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Thread: Glock Safety?
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:21 PM #41Banned
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:25 PM #42
Re: Glock Safety?
Go to Youtube. If you search "accidental discharge" the first two clips are not Glocks. The first one is a Kimber, the second is a Baretta.
Keep going down through them. There will be some Glocks, there will be other brands represented.
My point? Giving one example of someone having an accidental discharge with a Glock means zero, giving two examples means zero, giving three.....You get the idea.
People that are going to shoot themselves will do it with whatever happens to be in their hand at the time.
To the OP, get what you feel comfortable using and as long as you operate it safely, it wont fire until you are ready for it to fire, that includes a Glock.
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:25 PM #43Banned
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Re: Glock Safety?
Yep. Seen similar things myself.
Anyone that wiggles their finger at you like they're a super cool Delta Forces trooper who doesn't need a safety....remind them....they do not have even 1% of a Delta Force's troopers training or experience. Then remind them that there's about a 99.99% they couldn't even make in delta to begin with.
And that even in Delta, operators have been put out of the unit for having ND's when their "biological safety" failed.
The HUMAN BEING OPERATOR is the single most failable piece of equipment on any firearm. Yes, this means everyone who posts and reads here.
What it all boils down to- again- is that some designs are much more forgiving of user error than others.
PS: The 1911 has always had a high ND rate in it's own right. Before the glock came around, these conversations centered on the 1911, and it's use by beginners.Last edited by Valorius; December 22nd, 2011 at 02:29 PM.
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:27 PM #44
Re: Glock Safety?
There is prob never a situation in which you much holster your firearm as fast as possible.. Take your time and make sure your equipment, including the holster are in good working condition.
The gun won't go bang unless you pull the trigger.. This is true for any gun out there.. revolvers have no safety, not even a trigger safety like the Glock.. Don't pull the trigger and it won't go bang.
practice, practice, practice and then practice some more, safe gun handling and keeping your fingers off the trigger until ready to fire.
I've seen people fall at USPSA/IDPA matches.. Sometimes it is scary for the onlookers.. As spectators we've been able to see what caliber someone was shooting, from the muzzle end (swept). again scary.. The gun safety rules almost allow you to make 1 mistake and still not end up hurting anyone..
It is the multiple mistakes that cause incidents..The problem with shooting Chinese bullets is 15 minutes later you wanna shoot again.
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:27 PM #45
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:31 PM #46Banned
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Re: Glock Safety?
Sounds like wishful thinking to me. I can think of several, and most of them just plain involve being in a hurry.
The gun won't go bang unless SOMETHING pulls the trigger.. This is true for any gun out there.. revolvers have no safety, not even a trigger safety like the Glock.. Don't pull the trigger and it won't go bang.
A revolver with no safety is not comparable to the trigger on a Glock. So hey...FAIL!
Now if you want to compare a cocked revolver to a glock, we're much closer to reality.
I've seen people fall at USPSA/IDPA matches.. Sometimes it is scary for the onlookers.. As spectators we've been able to see what caliber someone was shooting, from the muzzle end (swept). again scary.. The gun safety rules almost allow you to make 1 mistake and still not end up hurting anyone..
It is the multiple mistakes that cause incidents.
Some are far more forgiving of mistakes than others.
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:39 PM #49Banned
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Re: Glock Safety?
If you used my thought process, it would go like this:
Buy a weapon with multiple redundant safeties
Buy a weapon that a perp cannot fire instantly if he wrestles it from me, or finds it in my house during a burglary, and i walk in on him.
Buy a weapon that has a good degree of user friendliness in it
Buy a weapon that is NOT hideously ugly.
That is my criteria.
Based on that criteria, the Glock design is a total fail.
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December 22nd, 2011, 02:41 PM #50
Re: Glock Safety?
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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