The 5 Reasons You Should Choose a Glock for Your Next Handgun

In 1980, Austrian Gaston Glock, who made blades and knives for the Austrian army, overheard two army colonels speaking of a competition to earn a contract for the next army handgun. Glock had no experience with making handguns and had only served in WWII for a couple of days. This lack of knowledge gave him no preconceived notions of what a handgun should be. He bought competitors’ handguns, studied them, and asked firearms specialists what they would want in a gun.