About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Machine pistol, Uzi, Glock pistol, Mauser C96, CZ 75, MAC-10, CZ 75 Tactical Sports, Beretta M 1951, Claridge Hi-Tec/Goncz Pistol, Minebea PM-9, Modern Sub Machine Carbine, Brugger & Thomet MP9, Steyr M1912, Stechkin APS, OTs-33 Pernach, Northwood R-76, Astra Model 900, TEC-9, MAC-11, Type 80, MGP-15 submachine gun, Heckler & Koch VP70, PP-2000, Steyr TMP, Trejo pistol, Colt SCAMP, Beretta 93R, Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS, OTs-02 Kiparis, PM-84 Glauberyt, Parker Hale PDW, Lercker pistol, Kommando LDP, Patria submachine gun, MPA submachine gun, OTs-23 Drotik, Volkspistole, KIS, SM-9, Z84, Cobra submachine gun, Danuvia VD-01, Patria Mod 2, ENARM SMG, At aero 088, Mauser MP-57, VEB Maschinenpistole, VB Berapi LP01, Pindad PM2, Delacre machine pistol, Tuma MTE 224 VA. Excerpt: The Glock Safe Action Pistol, colloquially known as the Glock is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. The company's founder, engineer Gaston Glock, had no experience with firearm design or manufacture at the time their first pistol, the Glock 17, was being prototyped. Glock did, however, have extensive experience in advanced synthetic polymers, knowledge of which was instrumental in the company's design of the first successful line of pistols with a polymer frame. Glock introduced ferritic nitrocarburizing into the firearms industry as an anti-corrosion surface treatment for metal gun parts. Despite initial resistance from the market to accept a "plastic gun" due to durability and reliability concerns, Glock pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, commanding 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies as well as supplying numerous national armed forces and security agencies worldwide. A "first generation" Gloc...
