Nope. When I finally got a holster (Serpa) for my Glock 20, I even tried to make my gun dry-fire on holstering by sticking a LOT of shirt through the trigger guard first and I couldn’t make it happen. Seems it takes a rather deliberate motion to set off a Glock.
Two things. First, the startle reflex will cause fingers (and toes) to involuntarily clench at a strength well in excess of even the most heavy trigger, so the premise of the question– that a standard Glock “safe action” trigger (or even the “NY” Trigger favored by some PDs) is somehow more dangerous than that of a long, heavy DA trigger is nonsense. Second, the only way to combat the startle response is to have your *%#@! finger in a strong register position; the choice of pistol has nothing to do with it. Secondarily, a modicum of awareness helps.
July 29th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Just for good measure I like to press my indexed finger on the frame above the trigger guard that way if you clench you just press the frame harder.
Also its good etiquette as people standing to your left will see nothing but empty space in your trigger guard and erase all doubt.
July 29th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Nope. When I finally got a holster (Serpa) for my Glock 20, I even tried to make my gun dry-fire on holstering by sticking a LOT of shirt through the trigger guard first and I couldn’t make it happen. Seems it takes a rather deliberate motion to set off a Glock.
July 29th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Two things. First, the startle reflex will cause fingers (and toes) to involuntarily clench at a strength well in excess of even the most heavy trigger, so the premise of the question– that a standard Glock “safe action” trigger (or even the “NY” Trigger favored by some PDs) is somehow more dangerous than that of a long, heavy DA trigger is nonsense. Second, the only way to combat the startle response is to have your *%#@! finger in a strong register position; the choice of pistol has nothing to do with it. Secondarily, a modicum of awareness helps.
July 29th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
There are a lot of Glocks out there. If it were a problem, we’d have long ago seen a disproportionate number of NDs with Glocks, which we haven’t.