I just finished reading Glock: The Rise of America's Gun. It was a great read. It starts with Gaston Glock deciding that he would go from making plastic equipment for the Austrian army to making plastic pistols. Then the subsequent rise of polymer pistols and how they captured the law enforcement market away from US manufacturers of revolvers. Not only was the pistol a very clever design and a better product but the company was a great marketer and outwitted politicians and rivals at every turn. Especially how they beat S&W to the market with their own .40 pistol after Glock picked up S&W's then new bullet samples at a trade show. The author was very objective, the book does not demonize Glocks or gun owners.
