Certainly reinvented the standards for Pistols. Everyone was copying Glock lock stock and barrel for a while. Plastic and Polymer everything.

I will make some extra range time in his honor.

I believe that he lives on the same turf as Samuel Colt. A fair enough gun designer, with a total gift for marketing. He virtually gave them away to government agencies.

Never liked glocks, probably one of my least favorite pistols, let alone I'm not a striker fire guy, but I've appreciated them as good guns since there is a good reason their prevalence in competitions is so high.

Mechanical engineering genius specializing in firearms. He helped save many by bringing in a lighter, safer gun as well as add more firepower for users. RIP Gaston and thank you for your service to the Reich.