I think that in several posts I have indicated that I believed that the striker was partially cocked during recoil.

I believe that was incorrect and maybe one quick response will let this thread die quickly.

I now believe that recoil does not do anything to the striker and that the "sear" engages the striker lug only after the trigger is released "reset" after the gun is fired. There is clearly a click as the trigger moves forward after releasing the striker, and all of the work done to ready the striker is done when the trigger is pulled.

This is a little hard to demonstrate while dry firing my CA gun because the magazine has to be in for the gun to fire. So, to do the test, I have to dry fire it, rack it again, and while holding the trigger back, release the slide lock. Releasing the trigger then results in a distinct click when the "sear" rides over the bevel on the back of the striker lug.

I should have known this some time back, the first time I took the gun to a range, an outdoor range. It had some nice 4" steel disks on arms and they spun around when you hit them. I decided to see how fast I could fire the gun, but sometimes it didn't fire when I pulled the trigger . . . Reason, I wasn't letting the trigger reset!

My apologies wherever I may have posted incorrectly and just one answer should close this thread.

Thanks,

DAW

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I may have to apologize. I couldn't sleep so I did more tests.

It does appear that the striker is indeed partly set during racking or recoil. The positions of the striker lug and the sear, with the slide off, seems to show that they have to be engaged after a recoil. When relaxed they are far from overlapping. That doesn't explain the reset "click" so someone will have to help me understand what's going on. (I did once understand that the Glock has a partial striker pre-set feature).