On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 10:51 AM, Tim May wrote:
> On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 08:19 AM, Trei, Peter wrote:
>> http://www.as-e.com/technology/imagebank/Images/ase_10b_b.jpg
>> Some of you concealed-carry afficianados might like to look at this
>> image. It's a backscatter X-ray photo, showing a concealed (plastic)
>> Glock 17 clearly turning up on a detection system There is an
>> interesting image gallery at www.as-e.com
> The Glock 17 is mostly metal, like nearly all other handguns. Only part
> of the frame is polymer, a design move also seen with some H&Ks (before
> Glock, actually), some SIGs, and so on.
IIRC, the VP-70. Interesting design. Awful, Awful trigger.
> The slide, barrel, and various other parts show up on x-ray systems very
> easily.
In this photo, you can clearly see the whole outline, although the
polymer parts are much fainter.
Anybody know what that bit in his left calf is?
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