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{{short description|Austrian light weapons manufacturer}}
'''GLOCK''' (not ''Glock'') is an ] ] (named after the founder ]) mainly known for being the manufacturer of ]-] ]s, but it also makes equipment such as field ] and ]s.
{{other uses|Glock (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Glock Ges.m.b.H.
| logo = Glock Logo 2017.svg
| type = ] (])
| foundation = {{start date and age|1963}}<ref name="GlockFaqTimeline">{{cite web
| work = Bloomberg Businessweek
| title = Glock Company Timeline
| url = http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_38/b4147038110231.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090923002542/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_38/b4147038110231.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 23 September 2009
| access-date = 2010-03-21}}</ref>
| founder = ]
| location_city = ], ]
| location_country = Austria
| key_people =
| industry = ]
| products = ]s<br />]<br />]s<br />]<br />Horse care products
| revenue =
| num_employees = 1,325 <small>(2015)</small><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.trendtop500.at/unternehmen/glock-gmbh/mitarbeiter/ | title=Wirtschaftsdaten | access-date=2015-11-17 | publisher=news networld internetservice GmbH | url-status = dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160708083057/http://www.trendtop500.at/unternehmen/glock-gmbh/mitarbeiter/ |archive-date = 8 July 2016|language=de}}</ref>
| homepage = {{url|www.glock.com}}
}}


'''Glock Ges.m.b.H.''' (] '''GLOCK''') is a light weapons manufacturer headquartered in ], ], named after its founder, ]. The company makes popular ]s, but also produces ], ]s, various horse related products, and apparel.
==Overview==


Glock handguns are used by armed forces and law enforcement organizations worldwide, including most law enforcement agencies in the United States.<ref name="Ayoob">{{Citation | last = Ayoob | first = Massad | author-link = Massad Ayoob | title = The Glock. Tips for selling more of this hot seller | journal = Shooting Industry | date = May 2004 | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_5_49/ai_n6054266/ | access-date =2 December 2009}}</ref> Glock handguns are popular in some countries for personal protection and practical shooting. The company sponsors a competitive shooting team that travels worldwide.<ref name="TeamGlock">{{Cite press release | title = Team GLOCK Shooting Squad preserves their winning streak with multiple victories | publisher = TEAM GLOCK | date = 10 August 2007 | url = http://www.teamglock.com/PDF-Files/DaveNewEnglandRegional.pdf | access-date = 2 December 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219063848/http://teamglock.com/PDF-Files/DaveNewEnglandRegional.pdf | archive-date = 19 February 2009 }}</ref> As of 2014, Glock produced over ] of handguns in three sizes and seven calibers.<ref name="Doc">{{cite book | last = Dockery| first = Kevin| title = Future Weapons | publisher = Berkeley Trade| year = 2007 | pages = 158–159| isbn =978-0-425-21750-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RxJxY7wQn0C}}</ref><ref name="EPR">{{cite book | last = Hartink| first = A.E.| title = The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers| publisher = Chartwell Books, Inc| year = 2002| pages = 149–156| location = Edison, New Jersey| isbn = 978-0-7858-1519-8}}</ref><ref name=22Cal/>
All GLOCK guns are referred to with all uppercase letters. The names of the ] and its products are often referred to as "Glock" and not as "GLOCK." According to GLOCK, this is technically incorrect.


==Products==
Its first pistol model was the classic ] (so named because it was the 17th ] of the company), a ] ] with a 17 round capacity (unusually large at the time), introduced in the early ] as a response to the Austrian army asking for a new sidearm. GLOCK pistols are popular with ] throughout the world, especially when chambered for modern, powerful cartridges such as the ]. Indeed, in an apparent effort to corner this market further, GLOCK has introduced a new cartridge of their own design, the ] (GLOCK Automatic Pistol), along with a new pistol to fire it, the ].


