What's a few? Glock says 5.5lbs
Many of Springfields 1911s are advertised at 6+lbs
Exactly. It depends on your definition of a "few." The factory connector on most non-practical/tactical models is 5.5 pounds, but the connector isn't the only thing that determines pull weight. If you hang around on Glocktalk and other such Glock dedicated boards, you learn the assumed Glock factory trigger usually comes in around 6.5 pounds and gritty, and then wears down to about 6 pounds as squishy, but with a short, pronounced reset.
Some 1911s come from factory with triggers not far from this, most that I have seen end up closer to the 3.5 to 4 pound range, with almost no take up.
Technically speaking, the Glock trigger is almost twice the pull weight most 1911s end up being. The Glock trigger gets boo-hissed by the same crowd for being both heavy and squishy, and light and short. And then they wonder why we call their argument supposition and conjecture.
And again I call into question those accounts of having thumb breaks fire a Glock. With the holster on the hip, it is almost impossible to get clothing or thumb break into the trigger guard. Try it sometime. If the pistol goes into the holster muzzle first
it is physically impossible for the thumb break to enter the trigger guard because at that point, they are out of line. I can't even bend the thumb break of my Bianchi Shadow or my cheaper Uncle Mikes Sidekick into my Glock's trigger guard once the muzzle enters the holster. Additionally, the pistol has to be held at an odd angle and almost flat, parallel to the deck, for the thumb break to fit into the trigger guard. So to even get the thumb break or clothing into the trigger guard is an epic fail. A lot has gone wrong to get here. But even then, once you have the thumb break in the trigger guard, it lacks the stiffness to apply sufficient force to the trigger. Again, we are not talking about a short, crisp 3 pound single action trigger here, but rather a squishy 6 pound trigger pull. In order to get the thumb break on either of my holsters to pull the trigger, I have to physically hold the thumb break a fraction of an inch from where it meets the trigger and push the pistol in exactly the right (wrong?) way. Short answer, so many things have gone wrong if you manage to shoot yourself with your Glock using your clothing or holster, you deserve it, and I hope its painful. I watch National Geographic. I know stupidity is supposed to be painful.