Do Glock pistols have second-strike capability?

[Fishbed77]

In the plastic fantastics I think Sig is the only one.

The Walther P99AS has second-strike capability.

 

[Sam1911]

First time you "tap, rap, bang" following a squib, you'll change your methods.

Naaah. Squibs aren't enough of a concern to get you to stop using good practices in training, practicing, and using your defensive sidearm. If it goes "click" ---> Tap, Rack, (Reassess) Bang!

 

[rbernie]

First time you "tap, rap, bang" following a squib, you'll change your methods.

I've had my share of squibs, and none of them went <click>. Every one of them went <ppphhhhtt>, with some recoil.

It's not hard to tell the difference.

 

[Nom de Forum]

"Second Strike Ability" is really more of a consequence of design than a design feature for users of modern ammunition and modern technique. I don't know if, and doubt that it was, ever a consideration for the designers of the first DA autos. It may have been if they were concerned about poor quality or hard primers, but I doubt that concern was justified. I could be wrong though, as justified or not the designers may have had concerns. Even then using a second strike is a poor procedure for the rarely encountered defective round. I don't recall when I first heard the term "Second Strike Ability" but suspect it was used in the context of marketing and not design technology.

 

[Weevil]

The first time I recall the second strike issue coming up is in the mid '80s when the govt US military was doing the M9 trials to replace the M1911.

One of the requirements for the new pistol was a double strike capability.

I always felt this was more of an excuse to eliminate the 1911 from any further discussion, rather than an actual necessity by soldiers.


Since then it's become a supposed advantage certain pistols have, especially when Glock bashing or deriding the 1911 as an antiquated design.