if people have such a problem with the lack of a safety on a glock??

Question

why does'nt glock built a gun with a safety like other guns? and let people choose which to buy? i know that glocks have safetys on the trigger ..but sometimes it does'nt seem like its too safe. i'm a owner of a glock 21 and i love it..but maybe they should built one just to see what people do.

Answer 1

This is a question that glock owners, and perspective glock owners have asked for years. there is an after market manual safety that can be installed. Even Springfield with it's version of the "safe action trigger" and grip safety just started offering the XD pistol with an additional safety to give customers a choice. Maybe if enough people contact Glock we can get somewhere.

Answer 2

The one thing almost everyone misses when they talk about Glock safeties is a holster that covers the trigger I have owned Glock's for years I think I bought my first one around 84-85 it was the first year imported part of the safety system of an Glock is to keep anything from contacting the trigger. I will grab an 1911 and stick it in my waist band locked and loaded but any Glock I own will not get carried with the chamber loaded outside of an holster period no ifs and or buts. I have never has an NG or AD with a Glock carrying like this. Mossad carry with an empty chamber and they load the chamber on the draw with practice you can be as fast as if you carry in condition one. One other thing I do is know that every gun I have has a loaded chamber so absolute trigger and muzzle control is a must. I follow these rules and have not had a neglect discharge in over 20 years. So I guess the point of this ramble is that any safety device is only as good as the way that you use it don’t count on it to save your life that is your responsibility



Robert Roach

Design Engineer

Answer 3

Joe,



PeachPie was talking about the fact that the passive firing pin lock acts as a safety to prevent firing pin movement when the pistol is dropped. She didn't mean that it has a "hammer drop safety."



I'm no big Glock fan, nor do I dislike them any more than any other flatgun. Basically speaking the Glock's Safe Action is about the same as the double-action trigger pull, only lighter in most cases.



No intelligent person gets the heebee-jeebees about DA revolvers not having a manual safety Why the flap about Glock's not having a safety? Perhaps because that trigger mounted safety makes too many folks think about the fact that they are basically packing a ****** pistol with no manual safety engaged.



I don't think having a manual safety model is the answer. If you add a manual safety, you are discarding the major feature of the Glock, it's Safe Action.



Let things go as they are, people who like Glocks tend to like them a lot, and people who dislike them also tend to be rather vehement in their dislike. Adding a safety won't help.



Doc

Answer 4

If someone doesn't like the glock because of a safety issue, then they should obviously buy another type of gun.



It actually has a triple safety system (drop safety, firing pin safety and then the trigger safety), the only way it will go off is if you squeeze the trigger. It is supposed to make it easier to shoot.



For the person below me (Joe S), read up on the glock here~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock_18



The part labeled "design details" will explain the triple safety system for you.

Answer 5

Good question !!! I Know this is spring break. How you ask ? joe s has 4 thumbs downs. I've shoot over 25 years and I would never suggest a Glock for a newbie !!! Glocks are great guns and offer many variants and calibers, but not a gun for beginners.

Answer 6

I would bet that Glock's official opinion would be," It ain't broke, so why fix it. We sell every pistol that comes off our lines, so let the snivelers go elsewhere!"

Glocks, like micro-brew beers, fine wines, & custom bikes, are an aquired taste, that usually aren't for novices in the first place.

A lot of Glock shooters are veterans and/or professionals that don't mind the lack of, or have no use for extra safeties.

Just about every accidental discharge, not only with Glocks, but with ANY firearm, can be more attributed to 'firing control actuator' problems (i.e: operator error) than problems with the weapon itself.

Answer 7

You do have options, buy it or buy something else or you can have an external safety for about $100/125 bucks added to your Glock. But when your life depends upon a quick point n shoot do you want to take a chance (a moment) to fumble with a slide safety when your life is on the line ? This is not a Hollywood scene with a scrip writer on the set, you may not even have time to hide behind something and take aim. When it comes down to your life you want to keep it as simple as possible, draw, point and squeeze.



Or, do you want to, draw, look to see if the safety is on or off, rise your weapon, squeeze and nothing happens ... Oops, the safety is still on ...oh SH_T! ... I've been hit/shot.



If you have a carry permit or your job requires that you carry a handgun you may or may not have the option of carry weapon. With the option and you feel you want a slide safety then look at a pistol with one, me I like to keep things plan & simple.

Answer 8

This is just one of several problems I see with Glocks. Some people love them, but I do not. The Heckler & Koch P7's safety system is much better in my estimation. Another problem I have is I take medication that causes my hands to tremble violently for an hour or two after taking it. I can clean my Heckler & Koch P9S, Beretta 92F and Sig P-226, but my Browning gives me problems, and my CZ-75 is impossible to clean until the trembling subsides. The Glock is worse than the CZ-75 to clean, so it would never do for me.

Answer 9

ive met gaston glock and been to a conference that he had in vegas last month, and he doesnt seem to think they need more of a saftey. if you cant operate his guns with the saftey provided, you should be handling a firearm in the first place. just the subjective answer.

Answer 10

well its not a firearm for newbies who don't know better then to put there finger on the trigger until there ready to fire it. and as for the person who said the 3 safety crap needs to know what he's talking about before he post anything. for one there cant be a drop safety on a glock because there is no hammer to drop and 2nd a glock does not have a firing pin it has a striker.

Answer 11

Its so you can't be like oh my god! I didn't mean to shoot him I thought the gun was on safe. To many people do that. If you point a gun at someone you shoot them, not point to scare.