Walt said (not unexpectedly)
<snip> Because Glocks are part plastic (actually, a high-tech polymer),
firearms enthusiasts who prefer the traditional all-steel weapons
sometimes derisively refer to Glocks as Tupperware.
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I know a guy who is a law enforcement type for the US Fish & Wildlife
Service and these folks carry Glocks or did so at the time (early 90's).
While running his perimeter check around the Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge (So. Florida) he was struck by lightning which, though
leaving him alive, caused him considerable injury and stress. One of
the oddities is that it caused the Glock he was carrying to be
discharged while in the holster. Fortunately, apart from a bruise on
the hip from the recoil, he was not further injured by being hit in the
leg by the round.
Anyhow, as he related the story to me, this all caused considerable
consternation with Glock and many other law enforcement agencies also
using Glocks since it was not thought possible that an electrical charge
could cause the largely plastic gun to discharge.
Actually, the bolt struck his truck while he was walking between it and
a steel gate to unlock the gate. The charge tunneled in wet sand
between the truck and gate and caused a steam explosion that created a
trench about a foot deep and four feet wide between the truck and the
gate. He was caught in the wall of sand that was thrown upwards and
that threw him bodily over the top of the truck. The Glock went off
somewhere along the way.
Now back to your regularly scheduled other off topic topics.
Chuck Norcutt
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