GLOCK, Inc. was established in 1985 in Smyrna, Georgia as the first subsidiary of GLOCK Ges.m.b.H., originally founded by Gaston Glock in 1963 in Austria. U.S. production began in 2013, with American-made pistols stamped “U.S.A.” and a Georgia outline. GLOCK pistols feature the SAFE ACTION® System.