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"... The Austrian Ministry of Defense’s specifications were exacting. The pistol was required to be self-loading, to fire the NATO 9x19mm cartridge, be ambidextrous, have a capacity of at least eight rounds, and be made of 58-or-fewer interchangeable parts that could be replaced without special tools.
Unlike the SIG Sauer, Beretta and Steyr, whose pistol designs might have been hindered by, as historian Stuart Brown put it, “preconception or existing tooling,” Glock built his design from scratch. The resulting pistol was christened the Glock 17 [invented in 1982], as his 17th invention. As Brown noted, “That the magazine capacity was 17 rounds was serendipity.”
Glock’s pistol stole the show, easily outclassing SIG Sauer’s, Beretta’s and Heckler & Koch’s submissions. He was awarded the contract for 25,000 pistols and the Glock name was launched into both fame and infamy. ..."
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