Posted on 01/12/2008 7:02:46 AM PST by Last Dakotan
Playing with what!!!!:-)))
Yes. Reminds me of the sergeants in basic training. “This is my rifle and this is my gun.”
The term "misfire" means that a gun did not fire when the trigger was pulled, usually caused by a bad primer or weak firing pin.
“Glocks come standard with a 5 1/2 pound trigger pull weight, which is typically half as much for guns in double action mode. This is a striker fired system and is tantamount to being half cocked.”
This is a common misconception. The glock striker is not under tension until the trigger is pulled. It is not at all cocked until then.
Didn't say it was under tension.
LoL!
As Foghorn Leghorn used to say, “That was a joke son.”
Gotta wonder what he was thinking two seconds after it went BANG!
(”Oh....s#%t.....!)
;^)
My favorite story about Glocks is the one when the old time officer, so used to hanging his revolver on the bathroom stall door hook, decided it was perfectly ok to do the same with his newly issued Glock. Everything was going to plan until someone in another stall slammed their door.
The Glock emptied out it’s magazine while twirling on the hook. Luckily, no one was killed.
By the way, where’s the video of the “I’m the only one professional to handle this Glock .40”?
My sense of humor, being somewhat warped, can’t help but imagine the man squatting down when the gun discharges, shattering the porcelain toilet, water and debris going everywhere!
Oh no son, we haven’t. There also should have been something in your mind that should have told you handling a gun at the drive in isn’t a good idea.
Apparently the adage, “If you have to explain a joke, it wasn’t a very good joke.” applies here.
“”The glock striker is not under tension until the trigger is pulled.””
“Didn’t say it was under tension.”
By definition a half cocked gun has it’s hammer under tension and is prevented from firing only by the half cock notch. By analogy, for a glock to be half cocked the striker would have to be under tension.
It is possible, but most police accidental discharges with Glock pistols occur when they attempt to re holster the pistol with their finger inside the trigger guard. It is not so hard for me to see how this might have occurred in a bathroom, say with trying to readjust the pistol and holster when refastening the pants.
Well, he might have been racking his slide where no one could see. ;)
Thank heaven he wasn’t a senator.
When the trigger is pulled, all 3 safeties are disengaged, and the striker is pulled the other half of its travel then released.
Being "half-cocked" is precisely why the Glock trigger feels better than a true DAO; it only has to do half the work of a DAO.
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