GLOCK G17 Gen4 in Flat Dark Earth with one magazine and a few 9x19mm Parabellum cartridges.

GLOCK (Timeline)

When compared to the long and storied histories of Beretta (circa 1526), Remington (1816), Colt (1855), FN Herstal (1889), and others, GLOCK is a relative newcomer to the firearms industry. Yet it boasts having 65% plus percent of the United States Law Enforcement Market,1 more than 5,000,000 units sold,2 and the most carried legal concealed carry gun in the United States Market3 4 among its list of achievements. I would say that by nearly any measure GLOCK is doing quite well.

DateEvent
19 Jul 1929Gaston Glock was born in Vienna, Austria.5
1963The company known as GLOCK Ges.m.b.H (an Austrian company) is founded by Gaston Glock. The company made various plastic/steel non-gun parts.6 7
1970sGLOCK produces their first military products. They include field knives, training hand grenades, and machine gun belt links.8
1976The Austrian Army began their search for a new service pistol.9 10 11
1980GLOCK Ges.m.b.H (an Austrian company) is formed.12
Feb 1980Gaston Glock overhears a conversation between two Austrian Military Colonels who were discussing the poor response to the Army's need for a new sidearm for officers, pilots, and drivers. Glock asked the Colonels if they would give him the Military's specifications for the weapon they were discussing. Although they laughed at the idea of his company producing a military sidearm, they described the specifications for him.13
May 1980Firearms experts Colonel Friederich Dechant14 and Siegfried Hubner15 met with Gaston Glock, at his vacation home in Velden, Austria, to discuss what they would want in a pistol of the future.16
1981Production begins on a field knife with an incorporated saw.17
30 Apr 1981Gaston Glock filed for an Austrian patent for the gun that we now know as the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum). The GLOCK Gen1 pistol is born.18
29 Apr 1982Gaston Glock filed for a United States patent for an "AUTOMATIC PISTOL WITH COUNTERACTING SPRING CONTROL MECHANISM."19
19 May 1982GLOCK submitted four samples of the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) to the Austrian Army for evaluation. GLOCK competed against five other manufacturers (Beretta 92F, Fabrique Nationale (gun unknown), Heckler & Koch P9S, Sig Sauer P-220, Styer GB) for the contract.20
5 Nov 1982Gaston Glock was congratulated by the Austrian Minister of Defense, Otto Rösch, for receiving a winning 88.7 percent of the possible points in the contract competition.21 22
1983The Austrian Ministry of Defense orders 20,000 GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) pistols (known as the P80).23 24 25 26
1983GLOCK delivers first 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) order to the Austrian Army.27 28 29 30
1983GLOCK begins development on the spade (entrenching tool).31
1983GLOCK submitted samples of the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) to the United States Department of Defense.32
Spring 1984Karl Walter, gun salesman, and Peter G. Kokalis, technical editor of Soldier of Fortune magazine, met with Gaston Glock at his home. They discussed the possibility of bringing the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) to the United States.33
Oct 1984"PLASTIC PERFECTION" was the headline of the Peter G. Kokalis article about the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) in Soldier of Fortune magazine.34
1984The Norwegian Army adopts the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) as its standard issue service sidearm. This is the first adoption a GLOCK pistol as a service weapon by a NATO member country.35 36 37
1985Noel Koch, then United States Department of Defense counterterrorism chief, stripped a GLOCK pistol into its component parts and placed them into a duffle bag hiding the components as best he could. Then he put the bag through security, including an X-Ray machine, at Washington National Airport. No one noticed the firearm components.38
1985The Swedish military adopted the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, 9x19mm Parabellum).39
1985The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) adopted the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) as its standard issue sidearm.40
10 Sep 1985The United States Patent and Trademark Office grants Gaston Glock United States Patent 4539889. The "AUTOMATIC PISTOL WITH COUNTERACTING SPRING CONTROL MECHANISM" refered to in the patent is the GLOCK 17 Gen1 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum).41
Late 1985The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the US Federal Aviation Administration evaluated the GLOCK 17 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum) and determined that it did not pose a special threat to American aviation security.42
Nov 1985GLOCK, Inc., the US subsidiary of GLOCK Ges.m.b.H, is opened in Smyrna, Georgia. Its primary mission is to import GLOCK pistols into the United States.43 44 45
