What is Gaston Glock?
'''Gaston Glock''' (1929-2023) was an Austrian engineer who founded the [[Glock]] [[firearm|firearms]] manufacturing company. In 1963 he founded the company in [[Deutsch-Wagram]], [[Austria]]. Glock began as a manufacturer of curtain rods and knives for the Austrian military. In the early 1980s, he patented the first pistol to bear his last name, the Glock 17, to continue producing more models of these polymer-framed pistols. [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian engineers]] [[Category:Austrian inventors]]