[charlesappel]

Glock wasn't the first to produce a striker-fired pistol. H&K beat them by 12 years in 1970 with the VP70.

Just to keep the record straight, the Borchardt C-93 dates to 1893. It wasn't plastic, but it was striker fired. I'm not sure it was the first.

Other early striker fired pistols include (but are not limited to) the Browning 1910 and several Walther pocket pistols.