===Handguns===
== Misconceptions ==
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Glock handguns are common sidearms among law enforcement agencies and military organizations around the world, and are also popular weapons for home defense, and concealed/open carry. They are reputed to be highly reliable, able to function under extreme conditions and available in a wide range of ammunition types (], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]). Third-party conversion kits for ], ], and ] are also available. The simplicity of the Glock design as well as its simple operation contributes to its reliability, as it contains a relatively small number of components (nearly half as many as the typical handgun, each one interchangeable requiring no hand-fitting) making maintenance and repair easier and less costly. In December 2019, Glock introduced their first production-model .22-caliber pistol, the Glock 44.<ref name=22Cal></ref>


The polymer frame makes them lighter than typical steel or aluminum-framed handguns, an attractive feature for police officers and citizens who carry firearms for extended periods of time. The trigger is the only operating element; all three ] are deactivated when the trigger is pulled, and automatically activated when it is released. Glock pistols have no manual safeties like other brands' external safety, often in the form of a lever or button. The only external controls aside from the trigger are the slide stop lever, the magazine catch, and the slide lock for disassembly.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Glock Ges.m.b.H|title=Instructions for Use, Glock Safe Action Pistols|date=2013|publisher=Glock Ges.m.b.H|url=http://us.glock.com/documents/Instruction_for_Use.pdf|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909115238/https://us.glock.com/documents/Instruction_for_Use.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This adds to the simplicity of use and removes a potential source of error while operating the handgun under stress. Most of the steel components in a Glock pistol are treated with a ] process called ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glock.com/english/pistols_adv06.htm |title=GLOCK |publisher=Glock.com |access-date=2008-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204101826/http://www.glock.com/english/pistols_adv06.htm |archive-date=4 December 2008 }}</ref> which hardens the surface and makes the pistol resistant to corrosion and wear.
Contrary to early reports, GLOCKs certainly do set off metal detectors and can indeed be detected by ] machines, due to their heavy metal barrels and slides. (An article first published in the ] on ], ], entitled, "Quaddafi Buying Austrian ] Pistol." in which vocal ] advocate ] made allegations which were then re-reported without fact-checking by the ] and re-reported further by many ] news stations and ]s in the ] and has since become an ] that continues to appear in news reports and in popular movies to this day and has even been a topic of debate in the ].) In fact, 83% (by weight) of the GLOCK is ordinary gun ] and the "plastic" parts are in fact a dense ] which is radio opaque and thus also shows up under X-ray security equipment. In addition, virtually all of these "plastic" parts also contain embedded steel to make them functional, not to make them "detectable". Contrary to popular movies like '']'' and '']'', neither GLOCK, nor any other gun maker has ever produced a "]" or "plastic" firearm which is undetectable by ordinary security screening devices. The movie ''Die Hard 2'' specifically refers to a non-existent ] as being an undetectable "ceramic" gun.


Though the ] was the first polymer-framed pistol and predated the Glock 17 by 12 years, the popularity of Glock pistols inspired other manufacturers to begin production of similar polymer-framed firearms, including the ], ], ] (Springfield Armory XD), ], ], ], ] and ] pistols.
GLOCK pistols use an internal ] mechanism with no external safety switch. All three safeties are disabled one after the other while pressing the trigger safety. Similar systems for internal safeties have since become standard for many major brand makers of semi-auto pistols. Several inproperly trained persons have managed to shoot themselves by putting their finger on the trigger while drawing the gun from their holster. GLOCK users must also make sure that they empty the chamber before field striping a GLOCK, as before disassembly, one must pull the trigger to be able to remove the slide from the frame.


In addition to their semi-automatic handguns, Glock also produces a ] pistol, the Glock 18, which has both ] and ] mode. This model is generally available only to law enforcement or military organizations and the details of its production are obscure. Conversion kits for other Glocks to be fired in fully automatic mode exist, but they are third-party, and they are specifically marked as Title 2 devices by the U.S. ] &ndash; restricting their purchase and possession to ATF 3 licensed dealers in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/firearms-technology.html#glock-conversion|title = Questions and Answers &#124; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives}}</ref>
GLOCK handguns have seen much fictional exposure in ]s and ]s, which often continue to spread the myths about the GLOCK. One common and amusing aspect of popular ] portrayals of the GLOCK is when someone pulls out or points a GLOCK and the ]s people insert the sound of the GLOCK being "cocked" like a ]. Sometimes the same GLOCK gets "cocked" multiple times in the same scene. The GLOCK does not have an external hammer and thus cannot be "cocked" nor "uncocked" and never makes the sort of sounds that are commonly inserted into TV and ]s. This amusing display of media ignorance about firearms is also common for a variety of other types of firearms, along with many other impossible actions attributed to firearms by the popular media. For the record, GLOCKs can only be "cocked" by manually pulling back the slide and letting it slam forward quickly. This requires the use of both hands and produces a rather loud sound that is very different from the sound effect of a revolver being cocked. Also, once a GLOCK is cocked, re-cocking it does nothing but waste a live round by ejecting it out the side. There is no way to "uncock" a GLOCK until all the ammo and the magazine is removed from the gun.


