Excellent handling angle, durable & reliable, less recoil as counter recoil forces absorbed & dissipated in the"Polymer 2" nylon frame. Only 34 parts (G17) while high volume CNC upper machining, metal investment casting, metal stamping, Tenifer corrosion resistance treatment & polymer injection moulding enabled production cost of less than $100 USD2021 per unit while they sell for $1000 or more, enabling a healthy profit for Glock & vendors & resellers. * Warning - Deep Dive *
Let us get right to it with the ethics & morality of deadly guns & gun ownership! In the Christian Bible when God said "Thou shall not kill" it did not mean outright never, it means you should never slay or murder or arbitrarily take human life but correspondingly you must also then use your deadly weapon to protect human life, which is the entire basis of personal self protection conceal carry CPL concealed pistol licenses, EDC & CC or every day carry // people! Now back to Glock Pistols!
Guns Safe For Everyone in the Right Hands
This is why police carry guns & why the military gives guns to soldiers. Guns are a way to exert force because they offer deadly kinetic energy output of small metal chunks emitted at incredible velocity & able to damage vehicles, building & people often not but easily mortally too. Guns are not really the problem, guns in the hands of the wrong people are the real problem with mass shootings & gun crimes.
See, in America, getting a gun when you are a boy an almost right of passage into manhood as you move beyond the toy gun scope to something real that requires self control, sanity, civic responsibility, honor, honesty & respect for others to responsibly wield or use, either for hunting or sport or self protection or the protection of other people nearby.
I often think how many mass shootings could have been stopped sooner if a person carrying a firearm for personal protection or EDC or CC was nearby & able to use it effectively to stop the crazy shooter from harming so many other people before the police show up to late to stop these tragic events from occurring.
Guns are an almost fundamental part of American culture & history & shaped our geography, politics & economy so pervasively that there are more guns in America than people & the idea of banning guns seems legally absurd & plausibly impossible or at least significant impractical & probably not going to happen anytime soon.
From the NRA theory and aphorism coined by Robert Heinline, "An armed society is a polite society" / In his first draft the the Virginia Constitution, Robert Jefferson the slave owner said "no freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms" I talk about this elsewhere in this posting, but to personify a gun as a living thing when its fired, similar to the way engines roar to life when you crank them over to start them, unleashing chemical energy from the fuel the same way that a firing gun releases chemical energy from a small amount of explosive in the bullet primer mix & the smokeless powder mostly based on nitrocellulose. So engines & guns, germs & steel, death machines in the wrongs, powerful defenders of freedom & agency & free will & civic responsibility in the right hands.
Yes I am defending private gun ownership by sound minded reasonable normal members of the public so we can all help the police to keep the bad guys in check. Again, an armed society is also a safer society, baring that we exclude guns accidents from failing to teach gun safety to everyone as a core requirement of basic education like they do in Israel- something I firmly agree with!
22LR Childhood "Warm Memories"
My love of guns goes all the way back to my tender first experiences with a 22 cal 10 shot slide load Marlin rifle, a gift from my Grandpa when I was 10 years old & something that gave me more 22 LR practical outside the exceptional bolt action rifles I was firing at Boy Scout camp to get my Rifler merit badge way back then. 22LR reminds me of a cap gun, with a little more bang. Lower ammunition costs, less recoil, less smoke & lower velocities also make 22 cal weapons fun as plinking or practice weapons to train for hunting or military service or for sport or recreation.
Simple, Reliable, Well Made Glock Pistols
Fewer parts (~34 in the G17) actually about half as many as competing pistols from other makers. This makes the GLOCK models durable & reliable whether dropped from great heights, left in inclement weather outside, covered by dirt or sand, exposed to chloride from human perspiration from CC or concealed carry; Glock pistols just work, pick em up & no matter how tattered or funky they rarely if ever jam & seems to always shoot, with less wrist strain & less recoil, its also makes newer shooters shoot with tighter groupings & they have a natural feeling in your hand or good handling.
Glock Models are Easy to Upgrade
I highly recommend adding Tritium Glow night signs or those also equipped with fluorescent daylight rods (day/ night) to replace the painted OEM iron sights on Glock models or any pistol for that matter. A frame clip also a tasteful addition if your going to CC a subcompact or even something larger (depends on your clothing & ability to hide it. A soft inside pant belt mounted holster also a great idea // but a little bulkier than the frame clip. If legal in your local, I highly recommend that you get handgun safety training & a CC or conceal cary license & carry a reliable Glock with you.
Glocks are Dead On Reliable, Durable & Jam Resistant
They are exceptional pistols & the best money can buy & excellent for all kinds of shooting, from law enforcement to illegal activities, or even clandestine unacknowledged special access projects like the G26 compact I previously operated when deployed overseas as parts of work I cannot describe in detail due to the NDA & national security restrictions, other than what I just said / I am patriotic defender of democracy & freedom & love America & its gun culture! I think guns are some of the coolest things mankind has ever made, other than electric motors & engines, & of course electricity, e-, that ephemeral magic that makes modern life possible so much that if someone turned the lights off worldwide, most of humans alive would die within 6 months. Electricity so versatile & flexible & has so many uses it deserves a huge amount of respect & focus & education about - a very deep blog posting about electricity upcoming :) Glock's CNC machine could not make the upper without electricity, within the context of this posting :P
Blocked from Renewing or Getting a New CLP or CC License For 2 + Years
Yea, in America you are supposed to be able to have CPL or CC license if you are not a felon, are of a sound mind & not currently under investigation for a felony crime. Since 2019, when my last CLP expired, I have tried at the City of Seattle, City of Bellevue, City of Kirkland, City of Issaquah & City of Redmond & City of Sammamish & for one reason or another, they are either not doing CC or CLP licenses, that office is currently closed, you don't live in this city so we can't help you or some other BS lies or draconian run around - such that I was forced to contact the NRA for assistance since the local municipalities are unwilling to help me & blocking me from legally protect right to bear arms under the Second Amendment to Constitution of the United State of America. I went on twitter & cross linked the NRA, ACLU, Department of Justice, Local King 5 News, King County & pointed out my theory that it seems like a hard left anti-gun draconian illegal implementation of blocking honest sane normal law abiding citizens from legally carrying & in the context of public shoots & school shoots & other mentally deranged psychopath who opened fire, seemingly randomly, killing & badly injuring other innocent people nearby.
