Gaston Glock
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Gaston Glock (1929- ) is an Austrian engineer, and founder of firearms company GLOCK. The Glock "safe-action" pistol is well-regarded and has often been copied by other companies. The process of producing the Glock pistol includes the application of Tenifer, a patented metal treatment that hardens the slides.
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In July of 1999 in an apparent attempt to cover his embezzelment of millions from the Glock company, Glock's associate Charles Ewert allegedly highered 67 year old French-born ex-mercenary Jacques Pecheur to murder Glock in a garage in Luxembourg. Glock was able to fend off the attack and survived with several head wounds. Jacques Pecheur was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the attack. As a result of his testimony, Charles Ewert was sentenced to 20 years [1].
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