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Re:Czech gunmaker CZG buys Colt in cash and stock deal by kec on Friday February 12, 2021 @02:08PM (#26117293)
The Glock 17 was introduced 39 years ago, not quite 50 years but still.

It's also worth pointing out that while the manufacturing techniques used by Glock were new the actual design is essentially identical to the browning hi-power.

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Re:Czech gunmaker CZG buys Colt in cash and stock deal by philwelch on Friday February 12, 2021 @02:54PM (#26117838)
Materials are an incredibly significant element of design. Some of the most significant innovations of the AR-15 were in terms of materials. The Hi-Power also uses a single-action hammer rather than a striker, so I'm not sure how the striker-fired Glock is "essentially identical" to it.
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Re:Czech gunmaker CZG buys Colt in cash and stock deal by handedness on Friday February 12, 2021 @05:17PM (#26119176)
For the unfamiliar, the Heckler & Koch VP70 was the first polymer frame, striker-fired pistol, and predated the Glock by 12 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_VP70

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Re:Czech gunmaker CZG buys Colt in cash and stock deal by chordalkeyboard on Friday February 12, 2021 @02:55PM (#26117850)
> essentially identical to the browning hi-power.

BHP is hammer-fired, Glock safe-action is striker-fired.

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