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Summary

Well-selected “pre-owned” handguns are an excellent value. Firearms are the ultimate “durable goods.” How many people do you know who drive their grandfather’s car or keep the family food supply in their grandmother’s ice box? Probably not too many. But if you start asking, you’ll be amazed how many people you know still cherish their grandparents’ firearms.

It’s no trick at all to find a perfectly functional combat handgun, revolver or auto, on the second-hand shelf at half the price of a new one. That leaves you more money for ammo, training, skill-building…and enjoying the life and the people you bought that gun to protect.

…and release the thumb safety. If hammer stays motionless as shown, that portion of the mechanism is in good working order. If hammer falls at this point, gun is DANGEROUSLY damaged!

CHAPTER THREE Modern Paradigms

The Glock

Gaston Glock had made a fortune producing assorted polymer items at his factory in Austria. His reputation was such that more than one firearms company soon approached him to make a polymer pistol frame. Being (a) a manufacturer, (b) a businessman, (c) a designer, and (d) smarter than hell, it occurred to him that he could design his own gun to manufacture. He set his design team to work, giving them a clean sheet of paper.