BREAKING NEWS: Glock Announces new V-Series Pistols

Following the announcement that Glock will discontinue a large portion of the company’s legacy pistols, new rumors have surfaced of an even wider-ranging discontinuation of popular models. What’s NOT a rumor…the new Glock V-Series pistols will be available in December 2025.

by the Shoot ON staff

***UPDATED 10/21/2025***

Glock has officially announced that the company will be launching the all-new Glock V Series pistols in December 2025. This announcement comes within hours of leaked information that Glock intended to discontinue its full line of G-series handguns with the exception of its Slimline models.

The official Glock announcement is as follows:

The GLOCK V Series is Coming

Yesterday, a retailer NOT affiliated with GLOCK Inc. made premature statements concerning the availability of certain GLOCK pistols. The individuals making these representations are not authorized to speak for GLOCK.

As part of GLOCK’s commitment to future innovations, we are making necessary updates to our product line to align with upcoming offerings. Our dedication continues to be with maintaining the highest level of quality, reliability, and accessibility that you expect from GLOCK.

The GLOCK V Series is here to establish a baseline of products while simplifying our processes.

V Models will be available on shelves and for media loan December 2025. GLOCK V Series pistols are marked on the slide and frame with a “V.”

Commercial models include:

G17 V
G19 V
G19X V
G45 V
G26 V
G20 V MOS
G23 V
G23 V MOS
G21 V MOS
G44 V

Distributor Exclusive Models

G19C V
G45C V
G17C V
G19X V MOS TB

***ORIGINAL STORY***

Early this spring, Glock quietly made clear its intention to remove a broad swath of commercial production handguns from its expansive G-series portfolio. Models to be discontinued include the following:

G17 – Gen4
G17 MOS – Gen4 | Gen5
G17L – Classic | Gen3
G17L MOS – Gen5
G19 – Gen4
G19 MOS – Gen4
G20 – Gen3 | Gen4
G21 – Gen3 | Gen4
G21SF
G22 – Gen3 | Gen4 | Gen5
G22 MOS – Gen5
G23 – Gen4
G24
G26 – Gen4
G27 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5
G29 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5
G29SF
G30 – Gen3 | Gen 4 | Gen5
G31 – Gen3 | Gen4
G32 – Gen3 | Gen4
G33 – Gen3 | Gen4
G34 – Gen3 | Gen4
G34 MOS – Gen4 | Gen5
G35 – Gen3 | Gen4
G35 MOS – Gen4
G36
G36 FGR
G37 – Gen3 | Gen4
G38
G39
G40 MOS – Gen4
G41 – Gen4
G41 MOS – Gen4
G49

Glock’s stated purpose for this move:

“In order to focus on the products that will drive future innovation and growth, we are making a strategic decision to reduce our current commercial portfolio. This streamlined approach allows us to concentrate on continuing to deliver the highest-quality and most relevant solutions for the market.”

While this news was somewhat shocking, the take-a-deep-breath analysis revealed the logic in this move. Glock’s portfolio was, to say the least, quite bloated. With so many variations on the same theme, it really didn’t make sense for Glock to produce multiple flavors/generations of the same models. And when you consider the current industry downturn in sales along with the market proliferation polymer striker-fired handguns based directly on the original Glock design — not to mention the outright Glock clones being produced by several manufacturers — carrying such a hefty SKU list of essentially the same gun design seems counter-productive from a business standpoint.

These are the facts that we know.

Now for the as-yet unconfirmed rumor: Glock, it is reported by sources outside of the company, will discontinue production of ALL Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 except for the Glock 43, 43X, and 48X. Those of you familiar with the Glock lineup will recognize these models as part of the Glock Slimline family.

Supposedly, beginning November 30, 2025, Glock will discontinue all G3, G4, and G5 models except for the aforementioned Slimline models. What’s more, the legacy, non-Slimline models will be replaced with an all-new Glock platform called the V-series.

What do we know about the V-series? Nothing official, of course, but the rumor mill speculates that it will feature several redesigns that will make it difficult to impossible for the guns to be converted to full-auto action. In other words, these new guns will not be able to be converted from semi-auto to full-auto with a “switch” — an illegal-to-possess device that alters the sear engagement, allowing the gun to fire automatically by eliminating the trigger reset function.

Again, this makes sense. If you’ve been paying attention to the firearm legislation front, you are already aware that the state of California has just passed a law that will effectively prohibit licensed firearms dealers from selling or transferring a conventional/traditional Glock handgun. Consider the legislation digest of AB 1127 that CA governor Newsom signed into law on October 10, 2025:

“This bill would prohibit a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol, except as specified. For these purposes, the bill would define “machinegun-convertible pistol” as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machinegun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter, as specified, and “pistol converter” as any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a fine, a 2nd violation punishable by a fine that may result in a suspension or revocation of the dealer’s license and removal from certain centralized lists maintained by the Department of Justice, and a 3rd violation punishable as a misdemeanor that shall result in the revocation of the dealer’s license and removal from certain centralized lists.”

We want to reiterate that, except for Glock’s official announcement stating the discontinuation of select models contained in the above list, all this amounts to unconfirmed rumor and speculation. When we can confirm the new direction Glock intends to go, if any, we’ll let you know.