jimbo555
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Anyone have this on their Glock? Is it durable? Advantages? Seems like having to put your finger near the trigger when your ready to fire to release the safety might not be a good idea.
The Cominolli requires permanent changes to the gun...Siderlocks can be undone for about $14.
My advice? Handle a gun with a Siderlock and decide for yourself if it is dangerous as only Siderlock owners and folks who have trained with them have the proper perspective. If you don't like it it can be reverted to factory in minutes for little money. You'll probably have to buy one to try one and I highly recommend doing that, having it installed by a Glock Armorer, and buying an extra factory trigger assy at the same time if you don't like it.
Glock FanBoyz hate Siderlocks with a passion so be prepared to be vehemently dissuaded for even considering it - get yer advice from folks who have used one. Decide for yourself if it works for you and provides an improvement for you and your Glock using your mindset, skillset, and if it improves your Bag-O-Tricks.
Some will tell you that if you want/need a safety on yer Glock you shouldn't have a Glock. My opinion is that if you can't manipulate a Siderlock without pulling the trigger you probably shouldn't be handling a firearm but we all have different levels of skill and varying mindsets with regards to external safeties.
I find it durable and fantastic but have reverted my G26 to "stock" and I'm training hard to improve my mindset to live without it. In the end, I'll probably put mine back on. I love mine and feel that it improves a fantastic design.....There is no other "Glock" and I really like the shootability of my Glocks. I just feel a lot better with an extra margin of safety.
VooDoo
This is exactly how I see the Siderlock...it's just like adding mag pinky extensions, or extended slide releases or different sights or whatever. It's just an augmentation to an excellent pistol that serves 95% of what I want. I'm not wanting a Siderlock because I'm too stupid to use the safety between my ears, I'm not disrespecting the Glock Perfection creed nor slandering Mr. Glock's engineering. I already tried other polymer pistols that have external safeties and I'm not disrespecting them either.
VooDoo
My concern is with durability. Pushing sideways on the trigger to put the safety on and off and the effect that would have on the trigger. Maybe it's not an issue.
Glock Leg...someone has to push something for it to go boom, or have disabled the safeties...There's a reason the term "Glock leg" is in the shooting lexicon.
Blame it all on the shooter if you wish but there are instances of a Glock going off w/o anyone's finger on the trigger.
If you're happy w/the Glock (or similar pistol) then that's great but I prefer either a manual safety or a DA/SA-DAO action (I primarily carry AIWB and I don't trust a Glock-style trigger with the muzzle pointing at my femoral artery, YMMV).
JMHO...
Tomac
It is amazing how many people will completely ignore this and just post the same old clichésI'm familiar with the pros and cons of having a safety. That has been discussed at length on this forum. I'm interested in first hand experience with this particular safety. Thank you Vodoun for your report.