===Other===
Another popular TV/movie firearms myth shows a GLOCK, or other firearm, being dropped and it just "goes off". This is virtually impossible with any firearm made in the past century (unless someone has significantly and foolishly altered the internal workings of the gun to disable the firing-pin safety systems).
As well as handguns, Glock also produces ], ]s, various horse related products, and apparel.


== Popularity == ==Subsidiaries==
Glock international subsidiaries are:


* Glock America N.V. (])
The GLOCK name has been vernacularized as a generic ] term for any expensive black handgun. In a perhaps fitting twist of irony, the "point and shoot" ease of use and high capacity of the GLOCK pistols has caused GLOCK to become the single most favored brand of handgun for contemporary hip-hop artists to reference in their music, notably ], ], ], and others. Indeed, the GLOCK brand has practically become a fashion accessory for successful rappers.
* Glock, Inc. (United States)
* Glock Middle East FZE (])
* Glock do Brasil S.A. (])


==Embezzlement==
GLOCKs have also gained popularity due to the fact that the lower height of the barrel compared to the grip results in less torque when shooting and lower perceived recoil, resulting in a more enjoyable shooting experience and faster second-shot capabilities for many.
Glock has twice been the target of embezzlement schemes involving high-ranking officers of the company or others closely related to the company. In 1999, Charles Ewert attempted to have ] murdered after Glock asked for a meeting regarding an accusation of embezzlement. Ewert was convicted of attempted murder along with an accomplice for his involvement.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0331/020_print.html | title=Top Gun | work=Forbes | access-date=8 March 2012 | date=2003-03-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801204352/https://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0331/020.html | archive-date=1 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


In April 2012, ], the former CEO of US subsidiary Glock, Inc., was convicted of ] regarding his involvement in an embezzlement scheme against the company.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-glock-executive-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison/ | title=Ex-Glock executive sentenced to 7-years in prison | publisher=Fox | access-date=22 January 2013 | date=2012-04-11}}</ref>
Another reason that GLOCKs are popular is the low component count. It's much easier for a layman to detail strip a G17 than a ].


Investigations in the Ewert embezzlement case exposed questionable financial dealings by Ewert and a complicated ownership structure hidden behind a string of ] in favourable ] around the world.<ref name=bloomberg>{{cite web |title=Glock's Secret Path to Profits |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-09-10/glocks-secret-path-to-profits |date=10 September 2009 |first1=Brian |last1=Grow |first2=Jack |last2=Ewing |first3=Paul M. |last3=Barrett |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The strange case of Mr. Gaston Glock |url=http://www.guns.com/2011/01/28/the-strange-case-of-mr-gaston-glock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121014616/http://www.guns.com/2011/01/28/the-strange-case-of-mr-gaston-glock/ |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=29 Dec 2023| date=January 28, 2011 |first=John Paul |last=Jarvis}}</ref>
==Table of GLOCK Pistols==


