Glock 43X CA Added to California’s Handgun Roster

Last updated October 2026 · By Nick Hall, tracks the California handgun roster and state firearms law for USA Gun Shop readers

Quick take: California’s Justice Department added a pistol listed as the Glock 43X CA to its handgun roster on September 29, 2026. It’s the only Glock on the roster the state hasn’t marked as a “machinegun-convertible pistol,” the label that has kept dealers from selling the other 16 Glocks new since July 1, outside a short list of exceptions.

• What happened: The California DOJ’s recently added list shows Glock, model 43X CA*, 9MM, pistol, 3.41″ barrel, date added 09/29/2026.
• Why it matters: Of the 17 Glock models on the roster, it is the only one without the plus symbol that flags a machinegun-convertible pistol under Penal Code 16885.
• What’s next: The listing shows an expiration date of January 1, 2027, the same date the DOJ shows for all 997 handguns on the roster.
• Who to watch: The courts in Boland v. Bonta, because the asterisk ties this listing to that case’s 2023 injunction.

Most California roster updates are either a list of model numbers only a dealer could love (Smith & Wesson had 20 added on September 3) or bad news (38 Glock models came off the roster with a January 1, 2026 date). This one is different. I pulled the full 997-row roster and the statutes it points to, so here’s what the new line says and what it means if you buy in California.

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What the Glock 43X CA Roster Row Actually Says

The DOJ’s Recently Added Handgun Models page lists the entry in six columns: manufacturer Glock, model 43X CA*, caliber 9MM, gun type pistol, barrel length 3.41″, date added 09/29/2026. The full roster search shows the same model as “43X CA* / Steel; Polymer” with an expiration date of 01/01/27.

That is the whole entry. The roster doesn’t list magazine capacity, price or a description, so it says nothing about how the CA model compares with the pistol in our Glock 43X review. I’m not going to fill that gap with a guess.

It didn’t arrive alone. The CZ P-10C OR CA-01584*, a 9MM pistol with a 4″ barrel, went on the list the same day, along with four Henry revolvers with 4″ barrels: the H017BDMA and H017GDMA in .38 Special/357 Magnum and the H016BDA and H016GDA in .22 LR.

The page’s own preamble explains what a listing buys. The models “may be sold, manufactured, etc., within California unless such sale, manufacture, etc., is otherwise prohibited under California law.” Keep that last clause in mind, because it’s where the Glock story lives.

The Boland v. Bonta Backdrop Behind the Asterisk

The asterisk after “43X CA” isn’t decoration. The roster says it “indicates that the handgun was added pursuant to the court’s order in Boland v. Bonta,” citing Central District of California case 8:22-cv-1421-CJC-ADS and Ninth Circuit case 23-55276.

On March 20, 2023, Judge Cormac J. Carney found the Unsafe Handgun Act’s requirements for a chamber load indicator, a magazine disconnect mechanism and microstamping unconstitutional. His preliminary injunction barred the state from “preventing the retail sale of handguns that do not have a chamber load indicator, a magazine disconnect mechanism, or microstamping capability but that meet the other requirements of the Unsafe Handgun Act.”

Eleven days later, a Ninth Circuit panel of Judges Tashima, S.R. Thomas and Koh stayed that injunction “as to the chamber load indicator and magazine disconnect mechanism requirements.” The microstamping part was not stayed.

So 172 of the 997 handguns on the roster carry the asterisk. The 43X CA is the only Glock among them. And it rests on a preliminary injunction, not a final judgment, which is the one thing about this listing a buyer should remember.

Why the Missing Plus Sign Is the Whole Ballgame

The roster uses a second symbol. A plus sign means the handgun “meets the definition of a “machinegun-convertible pistol” under Penal Code section 16885, and thus cannot be sold, transferred, or delivered by a firearms dealer beginning July 1, 2026 unless a specified exception listed at Penal Code section 27595 applies.”

Twenty-five handguns carry it: eight Shadow Systems models, one Derya and 16 Glocks. Those 16 are the 17, 17 OD, 19, 19 OD, 20SF, 21SF-STD, 22, 23, 26, 26 OD, 27, 29SF, 30SF, 34, 34 OD and 35. The 43X CA row has no plus.

The definition behind the mark came from AB 1127, chaptered as Stats. 2025, Ch. 572. Section 16885 covers “any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools” into a machine gun by swapping a converter in for the slide’s backplate. It excludes a striker-fired or hammer-fired pistol “lacking a cruciform trigger bar, which instead has a trigger bar that is shielded from interference by a pistol converter.”

The roster page doesn’t explain why any single model gets or misses the mark. What it does show is the practical result: on the state’s own list, the 43X CA is the one Glock a California dealer isn’t flagged from selling new. If you followed the federal court fight over AB 1127, that’s the detail that matters most.

The penalties explain why dealers watch the symbols closely. Under Penal Code 27595, a first violation is a fine of up to $1,000, a second up to $5,000 with possible license suspension, and a third is a misdemeanor that “shall result in the revocation of the dealer’s license.”

What the Listing Means for California Buyers

The roster is the gate for new handguns. Penal Code 32015 has the DOJ keep a list of handguns that “have been determined not to be unsafe handguns, and may be sold in this state,” and Section 32000 makes it a crime, punishable by up to a year in county jail, to keep for sale or offer for sale an unsafe handgun.

The roster page sums up the carve-outs in one line: “Private party transfers, curio/relic handguns, certain single-action revolvers, and pawn/consignment returns are exempt from this requirement.” Section 32110 is the statute behind the private-party piece, and those transfers still run through a licensed dealer.

For the 16 plus-marked Glocks, Section 27595 has its own exceptions. A dealer may still sell one that was delivered to it before January 1, 2026, and a private party to private party transaction through a dealer is exempt, as are sales to listed law enforcement agencies and transfers for repair.

But two points get lost in this debate. Section 27595 is written about dealers and does not contain a possession ban, so a Glock you already own isn’t affected by it. And a roster listing only clears the roster hurdle, while the rest of the California gun laws on purchases still apply to the 43X CA like any other handgun.

What Happens Next for the Glock 43X CA

Every listing on the roster shows the same expiration date, January 1, 2027. Section 32015 says the annual roster fee is due “on January 1, or the next business day, of every year,” and a maker that doesn’t pay may have its handguns excluded.

That matters here because Glock’s California list has been shrinking. The DOJ’s removed list shows 38 Glock models with a January 1, 2026 removal date, including the 20, 21, 29, 30 and 36 and all of its .357 SIG and .45 GAP models. Removed models “may no longer be sold, offered for sale, imported for sale, or manufactured in California.”

If the Boland injunction holds, the asterisk listings stay as they are. If it changes, the roster’s own footnote says which models were added under it, and the 43X CA is one of them.

One new line on a state spreadsheet. For California Glock buyers, it’s the only Glock line without a plus sign.

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