Safety issue? Trigger can be pulled when Glock slide locked back

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Hey everyone,
I'm a bit of a newbie but was wondering if this is a potential safety issue or normal:
My Glock 17 trigger can still be dry fired after racking the slide and releasing, bringing the trigger forward in the ready to fire position, then racking it again and locking the slide back. Is this not dangerous to be able to pull the trigger while the slide is locked back? Someone at a gun shop told be that that shouldn't happen since it would mean that the gun could fire while out of battery. Thanks.
 
How can that be dangerous because even if you can pull the trigger when the slide is locked back the firing pin would not be anywhere near the barrel and if your slide is locked back the magazine would or should be empty or no magazine should be in the gun unless it's empty. That's just my .02 cents.
 
Whoever you spoke to at the gunshop is a moron.

A. Who cares if the trigger can be pulled while the slide is back? Its not like the gun could fire in this position.

B. The Glock trigger system both cocks and releases the striker. Thus the gun cannot fire unless all the parts are in the correct orientation.

C. A Browning Short-Recoil system pistol couldn't fire when truly out of battery because the barrel would be tilted down and the firing pin wouldn't be able to hit the primer. If the barrel is partially locked into place it wouldn't make much difference if the round was ignited because the bbl and slide have to move backwards together anyway.
 
Pull the slide back 1/4" out of battery. Pull the trigger. Notice there is no "click". While the trigger has been pulled the firearm is incapable of firing in this position as it would probably explode if it did.
 
Punisher-One said:
Pull the slide back 1/4" out of battery. Pull the trigger. Notice there is no "click". While the trigger has been pulled the firearm is incapable of firing in this position as it would probably explode if it did.
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Not with a pistol cartridge it wouldn't. The absolute worst thing that would happen is the case would bulge and split at the base web and release gas and brass fragments out the ejection port. Not something you'd want to get in the face but it would likely not damage the pistol at all.

Only a rifle case has enough pressure to really cause any damage in an out of battery explosion.
 
Out of battery on a Glock could damage the frame, but chances of it firing like that are slim to none.
 
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