subtlesixer03
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- Apr 22, 2010
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what the low down is on the manual safety kits? good? bad? how well does it work?
Why would you want to install one of these? My manual safety is keeping my booger picker off the trigger..
Would you install a manual safety on a revolver?
Just my humble opinion....
Well i ordered the 8 pound bar for my g26 and i was wondering what the low down is on the manual safety kits? good? bad? how well does it work?
Rather than jury rigging a Glock I would sell it and buy a S&W M&P which has a factory safety.
The thumb safety kits do work, but as you are aware you have to permanently alter the gun. This could hurt your resale value because the presence of a thumb safety (or a big hole wear one used to be) will likely be a turn off to someone who would be interested in buy the glock (as evidenced by this thread.)
Have you looked at the siderlock?
SIDERLOCK | The Additional Safety for Glock pistols
It isn't your traditional thumb safety, but will allow you to carry the gun safely and can be switched out with the stock trigger in the event you want to sell the gun some time in the future.
P.S. The revolver comparisons are erroneous.
A Glock (and other modern striker fired guns) is essentially just a single action gun
No, but I wouldn't carry a revolver around cocked and ready to fire single action, either. A Glock (and other modern striker fired guns) is essentially just a single action gun with a bad trigger pull
In a Glock, the firing pin is never fully retracted (i.e. "cocked") until just before the gun fires, and can be "decocked" at any time simply by releasing pressure on the trigger. Yes, there is some pre-load on the firing pin when the trigger is forward, but mechanically, it's more like a DA revolver with a good trigger pull. This in contrast to the XD, which is more like a traditional single action, since the firing pin is fully retracted when the slide cycles.
This in contrast to the XD, which is more like a traditional single action, since the firing pin is fully retracted when the slide cycles.
What I'm trying to say is that to the user the trigger is more like a single action.
am in fact preparing to settle down on our gun trading