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Glock's G17 fires a 9mm Parabellum round, uses the Glock Safe Action system. The Glock 17's fire power is a 17 round standard capacity magazine (which gun control advocates mistakenly call a "high capacity magazine")

Glock's G17 fires a 9mm Parabellum round, uses the Glock Safe Action system. The Glock 17's fire power is a 17 round standard capacity magazine (which gun control advocates mistakenly call a "high capacity magazine")

Glock's G17 model of pistol was first developed in the early 1980s to replace the [[Walther P38]] [[service pistol]] in the Austrian [[army]]. Since then, the [[Glock 17]] and its other [[caliber]] variants have become quite popular as [[military]] and [[law enforcement]] firearms, being exported in more than 50 countries.  

Glock's G17 model of pistol was first developed in the early 1980s to replace the [[Walther P38]] [[service pistol]] in the Austrian [[army]]. Since then, the Glock 17 and its other [[caliber]] variants have become quite popular as [[military]] and [[law enforcement]] firearms, being exported in more than 50 countries.  

The Glock 17 has a [[metal]] slide and a polymer receiver. The Glock 17 has a unique safe action mechanism and, unlike most [[handgun]]s, do not have any external safety on/off lever. No external safety lever means that there is no risk of the shooter either forgetting or not realizing that the safety is on during a threat or emergency situation. The Glock handguns are prevented from being fired accidentally by the user by a triple safety system, dubbed the safe action trigger by Glock.  The safe action mechanism includes a drop safety which prevents the handgun from firing if dropped. <ref>http://www.glock.com/english/pistols_adv04.htm</ref>

The Glock 17 has a [[metal]] slide and a polymer receiver. The Glock 17 has a unique safe action mechanism and, unlike most [[handgun]]s, do not have any external safety on/off lever. No external safety lever means that there is no risk of the shooter either forgetting or not realizing that the safety is on during a threat or emergency situation. The Glock handguns are prevented from being fired accidentally by the user by a triple safety system, dubbed the safe action trigger by Glock.  The safe action mechanism includes a drop safety which prevents the handgun from firing if dropped.<ref>http://www.glock.com/english/pistols_adv04.htm</ref>

==Glock 17 Variants==

==Glock 17 Variants==

* [[.45 ACP]] for [[M1911]], [[Glock 21]] and [[Glock 30]]

* [[.45 ACP]] for [[M1911]], [[Glock 21]] and [[Glock 30]]

* [[.45 GAP]] for [[Glock 37]], [[Glock 38]], and [[Glock 39]]

* [[.45 GAP]] for [[Glock 37]], [[Glock 38]], and [[Glock 39]]

* [[10mm Auto]] for [[Glock 20]] and [[Glock 29]]<ref>http://glockpics.com/blog/glock-model-comparison-table Accessed March 29, 2014 </ref>

* [[10mm Auto]] for [[Glock 20]] and [[Glock 29]]<ref>http://glockpics.com/blog/glock-model-comparison-table Accessed March 29, 2014</ref>

==Accessories==

==Accessories==

[[Category : Glock]]

[[Category:Glock]]

[[Category : Made in USA]]

[[Category:Made in USA]]

[[Category : Police Weapons]]

[[Category:Police Weapons]]