Tag: Glock 19

A very widely used version of Glock 17. It has its nationwide popularity and demand.

Glock 19 or G19 is a widely used semi-automatic pistol. It’s also called a police pistol. The little lord’s (in the world of pistol) length is 7.36 inch or 187 mm. The good enough barrel is only 127 mm. It uses the 9×19mm Parabellum. The standard magazine capacity is 15 rounds. Unloaded the pistol is only 670 g. Browning cam-lock’s modified mechanism is here. Effective shooting range is 50 m; 375 m/s is its muzzle velocity.

Austria gives birth to G19, and up to 2007 around 5,000,000 G19’s are sold. It is designed/ invented by Gaston Glock and is manufactured by Glock Ges.m.b.H., founded by Glock himself. The production started in 1982 and it hasn’t stopped yet. G17 is its variant. It has gone through a series of tireless modifications which resulted in third and fourth generation models.

Around 65% of the police in America prefer Glock for their action. Besides it’s confidently used in the military, in sport shooting, for personal defense and by many self-protective women. For the personal defense and conceal carry Glock is thought be the only choice by many users. It uses three independent safety mechanisms which makes it more popular. Austria, the police of South Wales, Queensland, Australia, Bangladesh and 50-60 developed or under developed countries use Glock 19.