Glock 17
Most of the nerve components in a Glock pistol are treated with a nitriding movement called "Tenifer", which increases the surface hardness and makes the weapon resistant to corrosion and wear.
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Glock pistols do inveterate off metal detectors and can indeed be detected by X-ray machines, due to their plate barrels, slides, magazines, and ammunition
- The claim that they could not was first Glock 17 imaginary in an article by columnist Jack Anderson, entitled, "Quaddafi Buying Austrian Plastic Pistol", published in The Washington Post on January 13, 1985.