Stupid FMK marketing!

[Suther]

So I have an FMK 9C1. For those who are unfamiliar, its a 9mm compact semi-automatic handgun. Its pretty much a glock 19 clone. And I mean, to the point that some people have wondered if someone just took apart a glock and copied it as best they could.

Yesterday, I emailed the IPSC people about this firearm, because its not on the production list. They responded today, telling me that they had never heard of it, and will look at the possibility of adding the double-action-only version to the list... But the FAT (fast action trigger) model is a no-go. Why? Because FMK calls it a single action.

In a sense, this is true, its the same as a glock. You can't fire it without first racking the slide. This both sets the trigger and chambers a round. By that definition, all striker-fired pistols are single action. But as we all know Glocks and the like are perfectly acceptable in production class. So although they function the EXACT same (they are practically the same damn gun) because FMK calls theirs a single action, its verboten.

This is just stupid. I figured they had a reason as to why it wasn't on the production list, such as the fact they hadn't heard about it... But as soon as they looked it up, they find FMK calling it a single action instead of a striker-fired pistol. Just freakin' wonderful...

 

[kg]

Sounds like an "Administrative Assistant's" answer...

 

[Suther]

Sounds like an "Administrative Assistant's" answer...

I have contacted FMK to confirm that it is a preset-striker fired trigger like a glock. I will continue my crusade to get my damn gun on the freakin' list!

The killer is the trigger isn't even very good on the damn thing...

 

[vagrant]

Legally, Glock say that their pistol are double action because the trigger does 2 action, retract the striker and release it

 

[Suther]

Legally, Glock say that their pistol are double action because the trigger does 2 action, retract the striker and release it

Really its all just an issue of there being no official name for this trigger type, I guess... Its not a double action trigger in the normal sense, because it can't fully #### the hammer/striker, but its not a single action trigger either because it doesn't just release the hammer/striker either. The problem seems to be a lack of a specific, industry-wide accepted name for it.

Because FMKs website refers to it as a single action trigger, and the IPSC guys have not even heard of this gun before, I assume all they did is check their website to see what the manufacturer says about it. Upon seeing those two words, they immediately wrote it off as unacceptable, even though those words are nothing but misleading marketing bull####. Or you know, just to distinguish it as being different from their DAO model.

If they (IPSC people) were to hold the gun in their own hands, or even just watch a youtube review, I feel like they would quickly realize its not a true single action and aught to be acceptable. Its an american made glock clone, that isn't as nice as a real glock (nor would I expect it to be at half the price). Nothing more, nothing less...