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Glock Ges.m.b.H. (doing business as GLOCK) is a light weapons manufacturer headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, named after its founder, Gaston Glock. The company makes popular polymer-framed pistols , but also produces field knives , entrenching tools , various horse related products, and apparel.
Glock pistols have been used in mass shootings in the United States including the 1991 Luby's shooting, the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, the 2011 Tucson shooting, the 2012 Aurora shooting, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the 2015 Charleston church shooting, the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting ...
The .40 S&W (10.2×22mm) is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by American firearms manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester in 1990. [3] The .40 S&W was developed as a law enforcement cartridge designed to duplicate performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) reduced-velocity 10mm Auto cartridge which could be retrofitted into medium-frame (9 mm size) semi ...
Gaston Glock (German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk]; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman.He founded the company Glock and developed the Glock pistol in 1982, which became one of the most influential and popular light firearms of the 20th century.
Terry Gander Guns Recognition Guide, May 2005, ISBN 0007183283; David Miller Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns, June 2003, ISBN 0760315604; Richard D. Jones Jane's Gun Recognition Guide June 2008, ISBN 0061374083
When an automatic sear is in place, the weapon’s trigger bar is prevented from catching its firing pin, allowing multiple rounds to be fired without additional pulls of the trigger.
The .50 GI has developed a reputation for accuracy, though this may be due to the high precision of the semi-custom and very expensive Guncrafter pistols themselves. In one test, the 300 grain (19 g) jacketed flatpoint (JFP) gave a 25-yard group of 2.24 inches, and the 300-grain Jacketed hollow point (JHP) and 275-grain JHP gave a 25-yard group ...
It can be equipped with the Glock 17/19 and the Indian-made 1A pistol. [22] The DRDO version is being made in collaboration with Zen Technologies. [ 23 ] On February 5, 2024, the Trikaal was publicly unveiled at the World Defence Show (WDS) 2024 convention in Saudi Arabia.