Recent content by JohnKSa

Good folks. I've ordered from them on more than one occasion and have always been very pleased.

This type of incident does happen, and when it does, it gets a lot of press. However, there are a couple of related issues that are important to understand. 1. This kind of incident is largely unaffected by the length or weight of the trigger pull. Reholstering incidents apply a surprising...

It is true that "What if"s can be taken to extremes, as with the examples you provide, however, the examples I provided were not in the least unrealistic. All of them were based on issues, occurrences and problems that are actually valid concerns for a good firearm designer. While it is...

I still don't understand what you mean by this. It is true that safeties are designed to guard against the following possibilities: 1. Drops & impacts. 2. Breakage/Malfunctions/Damage. 3. Inadvertent actions by the user. It is not possible to have a coherent discussion about the importance...

I'm not sure what you mean by this. It is not a matter of opinion that the firing pin safety can, and is intended to, prevent discharges from events that the drop safety can not prevent, it is a fact. A single example is sufficient to prove this, but I will provide more than one. If the...

Not really. The manual safety, as you describe it (i.e. I am relying on your description since I have not analyzed the function of the SR series manual safety), performs exactly the same function as the trigger safety--namely holding the trigger bar immobile. The striker safety, on the other...

Ah! A fellow engineer! Should have figured as much. :D That is true, however nothing in either of the two quoted statements claims otherwise. The two statements are specifically about how the drop safety and firing pin safety depend on the trigger safety to hold the trigger bar immobile...

True, but I have been responding to your comments specifically about Glocks and my comments along those lines have been specifically about Glocks. What does that mean? When talking about a particular aspect of Glock pistols, how is it "tunnel vision" to talk only about Glock pistols? I don't...

Well, for one thing, because I was discussing the Glock system in specific and responding to your comments made specifically about the Glock system. Why do you think they added the trigger safety in subsequent generations? That's a completely different system. An inertial firing pin system, if...

Ok, that makes a lot more sense. I couldn't figure out what part of the two statements was not correct. I understand your arguments, but if you look back at them, in to support this assertion it was necessary to artificially constrain the conditions to exclude malfunctions. Of course, that is...

No, I understand what you're saying. They may not all be “equal”, but they are all part of a single integrated system designed to perform a function. Take any one of the three “pieces” out of the system and it will no longer work as intended. Remove the trigger safety, and you have compromised...

No, it's completely true. However, I understand, at least partially, why you rate the trigger safety like you do. That said, you missed the point of my response. I wasn't arguing that one of the other safeties was more important than the trigger safety, I was pointing out that the safeties...

The key is carefully degreasing the spot you plan to paint. Otherwise the new dot of paint won't stick any better than the original.

It may not have been applied, or it may have fallen off/out. The paint dries hard; if, for some reason, it doesn't properly adhere, it can flake off. I have a Walther PPK with a silver dot for fire instead of a red dot because the red dot of paint fell out a few years back.

It depends on the design, but you are correct. Most partially tension the striker spring using the action of the slide, leaving the user to complete the spring compression process via the trigger. Glocks fall into this category. Most of this type of gun that I have had the opportunity to...