Glock Gun

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Daniel Horan, Pistol-Packing by the Millions. A Viennese garage-tinkerer heard that the Austrian army wanted a new firearm. He got down to work--with industrial plastic. Wall Street Journal, Jan 17, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 49913689465528.html
(book review on Paul M Barrett, Glock; The rise of America's gun. Crown, 2012)

Quote: "Most notablt, the frame of the new Glock pistol was built of industrial plastic, making it lighter and more resistant to corrosion than the conventional all-steel guns in use up to that time. The handgun's various parts were housed in separate subgroups, making them easy to remove and replace. There was no safety or decocking lever to confuse the user. (The safety was built right into the trigger.) All told, the Glock 17 was a revolutionary new version of a weapon that had remained largely unchanged for a century.

Note:
(a)
(i) Glock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock
(a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_(firearms)
(ii) Regarding the German surname Glock. Middle High German glock is 'bell' in English.
(iii) The French surname Gaston was Germanic personal name. The latter probably came from gasti: ‘stranger’, ‘guest.
(b) Regarding "decoding lever."
(i) walther-p99-PPQ-striker-fired-decocker-pistol-comparison-side-by-side. Sept 26, 2011
http://photos.gunsamerica.com/v/ ... de-by-side.jpg.html
(comparing two guns: "Trigger safety vs decocker"   
(ii) safety (firearms)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_(firearms)
(section 1.3 Decocker)

I do not know guns (but wish to know more). So I can provide no more information.

(c) Smith & Wesson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson
(In 1852 partners Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson formed a company; public  NASDAQ; Headquarters Springfield, Massachusetts)
(d) Beretta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta
(Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta is an Italian firearms manufacturer; established in 1526 by gunsmith Maestro Bartolomeo Beretta; private; Headquarters Brescia, Italy)