Glock's website, Glock 20 rated at 550 ftlbs WTF?

[Patriot]

After getting my first Glock a few weeks ago (G29 and my wife a G43) I figured I might as well get a 20 to go with it. I went over to the Glock website to check it out. I started reading the description and something stood out as particularly funny.

It reads: "With muzzle energy of 550 ft/lbs, and a magazine capacity of 15 rounds, this 10mm is your reliable companion on every hunt."

What? Who did they get to write this description? Are they completely gun-illiterate? Guns themselves don't determine the muzzle energy. They wrote it like no matter what round you put in it will always have 550 ft/lbs. Like it will magically turn 450 ft/lbs plinking ammo to 550 ft/lbs. 

They should really fix this.

https://us.glock.com/products/model/g20

[The_Shadow]

Even the original 10mm ammo 200 grain @ 1200 fps developed 639 ft lbs and the 175 grain @ 1350 fps was 708 ft lbs.

Many manuals list the 180 grain @ 1300 fps is 675  ft lbs...  180 @ 1180 fps = 556 ft lbs

Glock must only test function at that 550 spec?

Underwood's 200 gr @ 1250 fps = 693 ft lbs
Underwood's 135 gr @ 1600 fps = 767 ft lbs

[sqlbullet]

Without disagreeing with the above, 550 is still killer.

Nothing else on the Glock list of guns can touch it.  357 sig breaks into the 500's, but barely.

[Pablo]

It's marketing speak. I guess it doesn't bug me too much. Just an example. Many other examples in marketing speak that must drive you nuts! For some reason the Castrol motor oil ads come to mind.

[DAVIDF]

Yes, just marketing speak. Plus, I don't think they test with anything other than the big ammo companies. So finding something warmer than a Hornady XTP load is difficult. That is the warmest load I have heard of them using to test any of the 20's with. Still an excellent load.

[10mmGarand]

Yup just buzzwords to get attention. They called the Glock 30 "THE FULL POWER FIST IN THE BAG" a few years ago.