Yours for $350 only!!!! whaooooo! Fck the G18!
Posted on 01/27/2004 3:19:00 PM PST by FreedomCalls
THE first fully automatic handgun to surface in the UK - capable of firing 1,100 rounds a minute - has been seized in a police raid.
It is a Glock 18, banned from sale in the US and described as a "monster of a weapon" that fires bullets with the intensity of a high- pressure water hose.
The ultra-light, Austrian-made gun was discovered in a swoop on the home of a suspected Yardie gangster. Scotland Yard has issued a nationwide alert as they try to find the owner and establish how the weapon got into Britain.
A Met firearms expert said: "It's extremely worrying that such a weapon is here. I can't stress enough just how dangerous this gun is.
"If it was fired on the streets of London by someone unused to its immense firing capability, there could be a massacre.
"Why even a criminal would want to own such a gun is beyond me. It would probably bethe ultimate in gun status-symbols." The Yard has warned front-line officers about the discovery, which followed a a raid on a residential address in Norwood, South East London.
A force internal report said: "This is the first weapon of its kind to be seized in the UK. It is not issued to any agencies in the UK and is believed to have been imported from the US."
The report said the Glock can fire "armour-piercing ammunition". It has a compensation device to keep it straight during firing.
SAS officers use the gun in combat with a 19-round magazine. Israeli security forces and Germany's GSG-9 anti-terror unit also carry it.
British armed police use the semi-automatic Glock 17, also a favourite with criminals.
America banned its import in 1986. US arms expert Walt Rauch said: "Shooting the G18 full-auto is just like turning on a high-pressure hose,"
Det Insp Martin Ward said: "This is something of a monster of a weapon. We are appealing for anyone to come forward in the strictest confidence with information."
It's a nice country. Very pleasant. I keep meaning to leave for somewhere else, but never get around to it somehow.
Cool! Imagine your times in an "El Presidente" if you could do 58 mag changes in a minute!
Mark
I don't want to even think about it!
When I used to compete in USPSA, for a while I used my Taurus PT-92 9mm pistol. When I had that in my Ernie Hill Speed Leather holster (a damn heavy rig to begin with), fully loaded, along with 4 x 17 round magazines on the belt (85 rounds total!), it was all I could do to keep my pants from falling down around my ankles!
FWIW, I was trying to see what the shipping weight of 1000 rounds of 9mm would weigh... My Internet connection is too flakey. But I'm sure that it's more than 50 pounds... Heck, with 124 gr bullets, just the bullets themselves would weigh about 31 pounds. And that's without the cases, primers and powder.
Mark
They seem more concerned about the bad gun than the criminal.... Autoglocks are overrated. What is wrong with these people? A semi auto with a regular well placed shot is much more effective than taratttatatatata all over the place.
Oh, and it is easy to get an auto kit once you have the Glock18
Yours for $350 only!!!! whaooooo! Fck the G18!
Yours for $350 only!!!! whaooooo! Fck the G18!
You mean, very low. The Glock 18 is banned in America from import, manufacture, possession or anything else
Rats.
...for 2 seconds. After that, it's a club."
Actually, it would empty its' magazine in less than 1.04 seconds;
this has got to be the ultimate accessory for the "spray 'n' pray" crowd!
Mine fires Depleted Uranium rounds.
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