GLOCK MANUAL SAFETY
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stevie_d_64
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Why would I???
The integral safeties available now seem to work just fine...
I've never had a problem with it...
And the safety I have between my ears is the best one out of the four you actually do have...
And actually keeping the booger hooker out of the trigger thing helps a whole heap as well...
The integral safeties available now seem to work just fine...
I've never had a problem with it...
And the safety I have between my ears is the best one out of the four you actually do have...
And actually keeping the booger hooker out of the trigger thing helps a whole heap as well...
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I bought the Glock 23 with the Internal Locking System, and I have to admit that I haven't used it. It was my first gun, so I thought the ILS would equate to a "higher level of safety". It doesn't. If I had a child in the house alone with my weapon and accessible ammunition, I would use the ILS, lock the gun with the key, thus completely disabling the weapon from operation.
But then again, why was the weapon accessible in the first place? I should have locked it up in a gun safe to avoid any potential incident. Bottom line: the gun owner ultimately determines the level of safety, and there is no gun manufacturer that can supersede that with any internal or external safety they have to offer.
But then again, why was the weapon accessible in the first place? I should have locked it up in a gun safe to avoid any potential incident. Bottom line: the gun owner ultimately determines the level of safety, and there is no gun manufacturer that can supersede that with any internal or external safety they have to offer.
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Re: GLOCK MANUAL SAFETY
A Glock doesn't need a manual safety. By design, the Glock's ignition system doesn't have enough stored energy to ignite a round until the trigger is pulled back. A manual safety wouldn't make the pistol any safer. A chambered round is no more dangerous than one in the magazine until the trigger is pulled.westernamerican wrote:Give One Good Reason Why Not If Your Answer NO WAY!
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The Glock is already a safe pistol. It is a common weapon and commonly lands in the hands of un-safe people (the real issue).
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I voted no. I like hammers and DA/SA and I have little use for DA only. A levered Safety is is required by me only for a carry gun.
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Moi osi!HEMIzygote wrote:Same here.KBCraig wrote:I answered "no", and my "good reason why" is that I don't like Glocks.
I have tried numerous Glocks, both on the regular range and in IDPA, and they just don't fit my hands very well, I'll stick with my XD for a plastic gun. (Well, I'll borrow my wife's until I buy one to replace the one she took.)
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What Stevie said.stevie_d_64 wrote:Why would I???
The integral safeties available now seem to work just fine...
I've never had a problem with it...
And the safety I have between my ears is the best one out of the four you actually do have...
And actually keeping the booger hooker out of the trigger thing helps a whole heap as well...
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Re: GLOCK MANUAL SAFETY
My answer is "No." Why not? Ever heard the saying "Keep it simple, stupid?"
Glocks are simple...I like simple. There's nothing in the Glock design to prevent the gun from working as designed yet, it sterilizes itself in such a manner that so long as nothing touches the "bang-switch" it will not go bang. Sounds an awful lot like nearly all revolvers. So tell me, if there's no need to put a safety on a revolver, why do I need one on a Glock?
Glocks are simple...I like simple. There's nothing in the Glock design to prevent the gun from working as designed yet, it sterilizes itself in such a manner that so long as nothing touches the "bang-switch" it will not go bang. Sounds an awful lot like nearly all revolvers. So tell me, if there's no need to put a safety on a revolver, why do I need one on a Glock?
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Probably not, but not for any of the reasons listed above.
I'm a leftie. Given the Glock action, how would you install an ambidextrous safety? It'd be an interesting enough engineering problem to install a safety in the first place; adding a second lever on the other side of the gun would needlessly complicate things, and introduce One More Thing To Go Wrong.
I'd imagine it'd actually be more difficult to add an ambi safety to a Glock than to a wheelgun.
I'm a leftie. Given the Glock action, how would you install an ambidextrous safety? It'd be an interesting enough engineering problem to install a safety in the first place; adding a second lever on the other side of the gun would needlessly complicate things, and introduce One More Thing To Go Wrong.
I'd imagine it'd actually be more difficult to add an ambi safety to a Glock than to a wheelgun.
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Re: GLOCK MANUAL SAFETY
1. Added complexity with no added value - the guns just don't go off unless you pull the trigger, and they do go off when the trigger is pulled.westernamerican wrote:Give One Good Reason Why Not If Your Answer NO WAY!
Why add something else that might go wrong?
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