"Glock The Rise of America's Gun" by Paul M. Barret (<clickable link to Amazon for book)
If you are into guns & want an amazingly fantastic read about Glock, give this one a read! Its my current slow speed "reading for enjoyment" book :) My link not an affiliate link, I only make money from Ads on this blog - that way I maintain a clean morality & ethics in my writing by elimination the conflict of interest that would happen if a company paid me to write something specific. You get my raw honest thoughts & impressions & editorial content on this blog. Even with many viewers it does not make much money. I make more money in one day of work IRL than this blog makes in 6 months of ad revenue. I put Ads with the hopes that as my articles gain traction long term the revenue stream will become larger ^^
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Glock Pistols ( Adapted from Wikipedia my favorite website) History (from here down)
** warning, this is deep dive ** almost as bad as the source material !
Glock is a brand of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top performer in reliability and safety tests.
Glock pistols are the company's most profitable product lineup, long supplied to national armed forces, security agencies, police forces, shooting & hunting clubs more than 48 countries. Glocks popular firearms with the general public for recreational and competition shooting, home and self-defense, in CC or OC concealed or open carry. Glock 19 best selling pistol on GunBroker in 2020!
Founder and head engineer Gaston Glock, had no experience in firearms design or gun manufacturing at the time the Glock 17 was being prototyped. Glock had extensive experience in advanced synthetic polymers for knife making & other military accessory manufacturing, which was instrumental in the iconic polymer design of the first commercially successful line of pistols. Glock introduced ferritic nitrocarburizing to the firearms industry for anticorrosion surface treatment of metal gun parts.
1980 Austrian Armed Forces were seeking tenders for a new, daily duty pistol to replace their World War II–era Walther P38 handguns. Federal Ministry of Defence of Austria formulated 17 criteria requirement list for the new service pistol, including that it would be self loading; fires NATO-standard 9×19 mm Parabellum bullets; magazines were not to require any means of assistance for loading, be secure against accidental discharge from shock, strike, & drop from height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) onto a steel plate.
After firing 15,000 rounds of standard ammunition, inspected for wear; then be used to fire an overpressure test cartridge generating 5,000 bar (500 MPa; 73,000 psi) Normal maximum operating pressure for 9mm NATO is 2,520 bar (252 MPa; 36,500 psi) / usually accomplishes in +P bullets by adding more smoke free powder charge such that more gas expansion created during the deflagration or high speed combustion of modified nitrocellulose gas expansion typically used in small caliber bullets.
G. Glock became aware of Austrian Army's planned procurement, so in 1982, assembled a team of Europe's leading handgun experts from military, police, & civilian sport-shooting circles to define the most desirable characteristics in a combat pistol. Within three months of long design nights in his basement using some of Colt's reference works as a design basis or for inspiration, Glock developed a working prototype that combined time proven mechanisms & traits from previous pistol designs. In addition, the plan was to make extensive use of injection moulded synthetic polymers and entirely CNC upper & trigger group manufacturing technologies, which led to the Glock 17 production cost go below $120 at a time when competing companies were spending 2X as much to make their pistols. Further long term high volume production drove manufacturing costs down to only $100 for a common Glock Perfection Pistol model.
Several samples of Glock 17 (named as it was 17th patent procured by company) were submitted for assessment trials in early 1982. After passing all of the exhaustive endurance & abuse tests, the Glock emerged as the winner. The handgun was adopted into service with the Austrian military and police forces in 1982 as the P80 (Pistole 80), with an initial order for 25,000 guns, which made the emerging fledgling company wildly successful & made Gaston Glock a very wealthy man!-- thankfully! He is cool!
Glock 17 outperformed eight different pistols from five other established manufacturers (Heckler & Koch of Germany offered their P7M8, P7M13, and P9S, SIG Sauer of Switzerland bid with their P220 and P226 models, Beretta of Italy submitted their model 92SB-F, FN Herstal of Belgium proposed an updated variant of the Browning Hi-Power, and the Austrian Steyr Mannlicher entered the competition with the GB).
The results of the Austrian trials sparked a wave of interest in Western Europe and overseas, particularly in the United States, where a similar effort to select a service-wide replacement for the M1911 had been going on since the late 1970s (known as the Joint Service Small Arms Program). In late 1983, the United States Department of Defense inquired about Glock pistol & received 4 samples of Glock 17 for unofficial evaluation. Glock then invited to participate in the XM9 Personal Defense Pistol Trials, but declined because the DOD specifications would require extensive retooling of production equipment and providing 35 test samples in an unrealistic time frame.
In 1985, after joint Norwegian & Swedish trials from 1983 to 1985, Glock 17 accepted into service as the P80 in Norway, & in 1988 as Pistol 88 in Sweden, where it surpassed all prior NATO durability standards. Glock 17 became a standard NATO-classified sidearm and granted a NATO Stock Number (1005-25-133-6775). By 1992, some 350,000 pistols had been sold in more than 45 countries, including 250,000 in the United States alone.
Starting in 2013, the British Armed Forces began replacing the Browning Hi-Power pistol with the Glock 17 Gen 4, due to concerns about weight and the external safety of the Hi-Power. British preferred Glock 17 Gen 4 over the Beretta Px4 Storm, FN FNP, Heckler & Koch P30, SIG Sauer P226, Smith & Wesson M&P, and Steyr M9A1 of which 19 pistols each, all chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, were entered in the R9GSP trials.
The French Armed Forces (FAF) in 2020 began replacing their MAC Mle 1950 and to a lesser extent their PAMAS G1 pistols with Glock 17 Gen 5 models specifically made for the FAF. French preferred Glock 17 Gen 5 over the HS2000 and CZ P-10 offerings that also made it to the final selection phase.
