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A switch attached to a Glock pistol. A Glock switch (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch) [1] [2] [3] is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, changing the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire.
During World War I, a machine pistol version of the Steyr M1912 called the Repetierpistole M1912/P16 was produced. It used a 16-round fixed magazine loaded via 8 round stripper clips, a detachable shoulder stock and a rather large exposed semi-auto/full-auto selector switch on the right side of the frame above the trigger (down = semi & up = full). [3]
A Glock switch, a tiny device that can turn a handgun into a machine gun, continue to show up in Columbus. ... The number of times ShotSpotter detected fire from an automatic weapon increased from ...
Part: Glock 17/19 Magazine FDM Deterrence Dispensed: 9×19mm Parabellum: Dry fire testing of the v2 design suggested a lifetime of over 1000 rounds. A fully printable swift link that enables full-auto fire by pressing on the disconnector. Compatible with most AR-15 lowers. Classified as a machine gun by the ATF. [94]
When an automatic sear is in place, the weapon’s trigger bar is prevented from catching its firing pin, allowing multiple rounds to be fired without additional pulls of the trigger.
Handguns and rifles illegally modified with devices called “Glock switches” to become machine guns have proliferated, officials say. The devices are tiny, cheap and easy to install.
Glock 47: The Glock 47 is a full-sized handgun created for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who wanted a version of the Glock 17 that has full parts compatibility with a Glock 19, saving for the slide and barrel. This means that the G47 slide and barrel can be put on a G19 frame to give the G19 a longer slide, barrel, and sight radius ...
Special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Tony Pierce demonstrates a Glock switch which is a relatively simple, although illegal, device that allows a ...