When the Glock line of pistols debuted over twenty years ago, there was a furor over the “plastic gun” that would evade metal detectors and cause all sorts of mayhem. Considering that the slide is a huge chunk of steel, those claims were quickly dismissed. What wasn’t was that the small Austrian firm had produced an ergonomic and rugged line of pistols with an innovative “Safe-Action” trigger system. It integrated what was essentially a double-action only system with a safety built into the trigger. Since the Glock’s initial introduction, the line has grown to every major caliber with full-size, compact, and ultra-compact sizes with models that are compensated for target shooting and even a fully-auto machine pistol.
