Glocks don't have safeties right?

[ashby koss]

Only an engineer would think to himself, "Let's put a safety on a gun that is not designed to have one and violate one of the four rules when you want to engage/disengage it."

No, Gaston Glock was an engineer and many many other engineers I know think that the drop dead function of the Glock design is perfection. We tend to favour what works, and not what looks or feels "pretty". This was pushed by some enterprising person who wanted to start a business but, somewhere, somehow, he just didn't like Glocks as they are.

 

[TheEngineer]

^^This

Im also an engineer and I own and prefer Glocks due to the simplicity of the design and function.

 

[flatlander]

Finally an idea who's time has come! You have to put your finger in the trigger guard to engage the safety. Nothing could go wrong there, especially if the gun is loaded!

Agreed. A solution to a non-existent problem. If you are concerned, get an XD. Putting your finger in the trigger guard, let alone ON the trigger, is stupid at best.

Bob

 

[gunman41mag]

Seems there's more AD with glocks, than guns with a safety

 

[flatlander]

Seems there's more AD with glocks, than guns with a safety

You can't fix stupid.

Bob

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Seems there's more AD with glocks, than guns with a safety

the sheer number of them out there and their popularity could explain this^^^. if that is actually verifiable.

 

[HICKMAN]

I've seen the "Glock Doc" selling this silly thing at the 1500 for years.

A safety ON the trigger always seemed like a bad idea to me.

If one is that paranoid, just use a safe-t-blok

 

[TomN]

Seems there's more AD with glocks, than guns with a safety

Any gun without a manual safety is more unforgiving of bad trigger discipline than a gun with an engaged manual safety. You have less NDs, but the underlying problem still exists.

 

[atalon]

Seems there's more AD with glocks, than guns with a safety

Are there numbers to back this up or just "seems"?

 

[xcore]

that voice gets me as well even tho i am positive i put the safety on, one reason I enjoy carrying my Taurus .357 no more voice

 

[VERT]

Silly question, but wouldn't it be easier to install a NY trigger if a person is worried about the trigger pull?

 

[Hoosier8]

It depends on how much you train and how you train. Most training will never make you ready for the hair raising action of a real threat. I found that I would accidental fire off a shot early with SA only firearm. Under pressure I cannot tell the difference between a 4 lb and 6 lb pull. I don't want to have to deal with making a trigger mistake under pressure. Seeing how I do not have the time to immerse myself in a weekly training program that would duplicate real life situations I have found myself to be much more comfortable with a DA/SA semi-auto.

Yes, it is proven that the first shot is usually not as accurate as the second, but under pressure, many people miss the first shot anyway. DA, like a revolver, takes a real intent to make the first shot.

My carry now is either a DA/SA Sig or a revolver.

 

[Spike Jones 5 2002]

I dumped my Glock for that reason and the firing pin spring always under tension.
When Kingsbary range was closed. My glock sat in my drawer.
I did not know of other ranges and I was at work 12 hours a day.
when Kingsbary opened. I went out to fire off a couple.
I fired 3 shots and my Glock malfunctioned. The primer was not hit.
The spring lost tension sitting compressed.

The trigger safety could fail if you are wearing gloves. if something you are wearing interferes with replacing your glock in the holster and snags the trigger and safety.

 

[CPT Nervous]

I dumped my Glock for that reason and the firing pin spring always under tension.
When Kingsbary range was closed. My glock sat in my drawer.
I did not know of other ranges and I was at work 12 hours a day.
when Kingsbary opened. I went out to fire off a couple.
I fired 3 shots and my Glock malfunctioned. The primer was not hit.
The spring lost tension sitting compressed.

The trigger safety could fail if you are wearing gloves. if something you are wearing interferes with replacing your glock in the holster and snags the trigger and safety.

Bull****. The striker is held at half cock. Springs don't wear out from being compressed.

Bull****. I call bull****

 

[warthog]

Springs wear out from being compressed and then relaxed, compressed then relaxed, compressed then relaxed, or the reverse of course, going from relaxed to compressed over and again. That is what makes a spring fail. If however you leave a spring either compressed or relaxed all the time, it will be fine until you need it. This is of course if it is a quality spring like most handguns use these days in them and their magazines. If however you have a cheap spring then constant compression will cause it not to fail so much as to fail to relax uniformly when called on to do so. It will eventually spring back but that doesn't help much when someone is shooting at you and your pistol isn't feeding rounds.

At least I think this is what Cpt. Nervous was saying.

 

[saleen4971]

lol @ that gif - every one of my firearms is stored with the safety in its "FIRE" position - glock has no safety, so having one firearm with it "off" and the rest "on" is a bad idea IMO.

plus....cmon....glocks are ugly enough