How Safe is a Glock Trigger?

Please explain how dissembling a Glock will show if a pre cocked striker has enough energy to set off a primer.

Also ... its all hypothetically remember?.... Please re read what this is all about. Its not about if a semi cocked gun can fire, its about if a semi cocked striker has enough energy to set off a primer for interests sake.

I am really baffled why it causes such drama to ask this simple question (we all know is not happening in real life).

And you, know its fair enough if you have no interest in wondering about hypothetically what could happen, that is totally fine. At the same time leave others the freedom to wonder if a semi cocked striker has enough energy to set off a primer.

Maybe I am just simple minded but it does interest me a lot ...
 
Teac said:
So we can not discuss "Impossibilities" here? Interesting ...
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So hypothetically, do you think you could fly as fast as a fighter jet if you could fly by flapping your arms???

Discussing impossibilities is illogical, as they could never happen. Just an FYI I answered your question. No, there is not enough potential energy stored in the striker spring when the striker is at rest to detonate a round.
 
Theres a reason the Glock is THE most widely used LE firearm.

Aside form its many other virtues and prolly most importantly..... the least amount of training/recert and exposure to produce somewhat competent shooters out of non shooters...it is a very safe pistol too carry hot.

I think the OP's query was a comfort level in using holsters that permitted his pistol to muzzle things he isn't willing to destroy......nothing to do with the type of gun
 
Thank you for the responses.

I have learned that:

The striker spring is cocked by pulling the trigger.

The un-cocked spring lacks the energy to fire a round.

The design of the gun is such that the striker cannot hit a primer unless the trigger is pulled.
 
Adamlxlx said:
Teac, you obviously have no idea how a glock works. What you are saying is not hypothetical, its flat out not possible.
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I think I should clarify it for you since you might not have understood the initial question:

The question is if a semi cocked glock striker has enough energy to fire a round. This is a hypothetically question out of curiosity.

However, we have since learned that it is not allowed to ask hypothetical questions on this board. I will be contacting the admins shortly to ask for a voluntary ban for having asked a hypothetical question and I apologize for having troubled you with a hypothetical question.
 
Glockamoli said:
So hypothetically, do you think you could fly as fast as a fighter jet if you could fly by flapping your arms???

Discussing impossibilities is illogical, as they could never happen. Just an FYI I answered your question. No, there is not enough potential energy stored in the striker spring when the striker is at rest to detonate a round.
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Please be aware that it is frowned upon to ask hypothetical questions here!

However I will help you out and relate to yours.

The first issue with your question is is that humans can not fly by flapping their arms, so the true over ground air speed you could generate is 0 km/h.

On the other hand a common fighter jet (also used by the Canadian Air Force), the F-18 can fly up to 1900 km/h

We can conclude: 1900 km/h > 0 km/h.

So the answer to your hypothetical question is: No, you could not fly as fast as a fighter jet by flapping your arms.

I hope I have helped you understand this a bit better.



Lastly, guys .. please please be vigilant here!!! Hypothetical questions are not taken lightly on this board!!!
 
Teac said:
Please be aware that it is frowned upon to ask hypothetical questions here!

However I will help you out and relate to yours.

The first issue with your question is is that humans can not fly by flapping their arms, so the true over ground air speed you could generate is 0 km/h.

On the other hand a common fighter jet (also used by the Canadian Air Force), the F-18 can fly up to 1900 km/h

We can conclude: 1900 km/h > 0 km/h.

So the answer to your hypothetical question is: No, you could not fly as fast as a fighter jet by flapping your arms.

I hope I have helped you understand this a bit better.



Lastly, guys .. please please be vigilant here!!! Hypothetical questions are not taken lightly on this board!!!
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You are correct, and the striker on a Glock cannot slip or release unless the trigger is depressed all the way to the rear. And the striker cannot access the primer until the trigger is depressed all the way to the rear. The hypothetical Glock question is just as asinine as my flapping question.
 
Another question:

The first shot has a long trigger travel. If I just release the trigger a bit, after the shot, it re-sets, and feels crisper. IS the striker spring fully cocked at that point, or does the final pull of the trigger #### it more?
 
Glockamoli said:
You are correct, and the striker on a Glock cannot slip or release unless the trigger is depressed all the way to the rear. And the striker cannot access the primer until the trigger is depressed all the way to the rear. The hypothetical Glock question is just as asinine as my flapping question.
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well I think we have all realized by now that it is not allowed here to ask hypothetical questions here.

I dont get offended or upset by your hypothetical questions though ...
 
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