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9. "RE: Gun of the Week: Browning Hi-Power"
In response to message #7
 
   >>The Glock 17, for instance, is called the Glock 17 not because it's the 17th
>>gun Gaston Glock designed (it's not, it was his first*), but because its
>>magazine holds 17 rounds.
>
>Actually, no. While the Glock 17 does, indeed, hold 17 rounds in the
>standard version, this is not the reason for the name. The gun became
>'17' because, while it was the first gun, it was the 17th patent
>assigned to the company

I stand corrected.

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