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Glock 43: The Glock 43 is a "slimline" version of the subcompact Glock 26 that features an ultracompact slide and frame. The Glock 43 is the first Glock pistol to be manufactured with a single-stack 9×19mm Parabellum magazine, having a standard capacity of six rounds and being unique to the model.
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 handguns are used by armed forces and ...
Glock switch. A Glock switch (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch) [1][2][3] is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, converting the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire. As a type of auto sear, it functions by applying force to the trigger ...
Gaston Glock, the inventor of the ubiquitous gun bearing his name, died on Wednesday. He was 94. The Glock company announced his death on its website, without giving a cause or other details.. The ...
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.
The .45 GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) or .45 Glock (11.43×19mmRB) is a pistol cartridge designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that would equal the power of the .45 ACP, have a stronger case head to reduce the possibility of case neck blowouts, and be shorter to fit in a more compact handgun.
A Glock switch is a device that allows a semi-automatic Glock pistol to function as a fully automatic firearm and is classified as a machine gun under federal law, according to the Bureau of ...
Semi-automatic pistol. A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol[1]) is a handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired.