glock 19 accolade

[MORIMOTOM]

I see the problem now........you're only looking at the EXPOSED part of the trigger.

Yes, the XD has a lever-tab built into the face of its metal (glock is plastic) trigger. The M&P has an articulated plastic trigger instead of a pinned-in-place lever like the Glock.

All 3 accomplish the same thing: prevent the gun from firing from inertia, should the gun fall from a high enough height and land squarely on the rear of the slide. It is NOT a manual safety as many think. It's a safety FEATURE. If you want to call this element of the three triggers "nearly identical" that's fine with me.

But, that's external. Take off the slide and work the trigger on all 3. TWO of them will return their trigger to the fully forward position. And one of those 2 ain't the Glock ! The trigger return spring on both the XD and M&P is attached to the trigger. It works with the slide off, glock will not. The totally different approaches are apparent when you take off the slides.

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indeed, though i never said the three pistols were identical.

i fired several hundred rounds through an m&p with a gun s&w sent us to field test, so i am somewhat familiar with that weapon.

ive only fired a handful of rounds through the xd, and im obviously not an expert on its workings.

there are differences, but my point was glock "perfected" the striker fired system, and the glock became one of the most used and carried pistols in the u.s.

following that success, and the expiration of gaston's patent, we have seen a myriad of striker firing systems, all very similar, but different enough to have their own personality.

springfield, smith and wesson, kimber, and now walther.

 

[David E]

Now, if you want to detail strip all 3 and compare, the XD is simpler than the M&P, but neither are as user friendly as the Glock in this regard.

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[sir woodley]

Had my Glock 19 for many years now. Have put thousands of rounds of many diff. types of ammo through it. It has never let me down, not once! So I'm gonna keep mine. M