Different Glock 19 Models?

[HGM22]

Bud's has two different listings for Glock 19's that look identical. These are:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/21_43/products_id/714007814

(Model # UI1950203)

Versus:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/..._43/products_id/13711/Glock+19+G3+9mm+15RD+FS

(Model # PI1950203)

What's the difference between these. They both appear to be Gen 3, fixed sight, 15rd. Glocks, right?

 

[9mmepiphany]

The "UI" series is manufactured in GA...so it would have a different finish on the slide

 

[PiratePenguin]

I couldn't find anything on it. Best guess is that the UI one is made in USA, and the other one is Austria?

 

[9mmepiphany]

It wasn't rocket science or some dark art.

In the OP's link for the Bud's ad, the 16th bullet point down:

ADDL INFO:Made in the United States

 

[Inebriated]

...so it would have a different finish on the slide

Not necessarily. My US 19 has the same finish as my Austrian 26 and 21.

 

[HGM22]

So the USA Glocks don't have Tennifer?

 

[9mmepiphany]

Perhaps finish wasn't the word I was looking for, I was referring to domestic manufactured Glocks not being treated with the Tennifer process due to the issues with cyanide and obtaining the EPA certificates.

My understanding is that the GA manufactured G19's slide are treated with the Melonite process. They are just different types of ferric nitrocarborizing processes

 

[Inebriated]

Glock hasn't used Tennifer since 2009 or 2010, if I remember correctly. They went to a gas nitride process, which supposedly is the same end result, but without the cyanide byproduct.

 

[mes228]

Tennifer

The Tennifer finish is quite good and I hope Glock keeps something as good. I have a Glock with over 15k rounds down the tube that looks close to new. The pistol has had few "presentations" from the holster, but is shot regularly. I've seen use Glocks that looked "dogged". I wonder how many tens of thousands of rounds do you have to shoot to produce that appearance? I've been told of a Shooting Range that has Glock with over 300K rounds and they still have them on the line for rent.