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Created in 1982 by gaston glock, an austrian curtainrod manufacturer. Gaston glock born 19 july 1929 is an austrian engineer, and founder of the firearms company. Glock reference guide, 2nd edition gundigest store. The companys history started in deutsch wagram, austria. Determined to show them wrong, gaston glock worked in his basement creating his pistol. Glock style lp uploaded and posted 2 years ago dave sevigny, world champion shooting athlete, is back in winning form. Book on glock history the leading glock forum and community.
At age 50, gaston glock was manufacturing knives and bayonets for the austrian army in his garage, when in 1980 he learned the army wanted a replacement for its antiquated pistol. The glock was created in 1982 by curtainrod manufacturer gaston glock. Rarely do the news gods smile down on us with such charity. Customs and border protection that has full parts compatibility with a glock 19, meaning a g47 slide can be put on a g19 frame to give the g19 a longer slide, barrel, and sight radius, or a g19 slide can be put on a g47 frame to create a pistol the functions like a glock 45. His moderately successful company primarily manufactured plastic curtain rod rings along with. It has been rhapsodized by hiphop artists and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Billionaire pistol designer gaston glock at war with his. Here are the facts about glock, from its initial history to its locations around the globe. Apr 21, 2015 here are the facts about glock, from its initial history to its locations around the globe. Jul 18, 2018 born on july 19, 1929, gaston glock spent more than 30 years of his life not in business for himself. For each new creation, he would test fire with his left hand so that if it blew up, he could still draw a blueprint with his right. Glock s creation at all strata and communities is a frightening reality in america and beyond. Glock began as a manufacturer of curtain rods in the 1960s, and knives for the austrian military in the 1970s. Mar 31, 2003 inside the secret and violent world of gaston glock, maker of the most popular firearm in u.
Using the savings money that they were going to use to pay for an apartment, the future arms designer and manufacturer started his business career in the same way that any arms. Gaston glock, 84, has been ordered to pay alimony to his exwife, helga, whom he divorced in 2011. The glock 47 is a fullsized mos version created for u. They include field knives, training hand grenades, and machine gun belt links. Jan 12, 2011 whatever you think of american firearms policy, the life and times of gaston glock are a riveting story, material for a film that might have starred his countryman arnold schwarzenegger. Whoops turns out it is a nonfiction book about the gun, its inventor, its rise in. Gaston glock historical records and family trees related to gaston glock.
Exwife of glock firearm company founder fights to keep. But upon marrying his now ex wife helga in 1962, that changed. Gaston and helga glock cofounded their gun business in 1963, and made billions from pistols such as the glock 17. Below is the result of a little research project that i have been conducting on the history and evolution of glock pistols. Invented just 30 years ago by an obscure austrian curtainrod manufacturer with little firearm experience, the glock semiautomatic pistol has become in every sense americas gun.
A self taught businessman who graduated from the school of hard knocks. Jan 29, 2012 created in 1982 by gaston glock, an austrian curtainrod manufacturer, the glock arrived stateside during the 1980s crime epidemic. At the beginning consumer goods made out of wood, polymers and metal were produced by only 3 employees. This was his first match since a hip surgery less than four months ago.
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Glock 19 compact semiautomatic pistol in 9mm designed by. In 1982, an obscure austrian engineer named gaston glock, who worked in a radiator plant and had a side business with his wi. History gaston glock was an austrian polymer manufacturer supplying the austrian army with hand grenades, trench tools and nonsmoldering machine gun belts when he overheard two austrian ministry of defense colonels discussing the need for new short. What was so remarkable was that gaston glock had no prior experience with guns. The company made various plasticsteel nongun parts.
He did not have much experience in firearms, but did have a lot of experience in synthetic polymers, which he designed the glocks frame out of. On july 27th, 1999, gaston glock was brutally attacked by a hitman, contracted by glocks onetime business consultant charles ewert. Development and production startup of first military products, such as field knives fm 78. Created in 1982 by gaston glock, an obscure austrian curtainrod manufacturer, and swiftly adopted by the austrian army, the glock pistol, with its lightweight plastic frame and largecapacity springaction magazine, arrived in america at a fortuitous time. Gaston glock born 19 july 1929 is an austrian engineer, and founder of the firearms company glock. Glock family goes down, guns blazing the daily beast. Glocks creation at all strata and communities is a frightening reality in america and beyond. Unlikely gun manufacturer glock was an austrian engineer whose company manufactured curtain rods and knives as well as hand grenades and trench tools for the austrian military. Glock didnt like the handguns available on the market and decided to manufacture a new gun from scratch. The former wife of glock firearms company founder gaston glock, sr. He did not have much experience in firearms, but did have a lot of experience in synthetic polymers, which he designed the glock s frame out of.