15 Jan 1986"Qaddafi Buying Austrian Plastic Pistols" was the headline of the Jack Anderson / Dale Van Atta article in the Washington Post. The opening of the article declares, "Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi is in the process of buying more than 100 plastic handguns that would be difficult for airport security forces to detect." The unnamed top US official mentioned in the article was Noel Koch, then United States Department of Defense counterterrorism chief.46 47
1986GLOCK, Inc. receives Federal Firearms License (FFL) and begins shipping pistols within the United States.48 49 50
1987GLOCK develops the G18 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum, select-fire) select fire machine pistol.51 52 53 54
1987GLOCK's second production plant opens in Ferlach, Austria.55
1988A GLOCK pistol appears in the hand of bad guy Juicy Mouth in Elmore Lenord's novel Freaky Deaky.56
1988GLOCK Asia Pacific Limited, the Asia/Oceania subsidiary of GLOCK Ges.m.b.H, is opened in Hong Kong.57 58
1988Production begins on the 19 (standard frame, compact-size, 9×19mm Parabellum).59 60 61
1988Production begins on the 17L (standard frame, full-size, 9×19mm Parabellum, long-slide).62 63 64
1988Gen2 GLOCKs are introduced to meet US BATFE regulations. This meant embedding a steel plate with a stamped serial number into the dust cover of the frame.65 66 67
1989GLOCK Pistols pass 350,000 units sold.68 69
1989Approximately 2,000 US police departments are carrying 150,000 GLOCK service pistols.70 71
Mar 1989Design evolution: Gen2 checkered frame72
4 Jul 1990GLOCK pistols appear in the hands of the villains in the film Die Hard 2.73
1990GLOCK America S.A., the Latin America / Central America / Caribbean subsidiary of GLOCK Ges.m.b.H, is opened in Uruguay.74
1990GLOCK begins expansion of its original plant in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.75
1991Production begins on the G20 (large frame, full-size, 10mm Automatic).76
1991Production begins on the G21 (large frame, full-size, .45 Automatic).77
1994Production begins on the G24 (standard frame, full-size, .40 S&W, long-slide).78
1994Production begins on the G24C (standard frame, full-size, .40 S&W, long-slide, compensated).79
1995Production begins on the G25 (no civilian sale in USA, standard frame, compact-size, .380 Automatic).80
1995Production begins on the G26 (standard frame, subcompact-size, 9×19mm Parabellum).81
1995Production begins on the G27 (standard frame, subcompact-size, .40 S&W).82
1996Production begins on the G28 (no civilian sale in USA, standard frame, subcompact-size, .380 Automatic).83
1996Production begins on the G17T (training pistol/marking cartridges).84
1997Production begins on the G29 (large frame, subcompact-size, 10mm Automatic).85
1997Production begins on the G30 (large frame, subcompact-size, .45 Automatic).86
1997GLOCK begins construction on a new headquarters building in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.87
1998Production begins on Gen3 GLOCKs.88
1998Production begins on the G31 (standard frame, full-size, .357 SIG).89
1998Production begins on the G31C (standard frame, full-size, .357 SIG, compensated).90
1998Production begins on the G32 (standard frame, compact-size, .357 SIG).91
1998Production begins on the G32C (standard frame, compact-size, .357 SIG, compensated).92
1998Production begins on the G33 (standard frame, subcompact-size, .357 SIG).93
1998Production begins on the G34 (standard frame, full-size, 9x19mm Parabellum, competition-slide).94
1998Production begins on the G35 (standard frame, full-size, .40 S&W, competition-slide).95
1999Production begins on the G36 (large frame, subcompact-size, .45 Automatic, slimline).
1999Production begins on the 17T AC.96
1999GLOCK Pistols pass 2,000,000 units sold.97
2000GLOCK finishes construction on a new headquarters building in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.98
2001In response to new laws in some US states, production begins on GLOCK models that have integrated key locks.99
2002.45 Glock Action Pistol (G.A.P.) cartridge developed by a joint effort between GLOCK and Speer.
Dec 2003An empty GLOCK G18C (standard frame, full-size, 9×19mm Parabellum, compensated, select-fire) was found in Saddam Hussein’s spider hole when he was captured by US Army soldiers.
2004Production begins on the G37 (standard frame, full-size, .45 Glock Action Pistol).100
2004Production begins on the G38 (standard frame, compact-size, .45 Glock Action Pistol).101
2004Production begins on the G39 (standard frame, subcompact-size, .45 Glock Action Pistol).102
4 Mar 2004Four soldiers from the US Army’s fabled Combat Applications Group presented the GLOCK G18C (standard frame, full-size, 9×19mm Parabellum, compensated, select-fire) that was found in Saddam Hussein’s spider hole, when he was captured, to President George W. Bush in the Oval Office.
