"Guns with grip safeties invariably have poor triggers." in reference to the new Remington R-51 using one.
Really?
Here I was thinking that the 1911 had a grip safety. I was also under the impression that one of the things that the plastic fantastic crowd would concede to the "obsolete" Browning design was that it had a pretty good trigger.
My Pocket Hammerless has a good trigger. So do the Vest Pockets.
How can this be?
Because the grip safety is a block not an engagement. It interferes with the movement of the trigger or hammer rather than creating a link that allows them to move.
I am really wracking my brain trying to think of other designs that have grip safeties.
Springfield's XD series.
Remington's original model 51 and upcoming R-51.
IMI Uzi?
S&W Lemon Squeezer? Yeah, I guess a double action revolver would seem to have a crummy trigger compared to a modern Glock, but when was the last one made and how common are they today?
If they're thinking of the H&K P7M13, I don't think they understand how the parabellum staple-gun works.
Or the Ortgies...
Help me out here, Tam; you have a lot more experience with them thar ancient bullet launchers; who else did a grip safety and did the trigger suck?
Really?
Here I was thinking that the 1911 had a grip safety. I was also under the impression that one of the things that the plastic fantastic crowd would concede to the "obsolete" Browning design was that it had a pretty good trigger.
My Pocket Hammerless has a good trigger. So do the Vest Pockets.
How can this be?
Because the grip safety is a block not an engagement. It interferes with the movement of the trigger or hammer rather than creating a link that allows them to move.
I am really wracking my brain trying to think of other designs that have grip safeties.
Springfield's XD series.
Remington's original model 51 and upcoming R-51.
IMI Uzi?
S&W Lemon Squeezer? Yeah, I guess a double action revolver would seem to have a crummy trigger compared to a modern Glock, but when was the last one made and how common are they today?
If they're thinking of the H&K P7M13, I don't think they understand how the parabellum staple-gun works.
Or the Ortgies...
Help me out here, Tam; you have a lot more experience with them thar ancient bullet launchers; who else did a grip safety and did the trigger suck?