on there are serious. Like, encyclopedias of Glock knowledge. So I made an account and started browsing. Found some threads about rare models, prototypes, that kind of thing. Dug through pages and pages of posts, some of them years old. It was a grind, man. Lots of dead ends, rumors, just people bragging about their collections. But I kept at it, because I’m stubborn like that, ha!
Then, one day, I stumbled upon this one thread. Some guy was asking about a Glock 17L, but not just any 17L. This one had some weird markings, different serial number prefix, and came in a box that looked older than me. People were going nuts in the comments. Some were saying it was a fake, others were saying it was some kind of early production model, maybe even a prototype. The guy who posted it didn’t even seem to know what he had.
I got hooked on this one gun. I started digging deeper into early Glocks, looking for anything that matched the description of this mystery 17L. I found out that Glock used to have these “B” serial number prefixes for certain guns that came to the States. Then, I found mentions of the Austrian proof marks, which was something that was only on really old models. I was piecing it all together, bit by bit, like a detective in some cheesy movie. I had to know the full story about it.
I spent weeks on this, man. Cross-referencing information, talking to collectors, even trying to track down old Glock employees. I was obsessed. Finally, I managed to get in touch with this old-timer who used to work at the Glock factory in Austria back in the 80s. He remembered the gun, or at least he thought he did. He said it was part of a small batch made for testing before they finalized the design of the 17L. Holy crap, I was onto something!
What I found
Here’s what I put together. It was one of the first Glock 17Ls ever made, a pre-production model, with a unique serial number and proof marks that you won’t find on any other 17L. It was basically a piece of Glock history. The guy who had it probably didn’t even realize how rare it was. He was just some random dude who got lucky.
So yeah, that’s the story of how I went from a casual Glock owner to a full-blown Glock nerd, chasing after the rarest of the rare. It was a wild ride, and I learned a ton along the way. And who knows, maybe one day I’ll actually find one of those unicorn Glocks for myself. A guy can dream, right?
- Learned to search by Google.
- Joined some forums.
- Read many threads.
- Found a unique Glock 17L.
- Searched information about the unique Glock 17L.
- Contacted some collectors and old Glock employees.
- Got the full story.
It’s wild to think that a random forum post led me down this whole path. It just goes to show, you never know what you’re gonna find when you start digging. And the Glock community, man, those guys are a different breed. Passionate, knowledgeable, and maybe just a little bit crazy. But hey, I guess I’m one of them now.
