Glock is the name of the company AND the inventor- Gaston Glock.
Glock - made in Austria Berreta - made in Italy
Yes
Probably never.
Both.
I do not trust the standard Glock front sight. It is made of plastic and pins to the slide underneath. To me, replacing the standard plastic Glock sights is a NECESSITY and you can buy the Glock with steel or tritium sights or have them installed aftermarket. It's the weakest point in the Glock design.
Glock 17, Glock 18, Glock 19, Glock 26, Glock 34, and, if you count the 9x17/.380 ACP in this running, the Glock 25 and Glock 28.
1989
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the glock frame is made of hitech polymer. but only the frame
Glock never made a model 8. You may be thinking of the Glock 18, their only full-auto handgun, which was developed from the 17 for Austria's "Cobra" counter-terrorism unit.
The companies, or the firearms? Glock USA is an importer. Since Glock pistols cannot be shipped as is due to the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, they have to be shipped with adjustable sights in order to be importable. Glock USA receives the pistols, removes the adjustable sights, and replaces them with the standard fixed Glock sight, manufactured in the US. The firearms themselves are pretty much the same, except American Glocks are sold with American made sights. The only other difference is that the .380 ACP Glocks - the Glock 25 and Glock 28 - are not available in the US as they cannot be made to meet the criteria of the Gun Control Act of 1968.