Although I have handled and shot many guns, I've not held nor shot some of the Smith autos with the 2 piece trigger. So I have to ask, what is it's purpose? Is it a safety feature kind of like Glocks trigger?
Thanks,
Dummy
Thanks,
Dummy
Actually, the trigger safety on a Glock or S&W has nothing at all to do with drop safety.
The drop safety is a plunger inside the slide that locks the firing pin / striker from moving
unless the trigger is fully pulled to the rear to cock the striker and release it.
if the gun was dropped so it'd hit muzzle up, from a sufficient height where the weight of the trigger powered by the inertia of the fall, it would overcome the trigger spring, etc, and fully depress, firing the gun
I'm thinking this would never happen. Even if you dropped the gun from sufficient height for it to reach terminal velocity, and it struck perfectly muzzle up so that the inertia of the trigger acted in a "pulling the trigger" sense, I just don't see a piece of plastic that weighs a fraction of an ounce overcoming a 6-lbs trigger pull of sufficient length. The momentum just isn't there.
It is only a feel-good safety to try to prevent snagged clothing or holster edge, or an errant finger from pulling it against the striker cocking force while re-holstering or whatever.
. In my honest opinion, it should not legally classify as a safety device and they should be required to provide an external manual safety. I really dislike the complete lack of safety on many striker-fired pistols.
In my honest opinion, it should not legally classify as a safety device and they should be required to provide an external manual safety. I really dislike the complete lack of safety on many striker-fired pistols.
Seems I recall they did testing and found the height required was at least 20 some feet. It's possible, but not probable.
Interesting. Definitely not probable. I don't know how often anyone carries while up on a roof, and you'd be hard-pressed to drop it perfectly straight even if you tried. Even a slight inclination would cause the force to be diverted sideways and not "pull" the trigger, and any non-concrete or metal surface would definitely soften the impact enough to keep it from firing. I'd consider that pretty safe in my book.