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Glock: Glock Pistols
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83.7% (by weight) of the Glock pistol is normal ordnance steel and the "plastic" parts are a dense polymer known as "Polymer 2" which is radio-opaque and is therefore visible to X-ray security equipment. In addition, virtually all of these "plastic" parts contain embedded steel not to make the firearms "detectable", but to increase functionality and shooting accuracy. Contrary to popular movies like Die Hard 2: Die Harder, neither Glock nor any other gun maker has ever produced a "porcelain", "ceramic" or "plastic" firearm which is undetectable by ordinary security screening devices. Even if a pistol completely undetectable by either X-ray machines or metal detectors were to be developed, the ammunition inside would still be detectable.
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Glock pistols, due to their polymer plastic receiver and Tenifer-coated steel parts, are more resistant to corrosion than any other pistol. This makes them ideal for daily carry, especially in harsh environments.
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Glock sidearms are common handguns among law enforcement agencies and military organizations around the world. The popularity of Glock pistols can be attributed to a number of factors. They are said to be very reliable, being able to function under extreme conditions and to fire a wide range of ammunition types. The simplicity of the Glock design contributes to this reliability, as it contains a relatively small number of components (nearly half as many as the typical handgun) making maintenance and repair easy. Disassembly for the Glock pistol is simple, making it easy to detail strip without expensive tools.[2]
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Besides its simply outrageous firepower, the popularity of Glock pistols are due to several factors. They are renowned for their reliability (except for the .40 caliber versions which sometimes eject the magazine at high speed, hitting the shooter in the balls), being able to function under extreme conditions and to fire a wide range of ammunition types due to their rugged construction. Most Glocks contain half the number of moving parts of a traditional handgun, giving them the ability to fire regardless of dirt, mud, and snow, underwater, in mid-air, upside-down, leftside-up, backwards, forwards, in outer space, or even in a black hole.
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Suffice to say that the competition has copied the polymer frame and many other design concepts of the Glock pistols. Some pistols, such the S&W Sigma series, are blatant clones of inferior quality and Glock has been forced to defend their patent rights in court.
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