The first Glock pistol to be tested was the Glock 17, introduced in the 1980s in response to demand from the Austrian Army for a 9mm Luger cartridge with a 17-round magazine - large for a pistol of the time. The Glock series was popular with the judiciary, civilians and criminals alike, especially when loaded with the powerful .40 S&W cartridge. Glock was the first pistol to successfully beat Smith & Wilson to market position (Glock 22 & Glock 23-1990). To date (as of 2005) the Glock 22 is the most popular police sidearm within the U.S., and over 60% of the police force is already using Glock pistols. The Glock pistol is capable of using a variety of different calibers, including the "9mm Luger" ".40 S&W" ".357 SIG" ".380," "10mm Auto," ".45 ACP," and the new ".45 GAP (GLOCK Automatic Pistol)". Automatic Pistol)".
The first model in the Glock line was the 17, so why is it numbered "17"? To date, there are three explanations:
The first explanation, which is widely circulated, is that because the pistol's magazine capacity was 17 rounds, whereas the popular double-row pistol magazine at the time was 15 rounds (this popularity definition was actually based on the popular Italian Beretta 92F), the decision was made to number the pistol 17. It may be a coincidence that the magazine capacity is 17 rounds: the Glock 17's magazine length is about the same as other 15-round magazines, but one of the many new technologies used in the Glock 17 is called the "flat wire-wound spring," which has a flat profile instead of the traditional round shape, so that it can reduce the number of rounds while maintaining the same amount of force. This reduces the length of the spring when compressed while maintaining the same spring force, allowing two more rounds to be fired when the spring is compressed in a double-row magazine.
The second explanation is more plausible, as Glock people have told the public that they celebrated and commemorated the new gun by naming it after the company's house number, 17.
The third explanation is that this is Glock's 17th product, and no one has yet been able to list the previous 16, but that's also the claim made by Glock salespeople interviewed by mainland China's Light Weapons magazine at the 2004 Beijing Police Equipment Show.
Glock pistols became famous in the 1980s, but because of its distinctive design features, the road to fame has been repeatedly criticized ......
Glock Inc.
Glock GmbH is a famous Austrian weapons manufacturer, founded in 1963 and located in Deutsch-Wagram region near the capital Vienna. Like many weapons manufacturers, Glock started out as a "halfway house," first producing civilian tools such as curtain rods, and then moving on to machine gun chains, training grenades, plastic magazines, and multi-purpose knives and field tools for the Austrian army. In fact, the above products are often unknown to most people, and what really made Glock Inc. famous around the world was its Glock series of handguns launched in the early 1980s, the original legendary "plastic" pistols with its unique structural design, bold use of materials, and reliable performance of the action to win the trust of the people and goodwill. The Glock pistol has become almost synonymous with Glock, and with this series of products, Glock has successfully advanced to the ranks of the world's leading weapons manufacturers. To date, the Austrian company, which employs more than 600 people, has produced more than 2.5 million Glock handguns in more than 100 countries and territories around the world, and claims a 60 percent share of the U.S. police handgun market!
The Glock series of pistols began with the Glock 17 in 9mm caliber, and then launched dozens of different calibers, different tactical uses of the series models, covering the global military, police and civilian markets. As a military, there are more than 40 countries such as Austria, Norway, Sweden and other armies installed; as a police is even more blossoming, the use of more than 1,400 departments, the famous German GSG9 counter-terrorism special forces, the United States FBI, SWAT SWAT are Glock pistols are loyal users. Glock pistols have their own unique aspects to gain the trust of so many important departments. Glock's most widely publicized design guidelines are its "safe and reliable" and "simple and practical" design style.
