Glock 42

The Glock 42 is a slimine subcompact pistol engineered with the Glock Perfection promise and able to withstand the rigors of routine training. It is chambered in the small but potent .380ACP caliber. The Glock 42 is entirely made in the USA, and as such is stamped USA on the slide where most Glock pistols feature the word, Austria. The smallest pistol ever introduced by Glock to date, the Glcok 42 makes for a great pocket gun or everyday carry gun for shooters with smaller hands, such as younger and female shooters. Glock has been selling .380ACP caliber handguns to their Brazilian market where civilians are banned from owning military caliber weapons, 9mm or bigger. Knowing this, the US market has requested a .380ACP Glock for the past several years. As of January 2014 the request was fullfilled with the release of the Glock 42. It should be noted that the Glock 42 is only available on a Gen4 frame and is currently the only .380ACP Glock available in the US. The Glock 42 was released at the same time as the Glock 41, a Practical/Tactical Long Slide Glock chambered in .45ACP.