EPISODE 8: The Glock Pistol
With apologies to Mrs. Robinson, it turns out the future really is plastics...at least when it comes to handgun design. In the early 1980s, Gaston Glock, who knew nothing about firearms but was an expert in advanced synthetic polymers, assembled a huge group of experts to help him create the ideal military handgun. The result of that meeting was ultimately the Glock 17, which virtually overnight became the single best-selling pistol in history...
Premieres Oct. 5. Reruns Nov. 16.