Posted: 11/18/2004 5:42:08 PM EDT
| While training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds MD, during the weapons phase we got to spend a couple days in the ultra-cool back room of the Ordnance Museum. We got to handle several cool weapons, but the curator claimed the Glock on display in the case at the museum was the infamous "plastic glock" with the only metallic part being the spring. Has anyone else actually seen this gun, or handled it, or can verify that it doesnt exist? The curator of the museum makes quite a few appearances on the history channel and seemed very credible. |
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That sounds pretty interesting... I'd have to see it to believe it. The springs would pretty much have to be metal, and I'm not sure how you would have a polymer barrel. I guess the barrel and slide could be a ceramic composite of some sort, making them non-metallic. The bullets and shell casings would pose some unique concerns if they had to be non-metallic. I'm officially curious! |
| I failed to find anything on the net about an "all plastic Glock" or even a rumor of one by anyone other than Ted Kennedy, John Edwards or the media. Unless anyone happens to be in the Baltimore/Aberdeen area and wants to visit the museum and ask about it, I am writing the all polymer glock off as BS. BTW, it is a pretty cool museum, the U.S. 960 mm mortar tube is there, along with the German Rail gun from WWII, the towed atomic cannon, and a 16" shore gun. |