Comments on: How the Glock internal safety works. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/09/21/how-the-glock-internal-safety-works/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Dixon http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/09/21/how-the-glock-internal-safety-works/comment-page-1/#comment-51126 Tom Dixon Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:09:35 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/09/21/how-the-glock-internal-safety-works/#comment-51126 "I heard once that the Model 1911 .45 had a “barrel safety,” where, if the barrel (muzzle) was depressed by contact with the target, it wouldn’t fire. Is that true?" Yes. The barrel in a 1911 is fixed but the slide that operates around it and that cocks the hammer isn't. If you push on the business end of the pistol and the slide moves backwards then it pushes the hammer back and if the trigger is pulled the hammer can't strike the firing pin. It's called the "John Wayne" safety by some. “I heard once that the Model 1911 .45 had a “barrel safety,” where, if the barrel (muzzle) was depressed by contact with the target, it wouldn’t fire. Is that true?”

Yes. The barrel in a 1911 is fixed but the slide that operates around it and that cocks the hammer isn’t. If you push on the business end of the pistol and the slide moves backwards then it pushes the hammer back and if the trigger is pulled the hammer can’t strike the firing pin.

It’s called the “John Wayne” safety by some.

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]]> By: John Ellis http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/09/21/how-the-glock-internal-safety-works/comment-page-1/#comment-44643 John Ellis Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:32:55 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/09/21/how-the-glock-internal-safety-works/#comment-44643 I heard once that the Model 1911 .45 had a "barrel safety," where, if the barrel (muzzle) was depressed by contact with the target, it wouldn't fire. Is that true? Are there any sidearms with this feature? I heard once that the Model 1911 .45 had a “barrel safety,” where, if the barrel (muzzle) was depressed by contact with the target, it wouldn’t fire. Is that true? Are there any sidearms with this feature?

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