Wanting a PD trade in Glock

Check aim surplus

Check CDNN too.

Best way to get a Glock, IMO. My EDC is a police trade in blue labeled G22.3. Mine has the “fish scale” serrated slide which I understand is a rarity. Came with box and magazines. The whole deal was less than 3 bills. Just can’t go wrong with that.

Join GSSF and you can get a new Glock at a discounted price.

Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore has a lot of police trade Glocks at the moment.

Last November I picked up a trade-in Glock 22 .40 that was from the Policia de Puerto Rico.



Even though it was on a tropical island in the Caribbean for years, the former user took good care of it. Zero rust and just a bit of holster wear on the steel sights and front slide edges. (The tritium in the sights has lost its glow.)

It shot OK for me as-is with 165 gr fmj target ammo, just a bit high at 10 yards with the non-standard (180 gr) bullet weight.



To expand versatility and save the extra cost and hassle of finding .40 ammo locally, I bought a 9mm conversion barrel and an extra 9mm extractor. I have a bunch of 9mm Glock mags and use it mainly with 9mm ammo now. (The extractor probably wasn’t necessary but its a cheap and super easy swap.)



I have bought trade ins from AIM Surplus and Buds, keep an eye out and sooner or later they will pop back in stock. Good luck with your search .

Stay safe.

bernie said:

However, I would like to have one in my safe because they are a default standard these days.

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Explain please...

Now is a good time for a police trade, my first G17 gen3 was a trade in which as my son's opinion is impeccable with a very nice trigger. In so, pushed me to get the G21 with the same lucky. The G22 I've heard to look up are the gen6 with beefier slide please Glock's fans correct me on that.

I can buy a new G22 Gen5 for $398 blue label. But instead, I chose a G31 Gen4 for $499. I just like 357's better than 40's and I'm not crazy about Gen5's.

Glock makes a solid pistol but I don’t lose sleep not owning one. Not sure why anyone would buy just because.

AimSurplus, LLC Not as cheap as the good ole days but not bad at $349 for a gen3 G22.

Buy a Dagger instead. You can fulfill it being "standard" while still not being a Glock. A new gun that is cheaper than most PD trade ins you will find.

https://palmettostatearmory.com/palmetto-dagger.html

Trade ins are so close to new pricing, I've always just bought new.

Everyone should completely master a Glock. It'll help your shooting, even if you shoot heavy 1911's and CZ's. They are widely recommended and carried by experts for a reason. My budget for CCW, belt, mags, holster everything, is around $4000. And I'm carrying one of two Glocks this year. 1911 and Jframe only for very rare situations.

This flyer came out today:

https://www.kingsfirearmsonline.com/pages/law-enforcement-trade-ins

These guys had a butt load of them the last time I was in there. They always do and I'd be surprised it that has changed. They are no longer taking on-line orders, but if you call them they may pick one out and ship to a local dealer for a transfer.

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These guys are only a few blocks from Glock headquarters in Smyrna. Just a guess, but I bet they get a lot directly from Glock.

I used to go into my local police gun store FFL and they always had police turn ins.

On many occasions I said, give me your ugliest and nastiest used Glock trade in and make it cheap. Walked out with $225 and $250 Glocks, a $250 Beretta 92FS, model 10’s for $150. The good ol days.

I always say that when the triple vaxed zombie monkey apPOXalyps comes, you’ll always be able to find a Glock magazine in every third burned out Toyota Corolla. There everywhere!

I always like to have a Glock or ten because they work and are everywhere.

bubbatime said:

I used to go into my local police gun store FFL and they always had police turn ins.

On many occasions I said, give me your ugliest and nastiest used Glock trade in and make it cheap. Walked out with $225 and $250 Glocks, a $250 Beretta 92FS, model 10’s for $150. The good ol days.

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Same here.
In the past year I picked up a used S&W 442 for under $300 otd:



And an unfired Mini-14 for under $425 otd:



Sometimes there are bargains to be found if you are in the right place at the right time.

Stay safe.

AIM Surplus as mentioned has them right now for $350: https://aimsurplus.com/products/leo-trade-in-glock-22-gen-3-40sw-handgun

I've bought from them for years and they're good to deal with. Even bought a surplus Glock from them though I think they were $280 at that time.

Other sites to look at would be JG Sales, Centerfire Systems, and CDNN. I subscribe to all their sales newsletters and have email rules to filter them all to a single folder (so that my email box doesn't get cluttered). Then I can just keep an eye on that folder and see what comes in that's new an interesting.

bernie said:

earl, how does that GSSF thing work? How much to join and where do you find a local dealer that would do that?

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They don't let you purchase on the 1st join anymore - so you have to either join, wait a year, and then renew, or purchase at least 2 years of membership up front. It's $35 for year 1 and $25 to renew so be aware unless you're planning on shooting GSSF to get something out of it, joining GSSF just to get a blue label gun is going to be adding $60 to the cost of the whatever savings.

Once your second year is paid for they'll send you a voucher (and you get one per year for every year of membership thereafter). That allows you to purchase 1 gun at law enforcement pricing. To use it you just need to find a dealer that participates in the Glock "Blue Label" program. Glock has a search tool here: https://us.glock.com/en/dealer-locator-usa

Contact the dealer, work out the details, then go get the gun.

Its a good program, and I used it for my G17, but I was doing GSSF matches at the time. If I wasn't already in GSSF I'm not sure I would have bothered just to get the discount. PD Trade guns are still cheaper, don't require jumping through the hoops, and are typically in excellent mechanical condition.