Solution in search of problem
A partial manual safety for Glocks. It won’t go bang as long as you push the button. Unlike regular Glocks, which don’t go bang unless you push the button.
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November 25th, 2013 at 9:08 pm
One of the advantages of double-action guns with hammers is that you can put your thumb on the hammer for tactile feedback when holstering, just in case your shirt or something decides to push the button for you.
If you never screw up and wouldn’t want a cheap bit of additional safety, disregard the above statement. (If a device like this was made for M&Ps, I’d buy three.)
November 25th, 2013 at 11:21 pm
IDK, maybe I’m not as smart as the average shooter (entirely possible) but I have a tough time with guns that have more than one “squeeze”. I need a simple operating system: Squeeze=BANG!, no squeeze=no bang. I know this is true for me for grip activated lasers I’ve tried. It’s too much to think about under pressure. I’d have the same misgivings about this.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:51 am
Calvin,
You do not understand how this works.
No “squeeze” is required to fire the gun. You can operate the pistol as though this device is not even on there and you would never know it was.
It gives you the option, should you so desire, of putting your thumb on the back of the slide and blocking movement of the striker as you reholster so you don’t Grebner yourself.
I put my thumb there when holstering anyway because A) It verifies that the slide on the pistol is not being pushed out of battery by anything, and 2) It’s a good habit to have if you find yourself for whatever reason carrying a hammer-fired DA pistol as it will prevent a trigger-snag discharge from giving you a racing stripe.
There are guys who carry AIWB and who carry HK/SIG/Beretta even though they’d prefer to carry a Glock simply because being able to control the hammer with the thumb on holstering provides an added layer of safety against blowing a hole in their femoral artery. A device like this or the “Gadget” would offer them the option of being able to tote the Glock while maintaining that added safety layer.
If someone would NEVER have an ND because yadda yadda booger hook something bangswitch, then something like this isn’t for them, since they already have all the safety they need . *wiggles trigger finger like Limey actor pretending to be Delta Force*
November 26th, 2013 at 10:14 am
Correction: The “Gadget” blocks movement of the striker; this appears to press on the disconnector.
November 26th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
By “squeeze” I meant squeeze the trigger. A regular Glock you squeeze the trigger and it goes bang. With this thing you squeeze the trigger and it goes bang or you “squeeze” this button and it won’t. Will I remember which is which when trouble is breathing down my neck? Probably. But then why am I pulling a gun if I don’t really want it to bang? Maybe it’s more for the LEO crowd that like to point even when deadly force isn’t (yet?) warranted.
November 26th, 2013 at 6:35 pm
“With this thing you squeeze the trigger and it goes bang or you “squeeze” this button and it won’t. Will I remember which is which when trouble is breathing down my neck?”
Oh my god! Or you could squeeze yet another button and the mag could fall out! :p
How you are going to get a button on the back of the slide confused with the trigger is unclear to me.
“Maybe it’s more for the LEO crowd that like to point even when deadly force isn’t (yet?) warranted.”
No, it’s for people that put loaded guns in holsters.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:39 pm
If it works the way I think you have a less that perfect grip with the thumb out of place.
So the shooter is not is proper control of the weapon.
Negligence ready to happen.
November 27th, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Jim,
Most clueful individuals will holster with their thumb on the hammer spur or rear of the slide anyway.