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Article #7956Re: (PISTOL) Someone please describe the GLOCK trigger pull/action
From: Mickey Boyd
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09
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In article <1993Jan27.063135.24074@den.mmc.com> you wrote: # Would someone please describe the GLOCK trigger pull / action. Is it DA? # DAO? Single action? Single and a half action? (i.e. not quite # single, not quite double) It is a half and half. Part of the force needed to compress the striker spring is obtained by racking the slide back about 1/2". The rest is obtained from the trigger pull. # I understand it has a light trigger pull? 5.5 lbs or so? # Is it smooth? Does it break clean as glass? If not, how clean? It is a bit mushy, with some overtravel, but I do not consider it to be "bad". I prefer a nice clean 4 pound 1911A1 trigger, thought . . . There is a stiffer "new york" trigger unit (made up for the NYC Transit Authority folks, I believe), and a target unit that only comes with the 19L (compensated) model. They will not sell it as an accessory. # Once you rack the slide to load a round, is the firing pin physically blocked # from hitting the primer? Is the firing pin sort of half-cocked, the trigger # pull finishes cocking then releases the firing pin? Sort of half cocked. # Is there an internal striker / hammer? or is the firing pin fired only using # a spring. There is a striker, contained in the slide. There is no hammer in the frame of the gun. # Is the firing stroke (i.e. trigger pull) the same from shot to shot (esp. # 1st shot to 2nd) or does it change? It does not change. Very consistant. # Is there a good book that describes the glock's action? There is a Glock book out there, but I do not know its title. # What is a summary of the different models? 17 - full sized 9mm, 17 rounds 17L - full sized 9mm with comp, target trigger unit, 17 rounds 19 - chopped 9mm, 15 rounds 20 - full sized 10mm, 15 rounds 21 - full sized .45ACP, 13 BIG rounds 22 - full sized .40S&W, 15 rounds 23 - chopped .40S&W, 13 rounds I would like to see them make a chopped .45ACP model. Anyone know if there are plans for such? -- ****************************************************************************** * Mickey Boyd * * Systems Administrator * * Florida State University Mathematics Department * * email: boyd@math.fsu.edu Office: (904) 644-7167 Pager: (904) 657-6425 * ******************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate!ames!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!gauss From: boyd@gauss (Mickey Boyd) Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: Re: (PISTOL) Someone please describe the GLOCK trigger pull/action Message-ID: <1993Jan28.055213.3229@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Date: 28 Jan 93 16:09:46 GMT Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: fsu.edu Lines: 63 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu