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They did not make the Gen 1 Glock for very long. Lemme rephrase that, they didn't offer them for the USA for very long, just 1986 to 1988, though there are 1989 made Gen 1 guns out there (they appear to be foreign contract guns not US market).
For some reason the Gen 2 guns are frequently thought to be Gen 1.
Here's a handy primer to help determine what generation you have: https://blog.talongungrips.com/talon/how-to-identify-your-glocks-generation/
I see this a lot on Gunbroker. Which is frustrating when I am shopping for a Gen 1.
I have a Gen 2 Glock 17 already, 1994 made LEO marked magazines.
The huge difference between Gen 1 and Gen 2 is the checkering on the front and back of the grip.
All of the Gen 2's I've seen have had the hole for a lanyard.
i have a first gen gen 5 and it doesn't have the grooves on the front of the slide but my later gen gen 5 from work has them on the front and rear of the slide....so different gen models can obviously have different/be different from others in the same generation...i have a gen 3 21 and gen 3 22...all the babies like the 42, 43, 43x, 44, and 48 are all gen 5...the new 47 is a gen 5 and pretty much replacing the 17...and if you have a 47, a gen 5 19, and a gen 5 34 (i believe), you can mix and match the lowers and uppers with each other...from what i was told by a glock rep, they will still make older gen glocks for pd's, militaries, etc...but they have pretty much wiped their website of everything but the new gen 5 models...you can still get parts for all the older models but they won't say how long that may last...panzer guy
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