GLOCK Copies From All Round The Planet:

I was drawn to this story about a Peshawar (Pakistan) maker producing G17 and G19 'copies' that are available in select fire versions - LINK:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/04/05/the-glock-revolution-comes-to-peshawar-in-select-fire/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2018-04-07&utm_ca

- But while it's an eye opener regarding how widely these high-tech pistols are able to be copied & found - it surely isn't surprising - as the plastics factories where I worked as a 'young-yob' in UK were staffed 90% by bright, hard working guys from that part of the world.

The molds to inject nylon pistol frames are complex and need great skill to make - plus the hi-tech injection molding machines - necessary to squirt the molten polymers under high pressure - take experience to set-up and operate.. all adding-up to a big investment.

Here's some images of "Glock Look-a-likes" from outside of Austria,

Pakistan Model Made By 'Khan Afzal Manufacture Arms' Peshawar.

(Is This aka "Royal Arms"?)

An Iranian Copy.

Glock Copy From South Korea.

A Chinese 'Norinco' "Glock".

Russian GM-100 Sport Model from SKAT.

Turkey Makes The Girsan MC28-SA (Yavus-16).

It has to be acknowledged that all these "Copies" are the strongest possible confirmation that Gaston Glock's brainchild was inspired and superbly engineered. You can't blame any manufacturer - including some US outfits - for trying to cash-in on the hottest trend in 20th & 21st century hand-gunning.

Some try to make their version appear distinct - while others just make "honest copies".

The S&W 'Glock' or SIGMA .. now called 'S.D'.

Surprisingly - none of these "clones" are made from ceramics (sick joke) to beat the X-Ray security machines !! 😈

Nylon type polymers combine with strong steels, CNC machining and excellent Quality Control to make tough high capacity pistols that work.

 - I used to love offering my club-hammer to Colt and S&W owners to slam their guns into the concrete like I'd just demonstrated with my G17.

My guess is that almost every commercial manufacturer has by now built their own version of a Glock.

Must give Gaston a bit of a headache when counting his millions eh,

From another view point - the Glocks actually used working ideas and techniques from various other earlier designed handguns - their team cleverly put them together into one tidy package that works superbly - all at the right time to be a big hit. 

Marty K.

“there is nothing new under the sun”), - from ancient writings.