grnzbra
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What kind of accidental discharge is the trigger safety on a Glock supposed to prevent? If it weren't there, what would have to be done to the gun, excluding pulling the trigger, to make it discharge?
No, it only prevents the trigger from moving rearward. The FP safety is de-activated by a tab on the trigger bar.Isn't it merely the firing pin safety activation/deactivation lever? Like the Series 80 trigger activated/deactivate firing pin safety on 1911's.
I don't see the point of the trigger safety. It's effective as a safeguard against dropping the pistol and causing a discharge from impact, but that's it.
A glock could be inadvertently fired upon reholstering if clothing gets pinched in the trigger guard and edge of the holster, and you would not have an absolutely sure way of feeling that about to occur.
Not to mention you only should be holstering when you put your gun on.. and once its in the saftey of a Quality holster how is the trigger going to be touched?I don't see the point of the trigger safety. It's effective as a safeguard against dropping the pistol and causing a discharge from impact, but that's it.
I do not believe it to be the SAFEST design. Consider this-A double action/double action only hammer fired pistol. While reholstering or handling, if you want to be sure it isn't going to go off, put your thumb on the back of the hammer and hold it forward. It isn't going to fire unless that hammer comes back first. These guns also typically have a drop-safety on the inside as well, so any pressure on the hammer isn't being applied to the primer unless the trigger is pressed. A glock could be inadvertently fired upon reholstering if clothing gets pinched in the trigger guard and edge of the holster, and you would not have an absolutely sure way of feeling that about to occur.
Yeah and he made the best damn combat handgun to ever be designed. Gaston Glock is a genius! He has changed the handgun world FOREVER!It was part of the original design as it address the military specification of inclusion of a safety which is manually disengaged before the pistol will fire.
You have to remember that the Glock 17 was originally designed to compete for a military contract. Glock had no prior experience designing handguns, he read the spec, did his research of existing handgun designs, coupled it with his experience in polymer usage and engineered the resulting design
Not quite. The trigger safety has nothing to do with the FPB. It only physically blocks the trigger from moving rearward unless your finger pulls the trigger. The takeup in the pull before you encounter resistance is what disengages the FPB. The trigger still has to be moved through that distance before the gun can fire.So if the trigger safety were removed from a Glock, you would, essentially, have the same situation as a pre Series 80 1911(ie no firing pin block safety).
It is primarily a drop safety, i.e., it prevents the chambered round from firing if the gun is dropped, thrown, etc. on the floor or other hard surface.
I would imagine that the gun itself would be destroyed from such an impact considering the speed it would have to gain for that small polymer trigger to gain 5.5 lbs of force for the full length of travel