When the U.S. Customs and Border Protection selected three Glock 9mm pistols as its new standard duty pistol, replacing the .40 S&W HK P2000, among them was the Glock 47, a gun we hadn’t heard of until then.
Turns out Glock developed the Glock 47 specifically for the CBP contract. The U.S. Secret Service recently announced its adoption of the Glock 47 as well.
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AllAbout the Glock 47
The most important detail about the G47 is this: You can’t have one. Sorry to play spoiler, but when we said Glock created the pistol for the CBP, we meant it. It’s wasn’t available to consumers. It even had “DHS CBP” engraved on the side of the slide.
“Well, that sucks,” you probably just said. The good news is it is now available to the consumer market. Here are some details.
The Glock 47 incorporates a full-size slide with a G45 frame. Tactical Life confirmed that the Glock 47 has the same barrel length of a Glock 17. However, a Glock 17 slide will not fit on the Glock 47. The pistol is also compatible with Glock 19X, Glock 17, Glock 34 and Glock 45 magazines.
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Like the Glock 19 and Glock 26 pistols adopted by the CBP, the Glock 47 features a flared magwell for faster magazine changes and the match-grade Glock Marksman Barrel (GMB) for enhanced accuracy. It will also be outfitted with Ameriglo BOLD sights.
This post was updated on Jan. 12, 2026.
