What is the history of the Glock firearm company?
Gaston Glock started the Glock company in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, a modest town in the vicinity of Vienna in Austria. The company began by manufacturing curtain rods. Later in 1970s, Glock diversified into making plastic containers, field knives, plastic magazines, ammunition belts for machine guns and practice hand grenades. Several years later in 1980, Glock launched the first model of its pistol Glock 17, which was capable of firing 17 rounds. It was however named so since it was Mr. Glock’s seventeenth patent. Glock 17 was soon selected as the official weapon of the Austrian army. Success of its first model led Glock to invest more in producing more sophisticated and easy to use firearms. The company also started catering to international clients and set up additional manufacturing plants. In 1988 when Glock introduced G17L and G19, the company introduced serrated straps for all their pistols, thus giving them a distinct look. In last decade of the 20th century, Glock introduced ma
