What was Gaston Glock's 7th patent?

[ants]

I am proposing a new theory...

This is excerpted from a biography of Gaston Glock:

In an apparent attempt to cover his embezzlement of millions from the Glock company, Glock's associate Charles Ewert hired 67 year old French-born ex-mercenary Jacques Pêcheur to murder Glock in a garage in Luxembourg. Glock was able to fend off the attack and survived with seven head wounds and some cuts and abrasions and as a result of these injuries, he lost about a litre of blood. Jacques Pêcheur was shot twice by Glock and was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the attack. As a result of Pêcheur's testimony, Charles Ewert was sentenced to 20 years.

So I hypothesize that the pistol was named after the prison sentence of 17 years handed to Jacques Pecheur after Glock shot him twice, presumably with the prototype of that pistol. Don't laugh, this is no stupider than the other suggestions.

Speaking of prototypes, has it ever occured to anyone that this was the 17th iteration of his pistol design? Numbers 1 through 16 were developmental designs and never put into production. Other Austrian inventors and engineers, including Ferdinand Porsche, historically did the same thing. That would also explain the numbering of the other pistols in the Glock line, and why some of those numbers are skipped just like 1 through 16. Each design is numbered successively, and the finished design keeps its number when put into production.

 

[earlthegoat2]

17 parts in its trigger mechanism maybe?
17 different atoms in the polymer frame?

This reminds me of a good one I heard today at the gunstore: Customer says that Glock invented the polymer framed pistol. I said it was actually the VP-70. He says Im wrong and the VP-70 doesnt exist. I shrug.

I am known for making jokes nobody understands at that gun store, not unlike on here, if I could only convey voice inflection through typing......