==References==
{|
{{reflist}}
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|Model number|| Round || Total Length<br>(mm,in)|| Barrel Length<br>(mm, in)||ammo capacity(Rds)|| Weight (g)
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 186, 7.32 || 114, 4.49 || 10, 17, 19, 31, 33 || 703
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 186, 7.32 || 114, 4.49 || 10, 17, 19, 31, 33 || 698
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 225 , 8.86||153, 6.02 || 10, 17, 19, 31, 33 || 748
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 185, 7.28 ||114, 4.49 || 17, 19, 31, 33 || 702
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 185, 7.28||114, 4.49 || 17, 19, 31, 33 || 667
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 10, 15, 17 || 665
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 10, 15, 17 || 656
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 193, 7.60 || 117, 4.61 || 10, 15 || 860
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 193, 7.60 ||117, 4.61 || 10, 15 || 850
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||193, 7.60 ||117, 4.61 || 10, 13 || 833
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||193, 7.60 ||117, 4.61 || 10, 13 || 823
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||186, 7.32 || 114, 4.49 || 10, 15 || 728
|-bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||186, 7.32 ||114, 4.49 || 10, 15 || 717
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 10, 13 || 670
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 10, 13 || 663
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] ||225, 8.86 || 153, 6.02 || 10, 15 || 835
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 225, 8.86 ||153, 6.02 || 10, 15 || 835
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 174, 6.85 || 102, 4.01 || 15 || 638
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 160, 6.30 || 88, 3.46 || 10 || 616
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 160, 6.30 || 88, 3.46 || 9 || 620
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 160, 6.30 || 88, 3.46 || 10 || 585
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 172, 6.77 || 96, 3.78 || 10 || 768
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 172, 6.77 ||96, 3.78 || 10 || 751
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 186, 7.32 ||114, 4.49 || 15 || 738
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 186, 7.32 ||114, 4.49 || 15 || 733
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 13 || 680
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 174, 6.85 ||102, 4.01 || 13 || 675
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 160, 6.30 ||88, 3.46 || 10 || 620
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 207, 8.15 ||135, 5.31 || 10, 17, 19 || 728
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 207, 8.15 || 135, 5.31 || 10, 15 || 773
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 172, 6.77 || 96, 3.78 || 6 || 638
|- bgcolor=#ddeeff
|]|| ] || 189, 7.44 || 116,4.56 || 10 || 740
|}


== Further reading ==
* Boatman, Robert H. ''Living With Glocks: The Complete Guide to the New Standard in Combat Handguns''. Paladin Press, Boulder. 2002. {{ISBN|1-58160-340-1}}.
* Kasler, Peter Alan. ''Glock : The New Wave in Combat Handguns''. Paladin Press, Boulder. 1992. {{ISBN|0-87364-649-5}}.
* Sweeney, Patrick. ''The Gun Digest Book of the Glock: A Comprehensive Review: Design, History, Use''. Krause Publications, Iola, Wis. 2003. {{ISBN|0-87349-558-6}}.
* Sweeney, Patrick. ''The Gun Digest Book of the Glock, 2nd Edition''. Gun Digest Books, Iola, Wis. 2008. {{ISBN|0-89689-642-0}}.
* Taylor, Robin. ''The Glock in Competition, 2nd Edition''. Taylor Press, Bellingham. 2005. {{ISBN|0-9662517-4-1}}.


== External links ==
''See also: ]''
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* {{Official website}}


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Austrian light weapons manufacturer For other uses, see Glock (disambiguation).

Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Company typePrivate (Ges.m.b.H.)
IndustryArms industry
Founded1963; 62 years ago (1963)
FounderGaston Glock
HeadquartersDeutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria
ProductsFirearms
Knives
Entrenching tools
Apparel
Horse care products
Number of employees1,325 (2015)
Websitewww.glock.com

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 law enforcement organizations worldwide, including most law enforcement agencies in the United States. Glock handguns are popular in some countries for personal protection and practical shooting. The company sponsors a competitive shooting team that travels worldwide. As of 2014, Glock produced over two dozen models of handguns in three sizes and seven calibers.

Products

Handguns

Main article: Glock
Original Glock 17 issued by the Norwegian military

Glock handguns are common sidearms among law enforcement agencies and military organizations around the world, and are also popular weapons for home defense, and concealed/open carry. They are reputed to be highly reliable, able to function under extreme conditions and available in a wide range of ammunition types (9mm, 10mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .45 GAP, .357 SIG, .380 ACP, and .22 LR). Third-party conversion kits for .400 Corbon, .40 Super, and .50 GI are also available. The simplicity of the Glock design as well as its simple operation contributes to its reliability, as it contains a relatively small number of components (nearly half as many as the typical handgun, each one interchangeable requiring no hand-fitting) making maintenance and repair easier and less costly. In December 2019, Glock introduced their first production-model .22-caliber pistol, the Glock 44.

