Glock GmbH (trademarked as GLOCK) is a weapons manufacturer of handguns that are trade marked as "Safe Action Pistols." Glock is headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. Named after its founder, Gaston Glock, Glock is best known for its line of polymer-framed pistols; it also produces equipment such as field knives and entrenching tools. The Glock handguns are in use by a majority of US and international law enforcement agencies and military personnel. Glock handguns are also very popular with civilians, especially for personal protection and practical shooting. Glock currently produces 35 models of handguns. The US-led Multi National Force-Iraq has equipped the Iraqi military and the Iraqi National Police with Glock sidearms. (more)
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Glock pistol:
Glock is the name of a family of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by the Austrian company Glock GmbH from Deutsch-Wagram, founded in 1963 by engineer Gaston Glock to manufacture high-strength synthetic and steel components.
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Gaston Glock:
Gaston Glock (1929- ) is an Austrian engineer, and founder of firearms company Glock. The Glock "safe-action" pistol is well-regarded and has often been copied by other companies. The process of producing the Glock pistol includes the application of
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Handgun:
A handgun is a firearm designed to be held in the hand when used. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from their larger counterparts: long guns such as rifles and shotguns, mounted weapons such as machine guns a
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Heckler & Koch:
Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) (pronounced ˈhɛklɐʔʊntˈkɔx ) is a German weapons manufacturing company that produces various series of small firearms, for example the MP5 submachine gun, G3 and more modern G36 assault rifle, the MP7 personal defense weapon
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Tenifer:
Tenifer is a trademarked name for the end result of a chemical bath nitriding process that embeds nitrogen into an iron-containing alloy to create a corrosion-resistant finish that is a dull grey in color and extremely hard. The generic term for this
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Semi-automatic pistol:
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun that can be fired in semi-automatic mode, firing one cartridge for each pull of the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single chamber and a single barrel, which remain in a fixed linear orientation relat
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Smith & Wesson:
Smith & Wesson (S&W) is the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States. The corporate headquarters is in Springfield, Massachusetts. Smith & Wesson is known for the many types of ammunition it has introduced over the years and for its revo
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Smyrna, Georgia:
Smyrna is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,999. Census estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 47,643. Smyrna is one of the closest suburbs to Atlanta, located near the nor
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.40 S&W:
The .40 S&W (10x22mm Smith & Wesson) is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by Winchester and Smith & Wesson, two famous American firearms manufacturers. It uses .400-inch (10.16 mm) diameter bullets ranging in weight from 135 to 200 grains
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Walther P99:
The P99 is a semi-automatic pistol developed by the German company Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen of Ulm for law enforcement, security forces and the civilian shooting market as a replacement for the Walther P5 and the P88. Design work on this new gen
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