The Glock 22 is one of the most widespread pistols in the United States for both civilian use and law enforcement. Part of its appeal is the .40cal Smith & Wesson round, which is in effect a scaled down 10mm round and serves as a nice gap in power and magazine capacity between the 9mm Parabellum and the .45ACP round. It has been the standard issue sidearm of the Federal … [Read more...]
One advantage you can get from reading out-of-date books is insight to what was current thinking many years ago. Looking over L.R. Wallack's American Pistol and Revolver Design and Performance from 1978 (one of a series of four books Wallack produced beginning in the seventies: Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol & Revolver, and a combined sporting arms Design and Performance) reminded … [Read more...]
The new FBI Glock has been something of a mystery since the Austrian pistol was selected as the FBI’s next sidearm. Some photoshop generated renderings have been put together using the solicitation as a guide, while other Glock enthusiasts have carefully been combing through the requirements to determine what features may be included. The 4th gen pistols have been the … [Read more...]
It appears that someone finally got their new Glock 17M duty gun in from Glock! I am inclined to believe that it is a genuine photo because our source is an officer with the Indianapolis Metro Police Department, one of the first agencies to receive the new guns. The officer that this 17M belongs to is one of the first to get the new Glock, there is no new information at this … [Read more...]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently announced that they have picked the Glock as their new service handgun. The official announcement was posted on FedBizOpps . The $85 million dollar contract was awarded after nine months of consideration and testing. It is not uncommon for losing companies to challenge the results, but these efforts are rarely … [Read more...]
After Glock released their 4th Gen, there were questions about whether or not this meant that the Glock Gen3 was obsolete. There were a few problems at first with the Gen4, which caused the Glock community to remain skeptical of the design, even to this day. The problem seemed to be their attempt to improve reliability when using lights and lasers on the rail of the .40 Cal … [Read more...]
