ddavis1120
Senior Member
Glock passed away. Whether you like glocks or not, they always had my respect because they go bang every time you pull the trigger.
RIP Gaston!
RIP Gaston!
Welcome Guest!
Gaston Glock
- Thread starter ddavis1120
- Start date
bullgator
Senior Member
His design changed the handgun market almost overnight. Reliable, high capacity, full power duty sidearms at half the weight.
GregoryB.
Senior Member
When I am getting dirty and sweaty there is always a Glock on my hip.
Got one on my side right now.
Robert28
Senior Member
Another firearm pioneer gone
Dub
Senior Member
Mine, too.
Went to the range this morning with my son....we took three 1911's and two Glocks.
Robert28
Senior Member
I have all sorts of guns, but when it comes to the polymer stuff I only own Glock. Have a 19, 43x, and recently a 42. Those are my only polymer handguns. I’ve tried other brands over the years but eventually sold them for one reason or another and always went back to Glock. I have some steel framed Sigs and a Ruger but for some reason it’s like Glock got the polymer gun right the first time and it’s obvious to this day.
Liberty
Senior Member
Being an engineer, he created a mechanical masterpiece. Someone making “pretty guns” can make a fine pistol that runs for a whole lot more money, but a moderately priced workhorse that almost always works is a work of genius.
It’s my carry, G19, goes bang every time, shoots as good as my aim. What more can one ask for?
ddavis1120
Senior Member
42, 43 or 22 (depending on what I'm wearing and where I'm going) is never far from me. In a life or death situation; it's hard to beat a Glock IMO.
menhadenman
Senior Member
I was never really a Glock guy but finally picked a couple up over the last decade. You could probably argue that the 19 is the GOAT even though it’d hurt some feelings doing so.
Hate to hear that. Hard to beat the reliability of a Glock.
Dub
Senior Member
Gaston left behind a 43 year old widow.......
Liberty
Senior Member
Imagine being the man who made instantly obsolete the 1911, everyone’s self defense revolvers, along with all semi-auto models of Beretta, Smith and Wesson, Colt, and the Browning Hi-Power in one swoop. Man should have been a billionaire with a hot wife.
Just kidding boys, put down the tar and feathers.
Just kidding boys, put down the tar and feathers.
Dub
Senior Member
frankwright
Senior Member
As I understand it he has just been a figure head for a long time and is not really involved in the day to day operation.
Mrs Glock is pretty much running the show.
Mrs Glock is pretty much running the show.
transfixer
Senior Member
Glocks are ugly, ergonomic as a brick, but they work, everytime ! he single handedly changed the standard law enforcement issue pistol, and to some extent the military standard also.
I wonder if since he's passed, whether they might change their offerings a bit, to align more with what the consumer wants ?
I wonder if since he's passed, whether they might change their offerings a bit, to align more with what the consumer wants ?
