I first heard of a Glock plastic pistol form a Luger collector in Florida in 1975. I asked him what the best pistol ever made was and his reply was a German plastic pistol called a Glock. He said they were not available yet but would be coming to the United States soon. I just bought a glock and have been re-reading the history on sites in the U.S. and Germany and have not found anyone else who dates the first pistol back this far. If I am right this early history of Gaston Glock's work might be of interest years from now as when all the people that were part of making the prototypes are passed away there will be no way to correct the history. There is an excellent video about Glock on AOL Germany but my german isn't good enough to do numbers. They interview an oldAustrian man who tells about going into the basement at all hours and finding Gaston working on the first pistol.

Awsome info.....always wondered>

Wow, not sure how I missed this thread.

Wonder where Boomer is nowadays?

Probably the best article I have seen written on this subject, Thanks