2007Production begins on the first short frame GLOCK pistol. The G21SF (large frame (short), full-size, .45 Automatic) was introduced with an ambidextrous magazine catch (since discontinued) and a picatinny accessory rail (since discontinued).
2007Production begins on the G20SF (large frame (short), full-size, 10mm Automatic).103
2007Production begins on the G29SF (large frame (short), subcompact-size, 10mm Automatic).104
2007GLOCK Pistols pass 5,000,000 units sold.105
2008Production begins on the G30SF (large frame (short), subcompact-size, .45 Automatic).
2009Production begins on Gen4 GLOCKs.106 107
23 Aug 2011Patrick Heraghty, Classic American Gunsmith's gunsmith, became a GLOCK Certified Armorer.
2013Beavertail backstraps (medium / large) start to ship with some Gen4 GLOCKs.
2013The G30S (specialty, .45 Automatic) is introduced.
2014All C Model (compensated) GLOCKs are discontinued.
2014The 20 Gen3 (large frame, full-size, 10mm Automatic) is discontinued.
2014The 21 Gen3 (large frame, full-size, .45 Automatic) is discontinued.
2014The 29 Gen3 (large frame, subcompact-size, 10mm Automatic) is discontinued.
2014The G30 Gen3 (large frame, subcompact-size, .45 Automatic) is discontinued.
2014The G41 Gen4 (large frame, full-size, .45 Automatic, competition-slide) is introduced.
2014The G42 Gen4 (standard frame, subcompact-size, .380 Automatic, slimline) is introduced. Many of the internal parts of the G42 have been redesigned.
17 Jul 2015Patrick Heraghty, Classic American Gunsmith's gunsmith, recertified as a GLOCK Certified Armorer.
2015The Modular Optic System (MOS) is introduced at SHOT Show. It is immediately available on the G34 Gen4, G35 Gen4, and G41 Gen4. It became available on the G40 Gen4 long-slide in August.
11-12 May 2016Patrick Heraghty, Classic American Gunsmith's gunsmith, certified as a GLOCK Advanced Armorer.
2016Anibal Salinas makes a modification to a GLOCK frame that introduces transparent panels into the sides of the grip that when used with a transparent magazine allows the shooter to view the remaining rounds at a glance.108
2017Production begins on Gen5 GLOCKs.109
1 Jul 2017The Inaugural GLOCK ⇒ GSSF ⇒ Camp Perry National Challenge ⇒ hosted by the CMP ⇒ and the GSSF at Camp Perry.110
22 Jan 2018The GLOCK 19X Gen5 (standard full-size frame, compact size slide, 9x19 Parabellum) is available.111
14 Jul 2018The 2nd GLOCK ⇒ GSSF ⇒ Camp Perry National Challenge ⇒ hosted by the CMP ⇒ and the GSSF at Camp Perry.112

footnotes/sources:

  1. GLOCK 30th Limited Edition Pistols. ⇒ (n.d.). Retrieved Feb 9, 2016, from Glock, Inc.
  2. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  3. This was said by a GLOCK Professional in my presence. It very well may be true, but I am not sure how this statement could be made with certainty. I include it here to pass it along. I make no assertion as to the veracity of the statement.
  4. GLOCK Certified Armorer’s Course. (2014, Jun 17). Hampden Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA, USA.
  5. McNab, Chris. Glock: the World's Handgun. Amber, 2015.
  6. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  7. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  8. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  9. There is disagreement as to the date that the Austrian Army began their search for a new service pistol. Lone Wolf Distributors' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that the search started in 1973. The Best General Info April 1 2015 Final CD Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation distributed by GLOCK states that the search started in 1976.
  10. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  11. GLOCK. (2015, Apr 1). Best General Info April 1 2015 Final CD. GLOCK. Retrieved May 19, 2016
  12. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  13. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  14. Col. Dechant had oversight responsibility for weapons procurement for the Austrian Army. He was also a champion shooter.
  15. Mr. Hubner is the author of a number of technical books on guns and shooting. He is also considered by many to have started combat shooting as a sport in Europe.
  16. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  17. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  18. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  19. United States Patent and Trademark Office. (n.d.). United States Patent 4,539,889. ⇒ Retrieved May 19, 2016, from United States Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database.
  20. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  21. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  22. Citizen Services / MoD - Communication Department - Unit 3. “The Ministers of Defense of the Second Republic.” ⇒ Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense.