First Gen. Glock Models
(Gen 1) Glock pistols most notably recognized by smoother "pebble finish" grip & finger groove-less frames. Gen 1 frame pattern & design 1982 to 1988 & pre-dates checkered grip patterns used in Second-gen. Glock pistols. Glock 17s first imported to USA serialized with an alpha-numeric (two letter prefix followed by three numbers) stamped into the slide, barrel, & a small metal plate inserted into bottom side of polymer frame.
Third Gen. Glock Models
1998 frame further modified with an accessory rail ( "Universal Glock Rail") similar to picatinny rail as it allows mounting of lasers, tactical lights, & other accessories. Thumb rests on both sides of the frame and finger grooves on the front strap were added. Glock pistols with these upgrades are informally referred to as (early) "third-generation" models.
Later third-generation models additionally featured a modified extractor that serves as a loaded chamber indicator, and the locking block was enlarged, along with the addition of an extra cross pin to aid the distribution of bolt thrust forces exerted by the locking block. This cross pin is known as the locking block pin and is located above the trigger pin.
The polymer frames of third-generation models can be black, flat dark earth, or olive drab. Besides that, non-firing dummy pistols ("P" models) and non-firing dummy pistols with resetting triggers ("R" models) have a bright red frame, and Simunition-adapted practice pistols ("T" models) a bright blue frame for easy identification.
In 2009, Glock 22 RTF2 (Rough Textured Frame 2) (chambered in .40 S&W) introduced. This pistol featured a new checkering texture around the grip and new scalloped (fish gill-shaped) serrations at the rear of the sides of the slide. Many of the existing models became available in the RTF2 version, including the 31, 32, 23, 21, and 19. Some of those did not have the fish gills
Forth Gen. Glock Models
Glock 17 Gen 4 identified by an enlarged & reversible magazine release catch, modified rough texture frame grip checkering, interchangeable backstraps, and a "Gen4" rollmark on the slide.
Updates centered on ergonomics & recoil spring assembly. The initial two Gen4 models announced were full-sized Glock 17 & Glock 22, chambered for the 9×19 mm Parabellum and .40 S&W cartridges, respectively. A new modified rough-textured frame, grip checkering, and interchangeable back-straps of different sizes. "Gen4" is rollmarked on the slide next to the model number to identify the fourth-generation pistols.
Basic grip size of the fourth-generation Glock pistols is slightly smaller compared to the previous design. A punch is provided to remove the standard trigger housing pin and replace it with the longer cross pin needed to mount the medium or large backstrap that will increase the trigger distance by 2 mm (0.079 in) or 4 mm (0.16 in). With the medium backstrap installed, the grip size is identical to the third-generation pistols.
2017 Glock "Gen 5" models with revisions centered on ergonomics & improving reliability. Many parts of fifth-generation Glock pistols cannot be interchanged with those of the previous generations. Two fifth-generation models announced Glock 17 & Glock 19, chambered for the 9×19 Parabellum. Some conspicuous changes on the fifth-generation models are: ambidextrous slide stop levers, DLC (Diamond-like carbon) surface finish for barrel and slide, a barrel featuring a revised style of polygonal rifling (called the "Glock Marksman Barrel" by Glock), a deeper recessed barrel crown, omission of the finger grooves on the grip, a flared magazine well, and a reintroduction of a (half moon shaped) cutout on the bottom front of the grip.
Glock Perfection Patented Operating Mechanism / Mechanics or Mechanical Operation
Glock 17 is a short recoil–operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol.
Glock is a brand of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top performer in reliability and safety tests.
Glock pistols are the company's most profitable product lineup, long supplied to national armed forces, security agencies, police forces, shooting & hunting clubs more than 48 countries. Glocks popular firearms with the general public for recreational and competition shooting, home and self-defense, in CC or OC concealed or open carry. Glock 19 best selling pistol on GunBroker in 2020!
Founder and head engineer Gaston Glock, had no experience in firearms design or gun manufacturing at the time the Glock 17 was being prototyped. Glock had extensive experience in advanced synthetic polymers for knife making & other military accessory manufacturing, which was instrumental in the iconic polymer design of the first commercially successful line of pistols. Glock introduced ferritic nitrocarburizing to the firearms industry for anticorrosion surface treatment of metal gun parts.
1980 Austrian Armed Forces were seeking tenders for a new, daily duty pistol to replace their World War II–era Walther P38 handguns. Federal Ministry of Defence of Austria formulated 17 criteria requirement list for the new service pistol, including that it would be self loading; fires NATO-standard 9×19 mm Parabellum bullets; magazines were not to require any means of assistance for loading, be secure against accidental discharge from shock, strike, & drop from height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) onto a steel plate.
After firing 15,000 rounds of standard ammunition, inspected for wear; then be used to fire an overpressure test cartridge generating 5,000 bar (500 MPa; 73,000 psi) Normal maximum operating pressure for 9mm NATO is 2,520 bar (252 MPa; 36,500 psi) / usually accomplishes in +P bullets by adding more smoke free powder charge such that more gas expansion created during the deflagration or high speed combustion of modified nitrocellulose gas expansion typically used in small caliber bullets.
G. Glock became aware of Austrian Army's planned procurement, so in 1982, assembled a team of Europe's leading handgun experts from military, police, & civilian sport-shooting circles to define the most desirable characteristics in a combat pistol. Within three months of long design nights in his basement using some of Colt's reference works as a design basis or for inspiration, Glock developed a working prototype that combined time proven mechanisms & traits from previous pistol designs. In addition, the plan was to make extensive use of injection moulded synthetic polymers and entirely CNC upper & trigger group manufacturing technologies, which led to the Glock 17 production cost go below $120 at a time when competing companies were spending 2X as much to make their pistols. Further long term high volume production drove manufacturing costs down to only $100 for a common Glock Perfection Pistol model.
Several samples of Glock 17 (named as it was 17th patent procured by company) were submitted for assessment trials in early 1982. After passing all of the exhaustive endurance & abuse tests, the Glock emerged as the winner. The handgun was adopted into service with the Austrian military and police forces in 1982 as the P80 (Pistole 80), with an initial order for 25,000 guns, which made the emerging fledgling company wildly successful & made Gaston Glock a very wealthy man!-- thankfully! He is cool!
