Swock

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Swock is a contraction of S&W (the abbreviation for American arms manufacturer Smith & Wesson) and Glock (the Austrian arms manufacturer), and refers specifically to a pistol manufactured by S&W starting in the 1990s called the 'Sigma'. The Sigma, a polymer-framed pistol introduced after the Glock line of polymer-framed pistols, had so many similarities to the Glock when it was first brought to market that a number of their parts would reportedly interchange. Glock brought suit against S&W for patent infringement, which was ultimately settled for an undisclosed amount[1]. Rather than being regarded by shooters as a totally new or innovative pistol design, the Sigma was instead widely viewed as a S&W copy of the already successful Austrian Glock design. This then lead to the generation of the slang term "Swock" rather than referring to the pistol by its actual product name.