Striker fired v. Hammer...?

[gcrtkd]

I still do it as a matter of habit anyway to help keep the slide in battery during reholster...

As do I with my Glocks. I was just trying to understand if you were stating that the ability to do this is an advantage of a hammer over a striker.

I used to hate Glocks but now I'm all about them. I like that all the mechanics are on the inside, that they are low profile, and that nothing's going to get in between the hammer and firing pin and muck things up. I can live w/o SA. One can ND with either a hammer or a striker, so that's pretty much a wash as well.

People on this forum are funny.

-gcrtkd

Oh, and Illuminator10... here's your "e": e. Thank you for pointing that out. I am actually surprised that the internet survived such a transgression.

[nn3453]

As do I with my Glocks. I was just trying to understand if you were stating that the ability to do this is an advantage of a hammer over a striker.

I used to hate Glocks but now I'm all about them. I like that all the mechanics are on the inside, that they are low profile, and that nothing's going to get in between the hammer and firing pin and muck things up. I can live w/o SA. One can ND with either a hammer or a striker, so that's pretty much a wash as well.

People on this forum are funny.

IMHO, if you want opinions, you will get them on this site. Not to be rude, but your original and subsequent posts sound like "I like Glocks and I don't know why anyone would buy anything else, so I am going to start a troll thread and I will browbeat anyone who doesn't agree with me." If you don't like other designs more power to you. I like all modern handguns in varying degrees. Glocks are great. So are CZs, Sigs, 1911s, whatever other decent pistol or revolver. Each has a different purpose and has a different fan base.

happy shooting.

[9mmepiphany]

I was just trying to understand if you were stating that the ability to do this is an advantage of a hammer over a striker.

he might not have, but i would. it wouldn't have occurred to be before i stated teaching classes. i always thought it was more a problem with folks who forgot to sweep the safety strap out of the way before holster, but found that it was more common than i thought. i does become more apparent on the 3rd day of a class when folks are a bit tired or when holstering after a string of fire becomes more "automatic"

having a hammer start to come back on a students gun when holstering usually makes itself apparent with a sharp yelp in concert with the quick jerk of the gun from the holster.

it reminds us to be aware of what we're doing, even when we've been doing it correctly for awhile. i also agree with the suggestion earlier to take a moment before re-holstering...but it isn't always possible in a situation when you need to go "hands on" (really more a LE situation)

[gcrtkd]

...I am going to start a troll thread and I will browbeat anyone who doesn't agree with me.

Negative. I am not here to browbeat anyone. I am asking a serious question and trying to fully parse the responses. Like I said, I own both... los cuatro glockos and an M9 (and yes, they all shoot). At one point I had a Sig as well. I know that serious operators (SF, SEALs) carry 1911s, Sigs, etc., and I figured that there must be a good reason for it. Maybe hammers were fundamentally better for some reason. Maybe strikers were better but something else was lacking in the striker-fired weapons. Who knows? There's a world of possibilities. I wasn't asking which one was better. I was interested in the plusses and minuses of each.

-gcrtkd

[bohoki]

i like glocks i have 2 but striker fired designs are always cheaper and simpler they often dont have the best feeling triggers because they are kind of like a springloaded centerpunch or a nato in-out switchblade the trigger pull is actually charging the springloaded striker

you dont see very many striker fired target pistols

now with bolt action rifles they are nearly always striker fired but they are either completely charged on opening or closing and then when you go to selfloading rifles you see hammer fired

to me hammers seem really old tech born from flinters
its like beating things with sticks

but not everything that is old is bad and not everything that is new is good

[ojisan]

[racky]

They don't make striker-fired 1911s.

not quite...

http://www.para-usa.com/new/product_pistol.php?id=30

[bohoki]

not quite...
http://www.para-usa.com/new/product_pistol.php?id=30

just because the hammer is spurless does not make it a striker

striker fired is when a firing pin is springloaded and then released to travel foward

a hammer whacks a firing pin

[slick_711]

not quite...
http://www.para-usa.com/new/product_pistol.php?id=30

lol, not only does that have a hammer, but it barely qualifies as a 1911. Sorry friend.

[tbhracing]

I used to hate Glocks but now I'm all about them. I like that all the mechanics are on the inside, that they are low profile, and that nothing's going to get in between the hammer and firing pin and muck things up. I can live w/o SA. One can ND with either a hammer or a striker, so that's pretty much a wash as well.

I am all about the above and the points made in the OP. I like my GLOCKS- smooth, easy, simple and reliable. Works when I need them to.