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...the striker block has to be moved up and out of the way of the striker, and the only way this is possible is through pressing the trigger... in all striker-fired weapons I'm aware of, the guns cannot fire under any circumstances unless the trigger is pressed.
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Perhaps it would have been better to say MODERN striker-fired weapons.
Striker blocks are a recent innovation. Early 20th-century striker-fired pistols generally lacked them. AFAIK this includes the FN Browning Model 1900 and Model 1910/1922 series, Luger P.08, Nambu Type 14, and the Savage Models 1907, 1910, and 1917. (FWIW the piece on the Savage M1907 & M1917 that appears to be a hammer actually works by cocking the striker.)