Gaston Glock RIP

[Whiskeyhotel2020]

I dont fall into the love hate crowd. I own 2 glocks and have owned 4 others. It's a firearm. Its polymer frame does make it lighter to carry. The only real complaints I have is the trigger guard (glock knuckle) and the air craft carrier landing deck of a slide. Mr. Glock came up with a great pistol and secured his name and legacy in the books right alongside Colt, J.M.B, that Russian feller that came up with the AK 47 and Stoner. May he rest in piece.

 

[Riomouse911]

I wasn’t aware of his passing until I got to the range this morning and the counter person let me know.

Made my trip to the range today a bit of a memorial shoot, I had put my dot-equipped Glock 19 build in the carry box this morning.

I didn’t shoot all that great today, but at least I got to shoot.

I was never a Glock fan until I was issued one in 2007 and shot it a lot. The simplicity, accuracy and reliability sold me on the design. It might not be the Glock ad-man’s “perfection,” but it is genius.

Stay safe.

 

[hso]

never got caught up in chasing looks and markets

Let us not diminish his company's business acumen. Glock vigorously pursued the LE market and became successful doing it. And because of that brought the 17 & 19 to the US civilian market more successfully.

 

[Riomouse911]

Very good handguns. Simple, tough, reliable and accurate.

Yeah, they aren’t pretty, nor are they “perfect,” but they’re darn good.

Stay safe.

 

[Tinman357]

Rest easy good Sir.

 

[halfmoonclip]

Years ago, a buddy was getting into handguns; he picked up a minty second generation S&W, and a G17. I pooh-poohed the dern plastic Glock, as compared to the traditional stainless Smith.
We took them to the range, and dammit, we could hit things with the Glock. The ginormous, ball in the box sights were part of the magic; the awful 'crick' trigger was not.
Haven't been without a Glock ever since, and still like the standard Glock sights.
As regards Gaston, may he be an hour in heaven, afore the devil knows he's dead.
Moon

 

[beeenbag]

I sure hate to see him pass, think there's any chance we may now start seeing changes coming from glock outside of just generational changes? Maybe a PCC? Can we petition them for a G36 size 10mm? I know once Bill Ruger passed, there were significant changes with what ruger started doing, maybe we see the same here.

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

I dont love or hate the pistol; nor do I really find it ugly. Straight out of the box sure and that's what most people started modding. The factory sights are a must go for me.

I learned how to shoot both on the 1911 and Glock, so I got both worlds.
The polymer frame doesn't bother me, originally pistols were wood framed and no one complained then.

As for how much it changed the pistol world, it's in many ways the modern 1911. It's a solid pistol for the masses that just gets the job done.
Glock sure has his name immortalized up there with the other famous gun designers. As for what changes the company starts making after he's passed, can't predict. We don't know how much influence he still had over what they were putting out while he was still there. Maybe they will start branching off into other designs? That assumes he was protective of his original pistol to begin with. Maybe he wanted to be more innovative but his advisors warned him of the risks.
We'll see

 

[Old Dog]

Well, here's how one mainstream media outlet headlined an article about Gaston's passing: "Man who made billions out of death and killing dies at the age of 94."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...1&cvid=937d50390ef04c2097c8ea13af495429&ei=81

Pretty freakin' disgusting and tasteless, but to be expected from the clowns who pretty much characterized the life accomplishments of Stoner and Kalashnikov in the same manner. I don't remember the same sort of comments when Bill Ruger passed and am pretty sure Sam Colt and John Browning weren't memorialized this way.

 

[DustyGmt]

He certainly turned the world of semi auto pistols on its ear. Who would have ever thought a gun made mostly of Tupperware would be one the most popular defensive firearms ever made and known for its reliability and maintenance-less high round counts into the 10's of thousands of rounds.

I was born in the 80's, but it's not hard to imagine how many people bet on the Glock to fail and fall out of favor but here we are 40 years later and it's a household name and is used interchangeably in error for any handgun. I bet it probably took some of you guys a couple decades to warm up to polymer. Probably would have been hard not to be skeptical of a mostly plastic gun at its inception.

I shot like 500 rounds out of my Glock 44 last night, my fingers were all black from reloading mags. Started at like 2:30 in the afternoon and finished up at 5:30pm ish. .22lr has some pretty impressive muzzleflash in low light.

R.I.P Mr. Glock.

 

[DustyGmt]

Well, here's how one mainstream media outlet headlined an article about Gaston's passing: "Man who made billions out of death and killing dies at the age of 94."

