Glock has 3 safeties:
1) Trigger safety (you all can see it in the midle of the trigger)
2) Drop safety(it is in the trigger mechanism housing)
3) Firing pin safety, better known as safety plunger (blocks the firing pin)
These 3 safety features is what is known as glock safe action, the only way a glock can fire is by pulling the trigger period, you can hammer with it, drop it, even be involved in a car accident and the inertia wouldn’t fire it!
I’ll take a picture of my glock cleaning mat in which is clearly explained with figures how the system works, these safeties engage secuentially during the travel of the trigger pull.
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. The pull is the same for every shot.
“Glock has 3 safeties:”
One of the first things they teach kids in hunter safety classes is that anything mechanical can fail. That includes the safety.
“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.
“Glock has 3 safeties:”
Is this the same Glock that NYPD and Glock had so many accidental discharges with?
Looking further into the issue of striker tension, according to several articles I just read, I was wrong. The striker is indeed under some tension, but not enough to fire the gun even if the stiker were released. See the excerpt below.
The Glock, unlike most centerfire handguns, does not have a hammer which is dropped to push a firing pin when the trigger is pulled. Instead, the Glock has a striker which is completely enclosed within the slide. Whenever a round is in the chamber, the striker is partially retracted under tension. There isn’t enough tension to fire the gun if for some reason the striker were forced forward from this position.
When the shooter pulls the trigger, the striker is retracted the rest of the way to full tension, wherefrom it can fire the gun. Because the trigger action needs only retract the striker part way, the trigger stroke is shorter and lighter than traditional DA designs.
Is the Glock 23 double action only?