Posted: 2/17/2016 1:07:02 PM EDT
| I have read and heard complaints that the Glock take down design is dangerous because you have to pull the trigger. I'm not getting the issue. Remove magazine. Clear chamber. Point pistol in safe direction. Pull trigger. I don't get how this is unsafe. What am I missing? |
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Stupidity is correct, so is lack of situational awareness. My buddy who is otherwise GTG around weapons ND'd in his room once but at least it hit right at the doorknob, stopped the round. He assumed the chamber was clear which was obviously not the case. It didn't help that he leaves the striker loaded even when not in Condition 1.
If my Glock is not being carried Condition 1 the trigger is always pulled, striker forward. This has been my SOP for years and I never had a problem. I've ND'd with my 1911 before but do I blame the gun, call it unsafe? No I blame myself for going to the range tired. Glock's design is GTG and safe, only morons blame their gear for their own deficiencies. |
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I just laugh when I hear this used as a good reason NOT to buy a Glock. Has anyone ever field-stripped any pistol and found a round still in the chamber? Me too. I just picked up a Sig p320 and one of their selling points is actually the fact that it is safer because you "don't have to pull the trigger to field strip the gun." 
It comes down to people freaking out about safety, but if you follow the rules and triple check the condition of your firearm there is absolutely nothing wrong with having to set the trigger before breaking down. Also, as to your second point - I wouldn't think it would be possible in newer guns. Even the designs that don't require you to pull the trigger require you to lock the slide to the rear before using the takedown lever, so theoretically it should always eject whatever may be in the chamber right? |