The polymer frame makes them lighter than typical steel or aluminum-framed handguns, an attractive feature for police officers and citizens who carry firearms for extended periods of time. The trigger is the only operating element; all three safeties are deactivated when the trigger is pulled, and automatically activated when it is released. Glock pistols have no manual safeties like other brands' external safety, often in the form of a lever or button. The only external controls aside from the trigger are the slide stop lever, the magazine catch, and the slide lock for disassembly. This adds to the simplicity of use and removes a potential source of error while operating the handgun under stress. Most of the steel components in a Glock pistol are treated with a nitriding process called Tenifer, which hardens the surface and makes the pistol resistant to corrosion and wear.

Though the Heckler & Koch VP70 was the first polymer-framed pistol and predated the Glock 17 by 12 years, the popularity of Glock pistols inspired other manufacturers to begin production of similar polymer-framed firearms, including the Walther P99, Smith & Wesson Sigma, HS2000 (Springfield Armory XD), Steyr M, Taurus PT 24/7, Caracal, FN Herstal FNP and Ruger SR9 pistols.

In addition to their semi-automatic handguns, Glock also produces a select-fire pistol, the Glock 18, which has both semi-automatic and fully automatic mode. This model is generally available only to law enforcement or military organizations and the details of its production are obscure. Conversion kits for other Glocks to be fired in fully automatic mode exist, but they are third-party, and they are specifically marked as Title 2 devices by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives – restricting their purchase and possession to ATF 3 licensed dealers in the US.

Other

As well as handguns, Glock also produces field knives, entrenching tools, various horse related products, and apparel.

Subsidiaries

Glock international subsidiaries are:

Embezzlement

Glock has twice been the target of embezzlement schemes involving high-ranking officers of the company or others closely related to the company. In 1999, Charles Ewert attempted to have Gaston Glock murdered after Glock asked for a meeting regarding an accusation of embezzlement. Ewert was convicted of attempted murder along with an accomplice for his involvement.

In April 2012, Paul Jannuzzo, the former CEO of US subsidiary Glock, Inc., was convicted of racketeering regarding his involvement in an embezzlement scheme against the company.

Investigations in the Ewert embezzlement case exposed questionable financial dealings by Ewert and a complicated ownership structure hidden behind a string of shell companies in favourable tax locations around the world.

References

  1. "Glock Company Timeline". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  2. "Wirtschaftsdaten" (in German). news networld internetservice GmbH. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. Ayoob, Massad (May 2004), "The Glock. Tips for selling more of this hot seller", Shooting Industry, retrieved 2 December 2009
  4. "Team GLOCK Shooting Squad preserves their winning streak with multiple victories" (PDF) (Press release). TEAM GLOCK. 10 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  5. Dockery, Kevin (2007). Future Weapons. Berkeley Trade. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-0-425-21750-4.
  6. Hartink, A.E. (2002). The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers. Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc. pp. 149–156. ISBN 978-0-7858-1519-8.
  7. ^ Glock introduces the .22 cal G44 handgun
  8. Glock Ges.m.b.H (2013). Instructions for Use, Glock Safe Action Pistols (PDF). Glock Ges.m.b.H. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  9. "GLOCK". Glock.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  10. "Questions and Answers | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives".
  11. "Top Gun". Forbes. 31 March 2003. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  12. "Ex-Glock executive sentenced to 7-years in prison". Fox. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  13. Grow, Brian; Ewing, Jack; Barrett, Paul M. (10 September 2009). "Glock's Secret Path to Profits". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  14. Jarvis, John Paul (28 January 2011). "The strange case of Mr. Gaston Glock". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

Further reading

  • Boatman, Robert H. Living With Glocks: The Complete Guide to the New Standard in Combat Handguns. Paladin Press, Boulder. 2002. ISBN 1-58160-340-1.
  • Kasler, Peter Alan. Glock : The New Wave in Combat Handguns. Paladin Press, Boulder. 1992. ISBN 0-87364-649-5.
  • Sweeney, Patrick. The Gun Digest Book of the Glock: A Comprehensive Review: Design, History, Use. Krause Publications, Iola, Wis. 2003. ISBN 0-87349-558-6.
  • Sweeney, Patrick. The Gun Digest Book of the Glock, 2nd Edition. Gun Digest Books, Iola, Wis. 2008. ISBN 0-89689-642-0.
  • Taylor, Robin. The Glock in Competition, 2nd Edition. Taylor Press, Bellingham. 2005. ISBN 0-9662517-4-1.

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