Glock 17 outperformed eight different pistols from five other established manufacturers (Heckler & Koch of Germany offered their P7M8, P7M13, and P9S, SIG Sauer of Switzerland bid with their P220 and P226 models, Beretta of Italy submitted their model 92SB-F, FN Herstal of Belgium proposed an updated variant of the Browning Hi-Power, and the Austrian Steyr Mannlicher entered the competition with the GB).
The results of the Austrian trials sparked a wave of interest in Western Europe and overseas, particularly in the United States, where a similar effort to select a service-wide replacement for the M1911 had been going on since the late 1970s (known as the Joint Service Small Arms Program). In late 1983, the United States Department of Defense inquired about Glock pistol & received 4 samples of Glock 17 for unofficial evaluation. Glock then invited to participate in the XM9 Personal Defense Pistol Trials, but declined because the DOD specifications would require extensive retooling of production equipment and providing 35 test samples in an unrealistic time frame.
In 1985, after joint Norwegian & Swedish trials from 1983 to 1985, Glock 17 accepted into service as the P80 in Norway, & in 1988 as Pistol 88 in Sweden, where it surpassed all prior NATO durability standards. Glock 17 became a standard NATO-classified sidearm and granted a NATO Stock Number (1005-25-133-6775). By 1992, some 350,000 pistols had been sold in more than 45 countries, including 250,000 in the United States alone.
Starting in 2013, the British Armed Forces began replacing the Browning Hi-Power pistol with the Glock 17 Gen 4, due to concerns about weight and the external safety of the Hi-Power. British preferred Glock 17 Gen 4 over the Beretta Px4 Storm, FN FNP, Heckler & Koch P30, SIG Sauer P226, Smith & Wesson M&P, and Steyr M9A1 of which 19 pistols each, all chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, were entered in the R9GSP trials.
The French Armed Forces (FAF) in 2020 began replacing their MAC Mle 1950 and to a lesser extent their PAMAS G1 pistols with Glock 17 Gen 5 models specifically made for the FAF. French preferred Glock 17 Gen 5 over the HS2000 and CZ P-10 offerings that also made it to the final selection phase.
First Gen. Glock Models
(Gen 1) Glock pistols most notably recognized by smoother "pebble finish" grip & finger groove-less frames. Gen 1 frame pattern & design 1982 to 1988 & pre-dates checkered grip patterns used in Second-gen. Glock pistols. Glock 17s first imported to USA serialized with an alpha-numeric (two letter prefix followed by three numbers) stamped into the slide, barrel, & a small metal plate inserted into bottom side of polymer frame.
First documented Glock 17s (by serial number) imported into USA from AF000 series in January 1986, followed by AH000, AK000, and AL000. These early Glock (Gen 1) pistols (serial number prefix AF through AM) were also manufactured with a barrel that had a smaller overall diameter & thinner bore walls, known as "pencil barrels." Early Glock 17 "pencil barrel" pistols considered rare & highly desirable to Glock collectors. Many of the first-generation Glocks were shipped & sold in iconic "Tupperware" style plastic boxes. Earliest Glock boxes had ammunition storage compartments that allowed for 17 rounds of 9mm to be stored with the pistol. Box design later changed to meet BATF import requirements & ammunition storage compartments removed.
Second Gen. Glock Models
Upgrade to the Glock pistols involved addition of checkering on front strap & trigger guard & checkering & serrations to the back strap. Introduced 1988. To meet American ATF regulations, a steel plate with a stamped serial number embedded into receiver in front of trigger guard. In 1991, an integrated recoil spring assembly replaced the original two-piece recoil spring & tube design. The magazine was slightly modified, changing floor-plate & fitting follower spring with a resistance insert at its base.
Second Gen. Glock Models
Upgrade to the Glock pistols involved addition of checkering on front strap & trigger guard & checkering & serrations to the back strap. Introduced 1988. To meet American ATF regulations, a steel plate with a stamped serial number embedded into receiver in front of trigger guard. In 1991, an integrated recoil spring assembly replaced the original two-piece recoil spring & tube design. The magazine was slightly modified, changing floor-plate & fitting follower spring with a resistance insert at its base.
1998 frame further modified with an accessory rail ( "Universal Glock Rail") similar to picatinny rail as it allows mounting of lasers, tactical lights, & other accessories. Thumb rests on both sides of the frame and finger grooves on the front strap were added. Glock pistols with these upgrades are informally referred to as (early) "third-generation" models.
Later third-generation models additionally featured a modified extractor that serves as a loaded chamber indicator, and the locking block was enlarged, along with the addition of an extra cross pin to aid the distribution of bolt thrust forces exerted by the locking block. This cross pin is known as the locking block pin and is located above the trigger pin.
The polymer frames of third-generation models can be black, flat dark earth, or olive drab. Besides that, non-firing dummy pistols ("P" models) and non-firing dummy pistols with resetting triggers ("R" models) have a bright red frame, and Simunition-adapted practice pistols ("T" models) a bright blue frame for easy identification.
In 2009, Glock 22 RTF2 (Rough Textured Frame 2) (chambered in .40 S&W) introduced. This pistol featured a new checkering texture around the grip and new scalloped (fish gill-shaped) serrations at the rear of the sides of the slide. Many of the existing models became available in the RTF2 version, including the 31, 32, 23, 21, and 19. Some of those did not have the fish gills
Forth Gen. Glock Models
Glock 17 Gen 4 identified by an enlarged & reversible magazine release catch, modified rough texture frame grip checkering, interchangeable backstraps, and a "Gen4" rollmark on the slide.
Updates centered on ergonomics & recoil spring assembly. The initial two Gen4 models announced were full-sized Glock 17 & Glock 22, chambered for the 9×19 mm Parabellum and .40 S&W cartridges, respectively. A new modified rough-textured frame, grip checkering, and interchangeable back-straps of different sizes. "Gen4" is rollmarked on the slide next to the model number to identify the fourth-generation pistols.
