Airsoft pistol Glock 17 Gen.5 French Edition, metal slide, Gas blowback - Coyote

In 1980, the Austrian Army announced that it was looking for a replacement for the obsolete Walther P38 pistols. Glock assembled a team of experts and produced a working prototype within three months. The new gun was named the Glock 17 because it was the company's seventeenth set of technical drawings. After rigorous testing by the Austrian army, the Glock 17 was the winner of the competition. In 1982, the Glock was adopted by the Austrian army as the P80 (Pistol 80). GLOCK pistols are widely used in the civilian sector for self-defense, as well as by security forces around the world, especially in America, where they are one of the most widely used weapons. It has also received NATO certification and has become the standard service weapon of that organization.

Authentic replica of perhaps the most famous Austrian gunmaker Glock.

Umarex has been licensed by Glock to produce precision airsoft replicas that offer a realistic marking and appearance. As with the real steel gun, the ergonomic lower frame is polymer and the slide and barrel are metal. This version of the airsoft pistol does not lack the BlowBack system, which ensures realistic movement of the gun's slide during firing.

The French Army Edition is a GLOCK 17 Gen5 perfectly tailored to meet the exacting requirements of the French armed forces. Besides the coyote frame, it has a detachable lanyard eyelet and comes in Airsoft design, in the original GLOCK case and with four original GLOCK backstraps plus replacement tool.

Typical Gen5 features, like the funneled magazine well, the front serrations and the ambidextrous slide stop lever, offer enormous advantages over earlier GLOCK 17 generations in the field too. Left-handers also benefit from a reversible magazine catch that allows completely ambidextrous operation of the GLOCK.

For an authentic feel when shooting, the blowback produces a very noticeable recoil when the heavy metal slide of the gas-operated GLOCK jumps back with every shot fired. The 22-round magazine comes in the same coyote colour as the frame.

Its particular closeness to the original pistol is underscored by its compatibility with current GLOCK, Safariland and Blackhawk holsters.

The trigger mechanism has a Single Action design.

The safety against accidental firing is, as in the case of the real steel pistol, solved by a trigger safety. The trigger must be pressed on the centre to deactivate the safety. The gun also has a switchable safety located under the barrel.

Under the barrel is a single-slot RIS rail for mounting accessories such as a flashlight or laser. The gun has a functional slide catch, a high quality metal hop-up chamber with VSR bucking, adjustable hop-up and polycarbonate nozzle.

The metal magazine has a capacity of 22 BBs and is filled with Green Gas. The hop-up adjustment is done with an Allen screw on the front of the gun, so there is no need to remove the slide for adjustment. The filling valve is accessible by removing the cap of the magazine.