Describe the materials used, the forming processes, attributes, and the treatments used by Glock.

The brand of firearm I have chosen to discuss this week is Glock. The quality controls Glock manufacturing uses would be hard to beat. Where some companies cut costs by using inferior metals for things like their slides, Glock only uses high quality steel that is inspected by their metallurgical department. An example of a company who cut costs and used an inferior metal is Walther. The P22 model firearm has a recuring issue of having the slide crack so we did some digging. Because of its smaller caliber the company thought they could use cheap pot metal for their slides. What they thought would save them money in fact ended up costing them more because of the number of warranties and repairs they deal with due to this cheap metal. When Glock purchases the raw materials used for their firearms, they will not accept materials that do not meet the standards set forth by their company. In other words, even the raw materials are inspected before they can use it for production.

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