Basic grip size of the fourth-generation Glock pistols is slightly smaller compared to the previous design. A punch is provided to remove the standard trigger housing pin and replace it with the longer cross pin needed to mount the medium or large backstrap that will increase the trigger distance by 2 mm (0.079 in) or 4 mm (0.16 in). With the medium backstrap installed, the grip size is identical to the third-generation pistols.
Magazine release catches are enlarged & reversible for left-handed use. To use the exchangeable magazine release feature, fourth-generation Glock magazines have a notch cut on both sides of the magazine body. Earlier versions of the magazines will not lock into the Gen4 pistols if the user has moved the magazine release button to be operated by a left-handed user. Gen4 magazines will work in older models.
Mechanically, fourth-generation Glock pistols are fitted with a dual recoil spring assembly to help reduce perceived recoil and increase service life expectancy. Earlier subcompact Glock models such as the Glock 26 and Glock 30 have already used a dual recoil spring assembly that was carried over to the fourth-generation versions of those models. The slide and barrel shelf have been resized, and the front portion of the polymer frame has been widened and internally enlarged, to accommodate the dual recoil spring assembly. The trigger mechanism housing has also been modified to fit into the smaller-sized grip space.
The introduction of fourth-generation Glock pistols continued in July 2010 when the Glock 19 and Glock 23, the reduced size "compact" versions of the Glock 17 and Glock 22, became available for retail. In late 2010, Glock continued the introduction of fourth-generation models with the Glock 26 and Glock 27 "subcompact" variants.
In January 2013, more fourth-generation Glock pistols were introduced commercially during the annual SHOT Show, including the Glock 20 Generation 4 along with other fourth-generation Glock models.
Mechanically, fourth-generation Glock pistols are fitted with a dual recoil spring assembly to help reduce perceived recoil and increase service life expectancy. Earlier subcompact Glock models such as the Glock 26 and Glock 30 have already used a dual recoil spring assembly that was carried over to the fourth-generation versions of those models. The slide and barrel shelf have been resized, and the front portion of the polymer frame has been widened and internally enlarged, to accommodate the dual recoil spring assembly. The trigger mechanism housing has also been modified to fit into the smaller-sized grip space.
The introduction of fourth-generation Glock pistols continued in July 2010 when the Glock 19 and Glock 23, the reduced size "compact" versions of the Glock 17 and Glock 22, became available for retail. In late 2010, Glock continued the introduction of fourth-generation models with the Glock 26 and Glock 27 "subcompact" variants.
In January 2013, more fourth-generation Glock pistols were introduced commercially during the annual SHOT Show, including the Glock 20 Generation 4 along with other fourth-generation Glock models.
Fifth Gen. Glock Models
2017 Glock "Gen 5" models with revisions centered on ergonomics & improving reliability. Many parts of fifth-generation Glock pistols cannot be interchanged with those of the previous generations. Two fifth-generation models announced Glock 17 & Glock 19, chambered for the 9×19 Parabellum. Some conspicuous changes on the fifth-generation models are: ambidextrous slide stop levers, DLC (Diamond-like carbon) surface finish for barrel and slide, a barrel featuring a revised style of polygonal rifling (called the "Glock Marksman Barrel" by Glock), a deeper recessed barrel crown, omission of the finger grooves on the grip, a flared magazine well, and a reintroduction of a (half moon shaped) cutout on the bottom front of the grip.
The locking block pin located above the trigger pin that was introduced in third generation omitted. Many internal parts were less conspicuously revised. "Gen 5" is rollmarked on the slide next to the model number to identify the fifth-generation pistols. The "Gen 5" slide can feature front serrations (FS) to provide an additional tactile traction surface choice. The magazines were also revised for the fifth-generation models, the redesigned magazine floor plates feature a frontward protruding lip to offer grip for manual assisted extraction and the magazine follower became orange colored for easier visual identification
Glock Perfection Patented Operating Mechanism / Mechanics or Mechanical Operation
Glock 17 is a short recoil–operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol.
Glock pistol locking mechanism uses a link-less, vertically tilting barrel with a rectangular breech that locks into the ejection port cut-out in the slide.
During recoil stroke, the barrel moves rearward initially locked together with the slide about 3 mm (0.12 in) until the bullet leaves the barrel and chamber pressure drops to a safe level.
A ramped lug extension at the base of the barrel then interacts with a tapered locking block integrated into the frame, forcing the barrel down and unlocking it from the slide. This cam action terminates the barrel's movement while the slide continues back under recoil, extracting and ejecting the spent cartridge casing.
The slide's uninterrupted rearward movement and counter-recoil cycle are characteristic of the Browning system.
Glock pistols incorporate a number of features intended to enhance reliability in adverse conditions, such as utilizing advanced metal coatings (carbon nitro-carburizing, then DCL to the "stub" slide guides instead of true frame rails, and an unusual cocking mechanism wherein the trigger is partially responsible for cocking the striker.
Glock pistols incorporate a number of features intended to enhance reliability in adverse conditions, such as utilizing advanced metal coatings (carbon nitro-carburizing, then DCL to the "stub" slide guides instead of true frame rails, and an unusual cocking mechanism wherein the trigger is partially responsible for cocking the striker.
By relying partially on force from the shooter's trigger finger to cock the striker, a Glock effectively reduces the load on the recoil spring as the slide moves forward into battery, whereas almost all other striker-fired pistols on the market rely fully on the recoil spring to cock the striker.
This design gives the recoil spring fewer tasks as the action cycles, helping to ensure that sufficient energy is available to strip a new round from the magazine and achieve full battery even when the breech, chamber, and/or magazine are heavily fouled.
For these and other reasons, Glock pistols are commonly considered to be some of the most reliable striker-fired, semi-automatic handguns available, with some independent testing even showing a Glock taking a lead over a SIG Sauer P320 in a wet/dry reliability test, even though the latter was selected as the winner of the U.S. Army's MHS competition.
Glock Special Features
Glock upper slide features a spring-loaded claw extractor of stamped sheet metal ejector that is pinned to the trigger mechanism housing. Glock pistols after 2002 have a reshaped extractor that serves as a loaded chamber indicator. When a cartridge is present in the chamber, a tactile metal edge protrudes slightly out immediately behind the ejection port on the right side of the slide.