Polymer Sleeve Misunderstanding
There is nothing new about the design principles of the Glock pistol, namely the familiar short-barreled recoil automatic principle and the offset locking of the barrel. But the most striking aspect of the gun is the extensive use of polymer materials. While there are plenty of handguns made with polymer materials, at the time (1980s) it was a new and bold choice. It should be noted that the Glock was not the originator of the "polymer pistol". As early as 1959, the American company Remington introduced a reinforced nylon 66 material for its rifles. Remington's design can be said to be the first "polymer weapon" of the precedent. However, at the time, Remington had to treat the polymer body to a metallic-like finish in order to allay general skepticism, which appeared to bolster the confidence of some "metalheads" in the polymer body. The polymer material was later used by HK in the VP70 pistol to make the socket mounts. The design of the VP70 is said to have influenced Glock's choice. Of course, Glock's handguns have been far more influential than their predecessors, and their designation as the "premier polymer pistol" has been recognized by many.
The "polymer" seating of the Glock pistol was a novelty at the time and led to a lot of drama and jokes. At first, people were concerned about the strength of the polymer material to meet the pistol material standards, but after a lot of experimental testing, Glock pistols use the reinforced polymer material is not only much lower in weight than the general steel and aluminum alloy material, and in a variety of harsh environments, the strength is also not inferior to metal materials. For example, the Glock pistol in -40 ° C ~ 70 ° C can be shot reliably, not only is the weight of the traditional all-steel pistol 86%, and high and low temperatures, thermal conductivity, deformation, the use of comfort is also stronger than the traditional all-steel pistol. Glock pistols of this polymer material was initially widely publicized, a period of time almost become a "myth", the results of the blackmail, there was a sensational farce: January 13, 1985 of the United States "Washington Post" published an article, a named Jack Anderson's critics called on everyone to A commentator named Jack Anderson called for a boycott of these "plastic" handguns, and said that Glock handguns might be able to escape metal detectors and X-ray machines at airports, and could therefore be used by criminals to board airplanes with guns. As a result, the unsubstantiated report was reprinted by the Associated Press and other newspapers and TV stations, and more and more people began to pay attention to the possible adverse effects of the Glock "plastic" handguns, even in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers are debating the issue.
Glocks were clearly caught off guard by this unexpected crisis of confidence, and had to quickly clarify that it was just a "beautiful misunderstanding". In fact, the polymer material used in the Glock series of pistols is not transparent under X-ray, and more than 83 percent of the gun is still made of traditional metal, such as the sleeve and barrel are made of metal, and the polymer sleeve seat is also embedded with reinforced metal rails, so it is impossible for the Glock pistols to escape the "fiery eyes" of the airport security equipment. The Glock could not have escaped the "eye of the beholder" of the airport security equipment. Although there was relief at the end of the day, it was clear that the mass adoption of polymers for handguns was going to be a tortuous process before it was accepted by the general public.
In addition to the use of high-strength polymers, the metal parts of the Glock handguns undergo a special nitriding treatment called tenifer. This surface treatment, patented by Glock, greatly enhances the hardness and corrosion resistance of the metal surface, which is claimed to have diamond-level hardness, thus greatly increasing the life of the pistol.
As mentioned above, Glock pistols use polymer sleeve seats, which, in addition to being lightweight and comfortable to hold, have the added advantage of being easy to mold and highly productive. It takes less than a minute and a half to injection mold a polymer sleeve holder, which is a significant cost savings in processing time compared to traditional machined metal sleeve holders. With comparable quality, the lower price is naturally more advantageous, so some products from companies like Sig Sauer and HK, while performing just as well, are more expensive than anyone can afford. Therefore, the quality and price of the Glock pistol can be sold all over the world is also logical.
Of course, things are always relative, and some strengths can become weaknesses in a different environment. For example, the Glock pistol proud of the "light weight, good portability" advantages, due to the use of polymer materials to reduce the quality of the gun, when firing a large-caliber pistol rounds, intense recoil makes the pistol muzzle jumping difficult to control, when the pistol quality is too light is not a good thing. In order to solve this problem, Glock had to open a number of small holes in the barrel of some models, in order to inhibit the muzzle jump and improve the accuracy of the purpose of shooting.