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black

 

[BreechFace]

Well, here's how one mainstream media outlet headlined an article about Gaston's passing: "Man who made billions out of death and killing dies at the age of 94."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...1&cvid=937d50390ef04c2097c8ea13af495429&ei=81

Pretty freakin' disgusting and tasteless, but to be expected from the clowns who pretty much characterized the life accomplishments of Stoner and Kalashnikov in the same manner. I don't remember the same sort of comments when Bill Ruger passed and am pretty sure Sam Colt and John Browning weren't memorialized this way.

Typical. Mainstream journalism is dead. What a bunch of agenda driven clowns.

 

[DustyGmt]

I wonder if Glock or other polymer pistols would have become such a mainstay or standard really in defensive handguns if Gaston didn't initially have a genius marketing play by practically giving them away to police departments to establish credibility, absent the LEO cred, I can't imagine people would have warmed up to a polymer frame pistol. Hard to imagine where we'd be (in terms of industry standards) if polymer pistols were just a brief flash in the pan and Glock hadn't become THE standard. I know, some people are about to hurl, but be honest.

It's also interesting to ponder, how many more people would carry a Glock if it had the same °18 degree off square grip angle a 1911 has....

 

[1KPerDay]

I was never a Glock fan until I was issued one in 2007 and shot it a lot. The simplicity, accuracy and reliability sold me on the design. It might not be the Glock ad-man’s “perfection,” but it is genius.

I shoot glocks well and have a few. However I don’t really like them for ergonomic reasons. However it was when I started taking guns apart and putting them back together that I truly started to understand the genius of Glock’s design. It is astonishingly simple and durable. And there’s enough tolerance that you can swap factory parts at will and they still work. Detail strip and reassemble a Beretta 92 or CZ75 or SIG P226 and then do the same to a Glock 17. Then you will understand.

 

[DustyGmt]

I sure hate to see him pass, think there's any chance we may now start seeing changes coming from glock outside of just generational changes? Maybe a PCC? Can we petition them for a G36 size 10mm? I know once Bill Ruger passed, there were significant changes with what ruger started doing, maybe we see the same here.

I've always wanted to see Glocks interpretation of a roller delayed blowback 9mm SMG/carbine, using the same principle materials, polymer frame and tennifer (nitride) coated bolt and barrel, etc... Like glocks version of an MP5. I bet they would knock it out of the park.

 

[Elkins45]

I understand that instead of a traditional funeral he will be sealed in a black Tupperware box.

 

[BreechFace]

I understand that instead of a traditional funeral he will be sealed in a black Tupperware box.

The angles on the end of the Tupperware box will naturally be slanted at a 22* angle.

 

[Otto]

Well, here's how one mainstream media outlet headlined an article about Gaston's passing: "Man who made billions out of death and killing dies at the age of 94."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...1&cvid=937d50390ef04c2097c8ea13af495429&ei=81

That’s actually pretty mild compared to what his children thought of him.
He disinherited all of them, including Gaston Glock Jr. and gave the company to his 44 yo mistress now widow. It’s impossible to know who actually runs the day-to-day business.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

 

[InTheSwamp]

It’s impossible to know who actually runs the day-to-day business.

As a private company, it's nobody else's business to know who runs it. Except whoever runs it.

 

[herrwalther]

I give Gaston respect as an inventor. He came up with inventive plastics. But his firearms are a one-trick pony. Maybe they will actually innovate. Time will tell.

 

[Elkins45]

I give Gaston respect as an inventor. He came up with inventive plastics. But his firearms are a one-trick pony. Maybe they will actually innovate. Time will tell.

They have dominated the handgun market for more than 20 years. I doubt they feel any need to innovate.

 

[lightman]

RIP Sir!

 

[KevininPa]

Well, here's how one mainstream media outlet headlined an article about Gaston's passing: "Man who made billions out of death and killing dies at the age of 94."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...1&cvid=937d50390ef04c2097c8ea13af495429&ei=81

Pretty freakin' disgusting and tasteless, but to be expected from the clowns who pretty much characterized the life accomplishments of Stoner and Kalashnikov in the same manner. I don't remember the same sort of comments when Bill Ruger passed and am pretty sure Sam Colt and John Browning weren't memorialized this way.

That is the most tasteless article that I have ever read

 

[The Glockodile]

They have dominated the handgun market for more than 20 years. I doubt they feel any need to innovate.

When you think about it…

Have staplers changed much over time?

That’s how I think of my Glocks, they’re stapleguns.

 

[BreechFace]

When you think about it…

Have staplers changed much over time?

That’s how I think of my Glocks, they’re stapleguns.

I prefer to look at them as "single hole punchers." Differentiating themselves only in caliber of hole punched.