Glock Special Features
Glock upper slide features a spring-loaded claw extractor of stamped sheet metal ejector that is pinned to the trigger mechanism housing. Glock pistols after 2002 have a reshaped extractor that serves as a loaded chamber indicator. When a cartridge is present in the chamber, a tactile metal edge protrudes slightly out immediately behind the ejection port on the right side of the slide.
The striker firing mechanism has a spring-loaded firing pin that is cocked in two stages that the firing pin spring powers. Factory-standard firing pin spring rated at 24 N (5.4 lbf) When pistol charged, the firing pin is in the half-cock position. As the trigger is pulled, the firing pin is then fully cocked. At the end of its travel, the trigger bar is tilted downward by the connector, releasing the firing pin to fire the cartridge. The connector resets the trigger bar so that the firing pin will be captured in half-cock at the end of the firing cycle. This is known as a preset trigger mechanism, referred to as the "Safe action" trigger by the manufacturer. The connector ensures the pistol can only fire semiautomatically.
The factory-standard, two-stage trigger has a trigger travel of 12.5 mm (0.49 in) and is rated at 25 N (5.6 lbf), but by using a modified connector, it can be increased to 35 N (7.9 lbf) or lowered to 20 N (4.5 lbf). In response to a request made by American law enforcement agencies for a two-stage trigger with increased trigger pull, Glock introduced the NY1 (New York) trigger module, which features a flat spring in a plastic housing that replaces the trigger bar's standard coil spring. This trigger modification is available in two versions: NY1 and NY2 that are rated at 25 N (5.6 lbf) to 40 N (9.0 lbf) and 32 N (7.2 lbf) to 50 N (11.2 lbf), respectively, which require about 20 N (4.5 lbf) to 30 N (6.7 lbf) of force to disengage the safeties and another 10 N (2.2 lbf) to 20 N (4.5 lbf) in the second stage to fire a shot.
The factory-standard, two-stage trigger has a trigger travel of 12.5 mm (0.49 in) and is rated at 25 N (5.6 lbf), but by using a modified connector, it can be increased to 35 N (7.9 lbf) or lowered to 20 N (4.5 lbf). In response to a request made by American law enforcement agencies for a two-stage trigger with increased trigger pull, Glock introduced the NY1 (New York) trigger module, which features a flat spring in a plastic housing that replaces the trigger bar's standard coil spring. This trigger modification is available in two versions: NY1 and NY2 that are rated at 25 N (5.6 lbf) to 40 N (9.0 lbf) and 32 N (7.2 lbf) to 50 N (11.2 lbf), respectively, which require about 20 N (4.5 lbf) to 30 N (6.7 lbf) of force to disengage the safeties and another 10 N (2.2 lbf) to 20 N (4.5 lbf) in the second stage to fire a shot.
Glock Invented Polymer 2 Nylon
Glock's frame, magazine body, and several other components are made from a high-strength nylon-based polymer invented by Gaston Glock, called Polymer 2. This plastic was specially formulated to provide increased durability and is more resilient than carbon steel and most steel alloys.
Glock's frame, magazine body, and several other components are made from a high-strength nylon-based polymer invented by Gaston Glock, called Polymer 2. This plastic was specially formulated to provide increased durability and is more resilient than carbon steel and most steel alloys.
Polymer 2 is resistant to shock, caustic liquids, and temperature extremes where traditional steel/alloy frames would warp and become brittle.
The injection-molded frame contains four hardened steel guide rails for the slide: two at the rear of the frame, and the remaining pair above and in front of the trigger guard. The trigger guard itself is squared off at the front and checkered. The grip has an angle of 109° and a nonslip, stippled surface on the sides and both the front and rear straps.
The frame houses the locking block, which is an investment casting that engages a 45° camming surface on the barrel's lower camming lug. It is retained in the frame by a steel axis pin that holds the trigger and slide catch.
The trigger housing is held to the frame by means of a polymer pin. A spring-loaded sheet-metal pressing serves as the slide catch, which is secured from unintentional manipulation by a raised guard molded into the frame.
Because of its polymer construction, there were initially fears that Glock pistols would be invisible to airport X-ray machines, making them easy to illegally import into the United States. In actuality, 84% of the gun's weight is from steel, and Polymer 2 is visible to X-ray machines. The myth's prevalence is believed to be connected to a scene that perpetuated the myth in Die Hard 2, which released a few years after the Glock was invented. In 1988, the Undetectable Firearms Act was passed in the United States, banning the manufacture or import of any gun that could pass through a metal detector.
3D printing with special methods & filaments using hard to find design files enables the products of a clandestine unlicensed single use firearm made entirely of special FDM printed polymer filaments oriented in the parts in such a way as to enable sufficient strength for a single activation of a center-fire, or rim fire cartridge & rudimentary or poor guidance & spin induction of the bullet by what can be known as "pressure extrusion deformation rifling" that destroys the FDM barrel after one shot. Aaron Kenneth Schwarz; I hobby 3D print on a Prusa Mini using PLA & PETG filaments & have a broad interest in 4IR & 3D printing technologies & found this information online & adapted it; this is not from Wikipedia, though there are separate articles or entries.
Glock pistol has a relatively low slide profile, which holds the barrel axis close to the shooter's hand and makes the pistol more comfortable to fire by reducing muzzle rise and allows for faster aim recovery in rapid firing sequences.
Glock pistol has a relatively low slide profile, which holds the barrel axis close to the shooter's hand and makes the pistol more comfortable to fire by reducing muzzle rise and allows for faster aim recovery in rapid firing sequences.
Glock Manufacturing Technologies Extension
The rectangular slide is milled from a single block of ordnance-grade steel using CNC machinery. The barrel and slide undergo two hardening processes prior to treatment with a proprietary nitriding process called Tenifer. The Tenifer treatment is applied in a 500 °C (932 °F) nitrate bath. The Tenifer finish is between 0.04 and 0.05 mm (0.0016 and 0.0020 in) in thickness, and is characterized by extreme resistance to wear and corrosion; it penetrates the metal, and treated parts have similar properties even below the surface to a certain depth.
