Safety features on a Glock 26

[sgt127]

I carry a Glock in a duty holster all day, every day. No issues. Off duty, I carry appendix. I carry a Sig P239 DAK. No safety, no decocker.

I will not carry a Glock appendix. Many do, good for them. The idea of a cocked pistol pointed at my femoral artery makes me squeamish. I won't carry a 1911 or a S&W MP that way either.

 

[danez71]

It's funny how successful a marketing plan can be.
I've been an H&K home boy for many years with 3 P7's and 2 USP's. But I'm about to switch out the USP's for Glocks because the striker-fired design is just way better than DA/SA. For me at least.
That said, there is no way that I believe that that little dingle inside the trigger is as effective a safety as the manual safety on my USP's. And the subtle messaging that Glock portrays as it being safer and that 'your finger is the safety' is just their marketing department at work.
It looks like they've been successful.
Again, I think they make a great gun and so much so that I'm going to switch. But it's not greater in every way.
B

If you want a thumb safety.....

Get a M&P with the thumb safety.

Or, the pricier option would be to get http://cominolli.com/product_info.php?products_id=29 installed on a Glock.

 

[WinThePennant]

If you want a thumb safety, then by all means go with the M&P.

If the M&P was easier to 'self-smith,' then I'd own nothing but M&Ps. Because Glocks are so easy to work on, they are pretty much all I own.

 

[340PD]

Glock makes great guns carried by thousands of people. At our range, in the cleaning room, there are seven holes in the counter, ceiling, and floor where "unloaded"guns have gone off. All of them LEO's Glocks.
Are Glocks safe?, Yes.
Will they go off by themselves? No.
Are they more prone to ND with a careless handler? Possibly.
Do they get handled far more than other guns? Yep.
It is all up to how comfortable and careful you are with the Glock platform.