Quick question on Glocks

[fdw]

Stopped by LGS the other day and handled a 17. Dry fired it and the trigger didn't reset. It felt so weird! Salesman said glocks don't reset unless the gun is fired (or racked).

True? I just thought it was really weird that it didn't reset as my M&P does and that's what I'm used too...

Anyway, I keep trying to like a Glock but alas I'm really spoiled

 

[KLYDE]

Salesman is correct.

 

[Bozz10mm]

True. The trigger stays to the rear until the gun is cocked.

 

[Rastoff]

The M&P doesn't "reset" either. The trigger moves forward, but the sear doesn't reset until the slide is racked.

On the Glock, the trigger stays back until the slide is racked. It does this because the Glock doesn't have a trigger return spring. Also, the Glock sear is attached to the trigger bar. The M&P sear is separate.

 

[Arik]

Correct. It resets with the slide. When you shoot the slide comes back and resets the trigger. The M&P doesn't reset either unless fired

Very few striker fired guns reset. One being the Walther P99AS.

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[LVSteve]

This is the case with most striker fired pistols, the M&P included.

 

[fdw]

Thanks, I should have said return. The trigger returns on the m&p not reset.

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[Zipdog]

Anytime I try to like something and go ahead and buy it. I never end up liking it. Ownership won't take away the fact that an item that cost $80 to manufacture and cost $550 to buy somehow makes it neat.

 

[Rastoff]

Thanks, I should have said return. The trigger returns on the m&p not reset.

Yeah, I kind of figured that's what you meant. I didn't mean to demean what you said. Sorry, I didn't mean to come off that way.

The real difference is that the sear is attached to the trigger bar in the Glock and it's not in the M&P. In the end it doesn't matter. It's just one of the differences.

 

[JaPes]

Anyway, I keep trying to like a Glock but alas I'm really spoiled

It just means you haven't tried out a Glock 17 Gen4 with a few mods yet.

I was an early adopter and bought an early production G17 Gen4 that threw brass to my head. It went back and forth to Glock. No matter the fix, case ejection was erratic and to the head. I got rid of it. Had a M&P 9fs for a while. Loved the beaver tail, but not the trigger.

Last summer, I got my hands on a G17 Gen4 with the new beaver tail back-strap. Felt great. Tried it on the range. Glock fixed the Gen4 9mm ejection issues, no more brass to the head and face. I bought one.

I installed about $20 worth of trigger parts to get the trigger just right. For fun I added a LWD threaded barrel and compensator. In my hands, it's a tack driver between 7 to 35 feet. Really soft recoiling.

 

[Edmo]

As an avid shooter of GLOCKs, I use the "trigger stays back after the striker is tripped" to my advantage.

If you look at a GLOCK you can see if it is "cocked" based on the position of the trigger. If it is forward, the action is ready to fire... To the back and the trigger has already been tripped.

Trigger to the back means one of several things: the chamber is empty and the trigger has been tripped, the chamber has a dud round in it and the trigger has been tripped on it, the chamber has a dummy practice round in it and the trigger has been tripped. Regardless of what is in the chamber, the trigger is tripped and the action will need to be cycled before the weapon will fire.

I like my Shield 9mm, but routinely carry one of my GLOCKs.

Edmo

 

[Kilibreaux]

Stopped by LGS the other day and handled a 17. Dry fired it and the trigger didn't reset. It felt so weird! Salesman said glocks don't reset unless the gun is fired (or racked).

True? I just thought it was really weird that it didn't reset as my M&P does and that's what I'm used too...

Anyway, I keep trying to like a Glock but alas I'm really spoiled

Slide must cycle to reset the trigger...typical Glock.