The Tenifer process produces a matte gray-colored, nonglare surface with a 64 Rockwell C hardness rating and a 99% resistance to salt water corrosion (which meets or exceeds stainless steel specifications), making the Glock particularly suitable for individuals carrying the pistol concealed as the highly chloride-resistant finish allows the pistol to better endure the effects of perspiration.
The Tenifer process produces a matte gray-colored, nonglare surface with a 64 Rockwell C hardness rating and a 99% resistance to salt water corrosion (which meets or exceeds stainless steel specifications), making the Glock particularly suitable for individuals carrying the pistol concealed as the highly chloride-resistant finish allows the pistol to better endure the effects of perspiration.
Glock steel parts using the Tenifer treatment are more corrosion resistant than analogous gun parts having other finishes or treatments, including Teflon, bluing, hard chrome plating, or phosphates. During 2010, Glock switched from the salt bath nitriding Tenifer process to a not exactly disclosed gas nitriding process. After applying the nitriding process, a black Parkerized decorative surface finish is applied. The underlying nitriding treatment will remain, protecting these parts even if the decorative surface finish were to wear off.
A current production Glock 17 consists of 34 parts. For maintenance, the pistol disassembles into five main groups: the barrel, slide, frame, magazine, and recoil-spring assembly.
A current production Glock 17 consists of 34 parts. For maintenance, the pistol disassembles into five main groups: the barrel, slide, frame, magazine, and recoil-spring assembly.
Most Glock pistols designed for the NATO-standard 9×19mm Parabellum pistol cartridge, but can use high-power (increased pressure) +P ammunition with either full-metal-jacket or jacketed hollow-point projectiles.
Glock Barrel
The hammer-forged barrel has a female type polygonal rifling with a right-hand twist. The stabilization of the round is not by conventional rifling, using lands and grooves, but rather through a polygonal profile consisting of a series of six or eight interconnected noncircular segments (only the .45 ACP and .45 GAP have octagonal polygonal rifling). Each depressed segment within the interior of the barrel is the equivalent of a groove in a conventional barrel. Thus, the interior of the barrel consists of smooth arcs of steel rather than sharply defined slots.
Instead of using a traditional broaching machine to cut rifling into the bore, the hammer forging process involves beating a slowly rotating mandrel through the bore to obtain the hexagonal or octagonal shape. As a result, the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove is not compromised as with conventional square-cut barrels. This has the advantage of providing a better gas seal behind the projectile as the bore has a slightly smaller diameter, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, slightly greater (consistency in) muzzle velocities, and increased accuracy and ease of maintenance.
Newer lines of Glock pistols - i.e. Gen5, G42/43 - equipped with Glock Marksmanship Barrel, or GMB. While older barrels were somewhat difficult to identify a bullet as coming from a particular barrel with high enough reliability for evidentiary use, the newer GMB ones are designed differently. A recent study by Stephen Christen and Hans Rudolf Jordi, and published by Forensic Science International in February 2019, shows that the new GMB barrels leave more identifiably unique markings on the fired projectile. These marks were more easily identified than previous pistol barrel markings, and were sufficient for reliably tying a bullet to a particular barrel. The study used a comparison microscope and an ABIS (Evofinder).
Glock pistols lack a traditional on-off safety lever, which Glock markets as an advantage, especially to police departments, as the user is able to fire immediately without separately manipulating a safety. Instead, Glock pistols are designed with three independent safety mechanisms to prevent accidental discharge. The system, designated "Safe Action" by Glock, consists of an external integrated trigger safety and two automatic internal safeties: a firing pin safety and a drop safety.
The external safety is a small inner lever contained in the trigger. Pressing the lever activates the trigger bar and sheet metal connector. The firing pin safety is a solid hardened steel pin that, in the secured state, blocks the firing pin channel (disabling the firing pin in its longitudinal axis). It is pushed upward to release the firing pin for firing only when the trigger is actuated and the safety is pushed up through the backward movement of the trigger bar. The drop safety guides the trigger bar in a ramp that is released only when direct rearward pressure is applied to the trigger.
The three safety mechanisms are automatically disengaged one after the other when the trigger is squeezed, and are automatically reactivated when the trigger is released.
Glock Optional ILS Safety Factory Special Order
In 2003, Glock announced the Internal Locking System (ILS) safety feature. The ILS is a manually activated lock located in the back of the pistol's grip. It is cylindrical in design and, according to Glock, each key is unique. When activated, the lock causes a tab to protrude from the rear of the grip, giving both a visual and tactile indication as to whether the lock is engaged or not. When activated, the ILS renders the Glock unfireable, as well as making it impossible to disassemble. When disengaged, the ILS adds no further safety mechanisms to the Glock pistol. The ILS is available as an option on most Glock pistols. Glock pistols cannot be retrofitted to accommodate the ILS. The lock must be factory-built in Austria and shipped as a special order.
In 2003, Glock announced the Internal Locking System (ILS) safety feature. The ILS is a manually activated lock located in the back of the pistol's grip. It is cylindrical in design and, according to Glock, each key is unique. When activated, the lock causes a tab to protrude from the rear of the grip, giving both a visual and tactile indication as to whether the lock is engaged or not. When activated, the ILS renders the Glock unfireable, as well as making it impossible to disassemble. When disengaged, the ILS adds no further safety mechanisms to the Glock pistol. The ILS is available as an option on most Glock pistols. Glock pistols cannot be retrofitted to accommodate the ILS. The lock must be factory-built in Austria and shipped as a special order.
Glock Magazine Feeding Method
Glock traditional 9×19mm Parabellum 17-round magazine with numbered witness holes at the back portion visually indicate how many cartridges are contained in the magazine.
The Glock 17 feeds from staggered-column or double stack magazines that have a 17-round capacity (which can be extended to 19 with an optional floor plate) or optional 24 or 33-round high-capacity magazines. For jurisdictions which restrict magazine capacity to 10 rounds, Glock offers single-stack, 10-round magazines.
