Sidelock Glock Safety trigger
A new safety trigger for the Glock has been launched by American Tactical Imports
From the press release
SIDERLOCK® from American Tactical Imports is a security trigger designed for GLOCK® pistols which replaces the original trigger to offer a safer and more secure blockade of the firing action.
The concept is simple; with a push on the safety pin a sliding pin acts to block or release the movement of the central pivot of the trigger whereby avoiding an accidental discharge of the weapon. SIDERLOCK® behaves exactly as the original GLOCK® trigger when it is in the fire position all the while maintaining the original manufacturer specifications and its immediate availability of shot.
Having not seen one I cannot comment on how useful it would be. I just hope no one will draw a Glock in self defense only to have the trigger jam!
American Tactical Imports will be displaying it at SHOT Show this year.
Dumb. The entire point of a Glock, the thing that has made them so successful, is the fact that you DON’T have to mess with anything other than the trigger- total simplicity producing total speed, nothing to forget or to get stuck. Now here we introduce something else to screw with, or forget in the heat and confusion of the moment; something else totally nonintuitive that needs to be practived ad infinitum before the gun can be relied upon in a problem.
No frigging thanks.
It is not something I would use. I have said again and again on the blog that the less external safeties the better. But there are some people who are just not comfortable with no external safety.
no way, “can you just wait a second till i push this button on the trigger so i can shoot”, manual safety under stress is bad enough
I imagine that this kind of safety device will get worn out and get loosen up? Making it practically useless
Im wife and a mother. My husband is always out of town. Im looking into buying a glock 26 with the external safety. He doesn’t think the safety is a good idea. How wrong can I be? I have a riffle that Im good with. But i get nervous with hand guns……… What’s a good gun with a safety?????????
aaileen, I do not recommend a glock with an external safety. Any external safety will be added by someone after manufacturer. Unless you are technical enough to understand how it works and if it has problems, you could be buying yourself an unreliable pistol. I personally am no engineer so I would stay away from adding extra mechanical devices that could fail.
Glocks have an internal safety. With any gun ultimately the only safety worth anything is good training. There are many pistols that are decent, maybe you should consider a revolver if you are worried about safety.
If you are really concerned about safety, consider a revolver or a Springfield XD……the XD has a trigger safety like the Glock but also a grip safety like the 1911……the XD has a cocked indicator and a visible and manual indicator of loaded chamber……..