The Earth is Flat. And Dark. And Glock. All At The Same Time

April 3, 2012

Like other national distributors, Lipsey’s is always looking to add value to fixed margin firearms (i.e. make more money). And so the Baton Rouge-area gun seller’s making and selling Glocks in Flat Dark Earth frames. The camo-crazed multiple handgun-owning Glock aficionados amongst us can go dark on Gen 3 Model 17, 19, 22, and 23s; as well as the Gen 4 Model 17, 19, 21, 22, and 23s. “GLOCK set the standards by which all other polymer pistols are judged,” Lipsey’s buyer Brett Frey said, doing his level best to piss off owners of any other type of polymer pistol (which they also sell). “The addition of our exclusive Flat Dark Earth models gives the [Glock] consumer a choice other than all black.” As does lauerweaponry.com, FYI.

31 COMMENTS

Leon Cohen April 3, 2012 At 14:18

…gives the [Glock] consumer a choice other than all black. THAT’S RACIST (according top Jesse & Al) /s
bontai Joe April 3, 2012 At 14:19

Dirt brown is not a very attractive color to my eye at least.
- rosignol April 3, 2012 At 14:56
  
  That’s not ‘dirt brown’, it’s ‘baby-poo brown’. Ask any parent.
  
  And the tacticool crowd will pay a premium to get it.
  
  Ah, well. It’s their money, not mine.
Moonshine7102 April 3, 2012 At 14:20

Brown? No thanks. I prefer black, stainless or both.
JR April 3, 2012 At 14:20

So does this mean it’s the more tactical option for moles and groundhogs?
Mike in NC April 3, 2012 At 14:28

One color? Don’t wake me again until they match Taurus for color selection.
Lawrence Person April 3, 2012 At 14:35

That is one farking ugly gun. I’m hard-pressed to think of anything that looks good in two-tone, but that’s a particularly unattractive example.

And as for the desirability of products in shades of brown, I have one word for you: Zune. (Now I only hope this message doesn’t get trapped in the spam filter, since I get a ton of the Zune spam crap on my blog.)

That may be the second-ugliest handgun I’ve seen in recent years (the ugliest still being the Taurus Zombie Responder).

If the entry hadn’t been posted March 28, I would suspect an April Fools joke…
- Moonshine7102 April 3, 2012 At 15:27
  
  “Taurus Zombie Responder”
  —–
  I didn’t believe you, so I Googled. Now I need eye bleach. FML.
Ralph April 3, 2012 At 15:06

Lipstick on a pig.
- psmcd April 4, 2012 At 20:01
  
  It can be tricky to look good in brown.
ST April 3, 2012 At 15:41

The easiest way to boost profits is to make a gun uglier , and then charge a higher price.
mike April 3, 2012 At 16:16

I’ve got an XD in dark earth. I would prefer black, but I got a sweet deal on it so i picked it up. I don’t think it looks bad.
- Grant April 4, 2012 At 04:33
  
  Some years ago, I picked up an OD G27 for the same reason. I would have preferred black, but the OD one was $100 cheaper at my LGS.
JOE MATAFOME April 3, 2012 At 17:34

My Glocks are all black and ugly, but the other colors really bring out the ugly. The only thing I like about Glocks is that you can always count on them to work when you really need them.
Totenglocke April 3, 2012 At 17:49

Sorry, I’d take my Steyr M9-A1 over a Glock any day.
- Silver April 4, 2012 At 01:26
  
  That one’s next on my list…been lusting after one for a while.
  - Totenglocke April 4, 2012 At 07:49
    
    They’re fantastic guns, I definitely would recommend one.
eliska April 3, 2012 At 18:00

Lipsey’s is in Baton Rouge (“east of downtown toward New Orleans”, per its website), not in the New Orleans area. In fact, there are no sellers of firearms in New Orleans at all.
- Robert Farago April 3, 2012 At 18:37
  
  D’oh! Text amended.
Richard April 3, 2012 At 18:45

Next glock frames well be pink with flowers paint on them so more woman like them.
Tom April 3, 2012 At 20:01

I like it. Not a real Glock fan, but it is nice.
Matt G. April 3, 2012 At 23:21

I’m all for FDE kit, but this looks more like Faded Dark Shit.
Silver April 4, 2012 At 01:27

Just when I thought nothing could make a Glock uglier. Impressive.
koolaidguzzler April 4, 2012 At 01:39

Black guns are bad enough. Camo guns? Who wants a gun that’s hard to find if you drop it? Silver guns may be ugly, but they sure are practical.
bontai Joe April 4, 2012 At 09:57

I’ve been thinking about this gun. It would go well with a UPS uniform, same dark brown color. I wonder if they will make one in white (snow camo)? I’ve already seen white forearms and stocks for the AR platform rifles.
230therapy April 4, 2012 At 12:38

It’s ugly until you have to crawl through dirt, mud and brush. Then it’s great because black is not a natural color.
Kenneth Sohl May 30, 2012 At 22:36

Are these frames molded in this color or are they just finished in it? I mean, why not just get your existing glock a dura-coat finish? What makes these better (other than some imagined “collector’s value”)?
- Robert Farago May 30, 2012 At 22:59
  
  Niente.
Boris June 16, 2012 At 21:37

The value of these FDE models is skyrocketing in anticipation of them being a limited run.
Orton Fallswell November 26, 2013 At 13:43

These FDE frames are factory built, molded in the color, they are not painted. They dont photograph that well but in your hand they look kinda handsome, a nice contrast from black. What would be great is for the next model the Glock 40 to be a G19/G23 size frame mated to a G26/G27 length slide, that would be my perfect size Glock.
scott May 2, 2014 At 17:54

Photos NEVER do this color justice.