Glock magazines are made of steel and are over-molded with plastic. A steel spring drives a plastic follower. After the last cartridge has been fired, the slide remains open on the slide stop. The slide stop release lever is located on the left side of the frame directly beneath the slide and can be manipulated by the thumb of the right-handed shooter.
Glock magazines are interchangeable between models of the same caliber, meaning that a compact or subcompact pistol will accept magazines designed for the larger pistols chambered for the same round. However, magazines designed for compact and subcompact models will not function in larger pistols because they are not tall enough to reach the slide and magazine release. For example, the subcompact Glock 26 will accept magazines from both the full-size Glock 17 and the compact Glock 19, but the Glock 17 will not accept magazines from the smaller Glock 19 or the Glock 26.
Glock magazines are interchangeable between models of the same caliber, meaning that a compact or subcompact pistol will accept magazines designed for the larger pistols chambered for the same round. However, magazines designed for compact and subcompact models will not function in larger pistols because they are not tall enough to reach the slide and magazine release. For example, the subcompact Glock 26 will accept magazines from both the full-size Glock 17 and the compact Glock 19, but the Glock 17 will not accept magazines from the smaller Glock 19 or the Glock 26.
Magazines for Glock 36, Glock 42, Glock 43 (My EDC CC), & Glock 44 are all unique; they cannot use magazines intended for another model, nor can their magazines be used in other models.\
To start with, most Glock models are used by police & military & security agencies in more than 48 countries by hundreds of thousands of honest law abiding law enforcement & military personal for safety & security patrols & self defense & show of force & never used for illicit or clandestine or illegitimate or immoral or unethical purposes.
Picking on Glock for mental healthcare problems, mental illness & other societal problems that cause mass shootings not fair as criminals use any weapon they can get their hands on to harm other people. Recently in Norway a disturbed individual with mental problems took a bow & arrow set & went on a public mass murder spree, killing many & injuring more. Its not a gun problem, its a people problem, & the whole gun law debate misses the elephant in the room, a lack of access to mental healthcare, either from costs that are not affordable or just a lack of access.
A gun an inanimate non living mechanical object with a system of operation made of parts that operate together powered by a chemical reaction created by a hammer pin striking a primer with a small amount of contact explosive which sends a jet of hot gas into the bullet case where mostly nitrocellulose "smokeless" powder then combusts to produce expanding high pressure hot gases that shove the bullet down the barrel -- when an operating picks up the pistol & then deliberately & willfully chambers a round by cocking the weapon & then must usually pull the trigger to initiate this chemical energy reaction that powers the pistols semi-automatic movement.
Guns Like Engines - Chemical Combustion Gas Pressure Powered
Guns have some similarly to internal combustion reciprocating piston engines that similarly make use of chemical reaction gas pressure to push a metal piston down a metal cylinder chamber, be that fueled by gasoline, diesel, DME, biodiesel, hydrodiesel, propane, natural gas, or other hydrocarbon, hydrogen or any mixture thereof, including ethanol, methanol, butanol & similar alcohol derivatives of short chain alkane hydrocarbons that are more common or typical of refined crude oil petroleum fuels. Even when vegetable oils or biological fuel oils are used, combustion with oxygen from the air of Earth created expanding hot gases that performs work by shoving the pistons down to spin the crank shaft, the transmission & the wheels connected via the suspension & axel to make the tires interacting with the road surfaces push the wheeled vehicle down the road. Car accidents kill more people than guns every year. We need more driver regulations not more gun regulations.
Glock Pistols Used in Mass Shootings
2007 Virginia Tech shooting
2011 Norway attacks
2012 Aurora shooting
2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2015 Charleston church shooting
2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Experts on gun policy, mass shootings, and defense training have cited factors such as reliability, ease of use and availability. The criminal use of these weapons has led to calls for increased gun control in the United States.
Went Shooting Today
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| 13216 SE 32nd St, Bellevue, WA 98005// USA |
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| Hung the target like this ( 2 of them ) 100 bullets |
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| Loaded 2 Glock & Aftermarket Mags like this Round 2 was with Zinc Coated Brass "range" Ammo $18.95+ tax for 50 bullet box :) |
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| Shot the Gen4 Glock 19 like this :) |
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| Good accurate tight groups The stainless steel aftermarket barrel works |
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| Cleaned up the G19 with solvent & swabs Oiled it with a teflon synthetic oil blend :) |
Wow, this was my first shooting session with this Glock 19 that I borrowed from an old friend.
I am left amazed. This is the nicest pistol & best shooting experience I have ever had. It handles amazingly well & balanced & shoots with very little recoil & great precision & good accuracy. The mechanism is excellent with light trigger pull that enables more accurate shooting. Within 4 clips of ammo my shooting clusters were getting tight again. I was a little out of tune from not having shot any guns in a long time. Ammo prices were so high for a while I decided to sit it out.
It was a blast, but kinda expensive. Like $52 for the range fee's & I brought 5 clips of ammo with me. I ended up getting a box of ammo from the pro-shop for $20 of zinc plated ammo // see image below for ammo box & my outer ear protection. I also use the foam ear plugs inside my ear canals to further limit sound pressure to protect my hearing! It was great fun for just over an hour! I even used a pen to mark up the holes for 1 through 4 -- so I could track which holes were from which aim spot! These are the second set of shots, my first set were a little more spread out & not as nice to share!
Fond Memories of My Grandpa & I shooting 22LR at bottles & cans & paper pie plates & other targets we would setup at an obvious "shooting pit"
My Grandapa Wesley & I used to drive to eastern Washington to a shooting pit that was free to use, but its a long drive & I use Pay by the Mile Metromile car insurance & gasoline over $4/ gal nearby so yah, the local range does it for me just fine + you can rent guns to shoot there ^^ Plinking with 22 LR a cheap options if you really enjoy shooting a lot // FYI or you can even do the dirty & get a BB gun or pellet gun or air-soft gun :) lol or go really deep into your childhood with cap gun!
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| Always use hearing protection with guns Double up with in ear foam buds & Over the ear hearing protection |
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