  23. There is disagreement on the as to the quantity of guns in the first order from the Austrian Ministry of Defense. The Timeline on the GLOCK website and Lone Wolf Distributors' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that 30,000 were delivered in the first order. Paul M. Barrett's book, Glock: The Rise of America's Gun, states that 20,000 guns were ordered in the first order.
  24. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  25. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  26. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  27. There is disagreement on the as to the quantity of guns in the first order from the Austrian Ministry of Defense. The Timeline on the GLOCK website and Lone Wolf Distributors' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that 30,000 were delivered in the first order. Paul M. Barrett's book, Glock: The Rise of America's Gun, states that 20,000 guns were ordered in the first order.
  28. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  29. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  30. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  31. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  32. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  33. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  34. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  35. There is disagreement about the year that the Norwegian Army adopted the GLOCK 17 as its standard issue service sidearm. The Timeline on the GLOCK website says that it happened in 1984. Lone Wolf Distributors' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that it happened in 1985.
  36. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  37. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  38. This is not to suggest that a GLOCK is easily carried onto a plane. The statement says that no one noticed, it does not say that the machines didn’t detect it. There is about a pound of steel in each GLOCK pistol. Properly trained personnel with properly working equipment should have no difficulty in detecting guns or gun components.
  39. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  40. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  41. United States Patent and Trademark Office. (n.d.). United States Patent 4,539,889. ⇒ Retrieved May 19, 2016, from United States Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database.
  42. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  43. There is disagreement about the year that GLOCK, Inc. was incorporated. The Timeline of the GLOCK website says that GLOCK, Inc. was incorporated in 1985. Lone Wolf Distributers' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that GLOCK, Inc. was formed in 1985 and incorporated in 1986.
  44. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  45. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  46. Anderson, Jack, and Dale Van Atta. “Qaddafi Buying Austrian Plastic Pistols.” ⇒ Washington Post, 15 Jan. 1986.
  47. Barrett, P. M. (2012). Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. New York: Broadway Paperbacks.
  48. GLOCK Certified Armorer's Course. (2011, Aug 23). Pennsylvania Gunsmith School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  49. GLOCK 30th Limited Edition Pistols. ⇒ (n.d.). Retrieved Feb 9, 2016, from Glock, Inc.
  50. Lone Wolf Distributors. (2015). The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An in-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun (4th Edition ed.). Priest River, ID: Lone Wolf Distributors.
  51. There is disagreement as to the dates associated with the development and release of the GLOCK 18 pistol. The Timeline on the GLOCK website and the Timeline on the GLOCK 30th Limited Edition Pistols website both say that the GLOCK 18 was developed in 1987. Lone Wolf Distributers' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states that the GLOCK 18 was released in 1986.
  52. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  53. GLOCK 30th Limited Edition Pistols. ⇒ (n.d.). Retrieved Feb 9, 2016, from Glock, Inc.
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  55. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  56. Elmore Lenord's novel Freaky Deaky is the first known, to me, reference to a GLOCK pistol in fiction. If you can source an earlier work, please let me know.
  57. Timeline. ⇒ (n.d.). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  58. GLOCK. (2015, Apr 1). Best General Info April 1 2015 Final CD. GLOCK. Retrieved May 19, 2016
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  65. There is disagreement as to when the Gen2 GLOCKs were introduced/released. The timeline on the GLOCK 30th Limited Edition Pistols website states that the Gen2 GLOCKs were introduced in 1988. Lone Wolf Distributors' The Complete Glock Reference Guide: An In-Depth Look at the Glock Handgun states the Gen2 GLOCKs were released in 1989.
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  72. Advanced Armorer Workbook. (2014). Smyrna, GA: GLOCK, Inc.
  73. Die Hard 2 is the first known, to me, appearance of a GLOCK pistol in a motion picture. If you can source an earlier work, please let me know. Bruce Willis' line about the porcelain GLOCK 7 that doesn't show up on airport x-ray machines and cost more than a month's salary, is simply laughable. The gun used in the film is a GLOCK 17. There is no gun designated as a GLOCK G7 or GLOCK 7. No GLOCK pistol has any porcelain in it. The GLOCK pistol used in the film would still show up on the airport x-ray machines as having the shape of a gun (or gun parts if disassembled). If they meant to say metal detector (since the imaginary porcelain seems to replace the larger metal parts) the GLOCK 17 has 21 ounces of steel in it. Much more than enough to set off airport metal detectors.
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