CW Spook
US Veteran
No....nor in my safe. )
Would you put a Glock in your pocket?
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If pulling the trigger sets the striker and fires it and the gun didn't fire you would be able to keep pulling the trigger and the gun would snap (what now is called second strike capability). Striker fired guns do not have second strike capability. The slide has to work to cock the gun. A double action revolver will keep snapping as long as you pull the trigger. I have shot a lot of various bolt action military rifles that have strikers. The bolt has to work (like a slide) to cock the gun and chamber a cartridge. Most have long heavy triggers and after someone shoots one and is asked about it the answer is "it is ok but it has a sorry trigger". A long heavy trigger is not necessarily a double action trigger. It can just be a sorry trigger. Larry
No, I would not.
I will and have. No gun goes in my pocket without a holster. And nothing else goes in the pocket with it, regardless of the brand name......
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
I wouldn't put one in my safe. Why would I want one in my pocket? 
Seriously, though, not without one of those pocket sticky thingies. More for the pocket lint thing than anything else.
Seriously, though, not without one of those pocket sticky thingies. More for the pocket lint thing than anything else.
mc5aw
Member
I wouldn't carry a Glock anywhere on my person.
I'll say this about that. When the time comes that I decide to get a semi-auto for concealed carry, I'm not going to be hung up on what brand, only that it's a proven brand name product. If a Glock feels good in my hand and the sights line up quickly and naturally then so be it.
Right now I carry a 442 either in my pocket or on my belt in one of my home made holsters depending on how I'm dressed. I intend to carry any semi I get the same way, whatever the brand in a homemade leather holster that covers the trigger, whether it's in my pocket or on my belt.
Right now I carry a 442 either in my pocket or on my belt in one of my home made holsters depending on how I'm dressed. I intend to carry any semi I get the same way, whatever the brand in a homemade leather holster that covers the trigger, whether it's in my pocket or on my belt.
"Would you put a Glock in your pocket?"
Not a snowball's chance in hell.
Not a snowball's chance in hell.
Arik
Member
Striker fired guns do have second trike capabilities. Google Walther P99AS. And i believe the new PPQ does as well
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Both the Ruger LCP and Keltec P3AT have a trigger pull of five pounds. Yet I see and know of many that carry without a pocket holster or the belt clip thing and have no problems.
I wonder how many of these guys would do the sane with a Glock?
The factory Glock trigger is 5 to 5 1/2 pounds. Not to mention that you must depress the CENTER of the trigger!
The one and only thing that concerns me about pocket carry is LINT!!
I wonder how many of these guys would do the sane with a Glock?
The factory Glock trigger is 5 to 5 1/2 pounds. Not to mention that you must depress the CENTER of the trigger!
The one and only thing that concerns me about pocket carry is LINT!!
MrTrolleyguy
US Veteran
^^^^^^^^^^
Same LCP, same conditions, same results. Maybe its a Philly thing. I'm looking for a pocket holster for my G42 right now. No rush though. It will be a bug and a wheelgun for the primary.
Joe
OK, I'm getting the holster. Looks like a good investment. I did not think of the lint issue.
I have the LCP, you can't carry it cocked. Just sayin!
Straightshooter2
US Veteran
No I would not. I had the opportunity Saturday to handle a Glock 42 and my Colt Mustang. The grip on the 42 seemed way to narrow for my taste. My billfold went back in my pocket, the Glock went back in the display case and my Mustang went back in my pocket in Condition 2. I do use a holster in my pocket. Actually it's an IWB soft holster and my wife did some sewing alterations so the holster doesn't cover the rear sight for less drag when drawing. Obviously in Condition 2 I'm not worried about pulling the trigger so the holster is to protect from lint, etc.
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Why Glock? For the same reason people tap on fish tanks at the pet store. Once you understand this, all other human behavior will be obvious.
Because Glock has the new 42 coming out. Did you not know this? It's being called a "pocket pistol". Glock also the most common striker fired pistol with no manual safety. Had it not been for the new 42 coming out, I might have said "would you carry a striker fired pocket pistol in your pocket with a round in the chamber".
Most M&P pistols either have a manual safety or the option to have a manual safety. All the "pocket pistols" have a manual safety and no other options.
This happened after I started the thread but a cop just shot himself in the leg with a Glock. I think he was putting in a duty holster, but I'm not sure.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Nope no guns in pockets. Not a glock for sure I'd never own one.
Doug M.
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I have been carrying a Glock in a Kramer pocket holster for most of 15 years; a G26 at first, a G33 now. The pocket is used for nothing but carrying that pistol, and I would not carry a Glock or other striker fired pistol without a holster. I used to carry a J frame without one, but the pockets got eaten in a hurry, and it is harder to conceal the shape of a firearm.
I have carried a 1911 Mexican carry, because they are the safest pistol out there from a pure mechanical perspective. I would not carry a Glock that way unless there was some emergency I can't foresee. I saw a reference above to carrying a Colt Mustang Condition 2 (hammer down on a chambered round). Don't do that. Very bad practice. Not ready to use, risky to lower the hammer, and the darned thing is designed to be carried condition One.
I have carried a 1911 Mexican carry, because they are the safest pistol out there from a pure mechanical perspective. I would not carry a Glock that way unless there was some emergency I can't foresee. I saw a reference above to carrying a Colt Mustang Condition 2 (hammer down on a chambered round). Don't do that. Very bad practice. Not ready to use, risky to lower the hammer, and the darned thing is designed to be carried condition One.
