Post by BoW GaCAman on Aug 9, 2014 17:39:58 GMT -5
Glock Test/SWAT magazine Aug./2014 pg. 56
by Ethan Johns
Takedown Procedure
The final flaw with the Glock is the takedown procedure. Glocks must be "fired" in order to take the pistol down, the design calling for the trigger to be pressed to release the striker for disassembly. This is a terrible design feature that is part and parcel of the Glock. Sure, an attentive and reasonably intelligent adult should be able to negotiate this with no drama. But the number of locker room and home disassembly discharges suggest otherwise. Glock should correct this...<close quote>
This is the first time in all my many years of reading 'gun' magazines that I've ever seen a well-known person actually call Glock out on a design feature, and say straight out that they need to CORRECT it. As you can see, he doesn't mention or address the other issue that goes right along with what he does say. Point of fact, why would someone be disassembling a duty weapon (Glock) in a locker room? I don't know if he was using a code word for clearing or just having a bad day, but that's what I take from it. Sure wish he'd have mentioned an external (thumb operated) safety, too, but I'll take it.
Now, I (and Joe Cominoli, my only 'famous' ally) are no longer the Lone Rangers, calling for action from Glock. When you examine the cases of UDs or self shootings involving it, the majority occur during draw or re-holstering, when the gun is not being disassembled, but being moved from one location/position to another, or when an officer is in a tight area, like a vehicle. Usually the gun hand is on it, but not always.
I agree with Officer Johns that the takedown releases on it are a goofy design (should be replaced by a takedown lever, like most of the newer striker designs) but that to me is a minor point. What truly matters to me is he had the courage to bring the UDs and self-shootings into the light, in a major gun-related publication.
by Ethan Johns
Takedown Procedure
The final flaw with the Glock is the takedown procedure. Glocks must be "fired" in order to take the pistol down, the design calling for the trigger to be pressed to release the striker for disassembly. This is a terrible design feature that is part and parcel of the Glock. Sure, an attentive and reasonably intelligent adult should be able to negotiate this with no drama. But the number of locker room and home disassembly discharges suggest otherwise. Glock should correct this...<close quote>
This is the first time in all my many years of reading 'gun' magazines that I've ever seen a well-known person actually call Glock out on a design feature, and say straight out that they need to CORRECT it. As you can see, he doesn't mention or address the other issue that goes right along with what he does say. Point of fact, why would someone be disassembling a duty weapon (Glock) in a locker room? I don't know if he was using a code word for clearing or just having a bad day, but that's what I take from it. Sure wish he'd have mentioned an external (thumb operated) safety, too, but I'll take it.
Now, I (and Joe Cominoli, my only 'famous' ally) are no longer the Lone Rangers, calling for action from Glock. When you examine the cases of UDs or self shootings involving it, the majority occur during draw or re-holstering, when the gun is not being disassembled, but being moved from one location/position to another, or when an officer is in a tight area, like a vehicle. Usually the gun hand is on it, but not always.
I agree with Officer Johns that the takedown releases on it are a goofy design (should be replaced by a takedown lever, like most of the newer striker designs) but that to me is a minor point. What truly matters to me is he had the courage to bring the UDs and self-shootings into the light, in a major gun-related publication.