[TunnelRat]

True it will affect the trigger pull, but to me the weight of that pull is more the driving factor, both in terms of my performance and my impression of safety in terms of negligent discharges. I've had stock M&Ps with 6.5 lb. triggers and Glocks with 5.5 lb. triggers despite the M&P being much closer to SA than a Glock (and with APEX parts basically SA). So the amount of striker cocking isn't always a perfect predictor of the resulting pull (though the crispness of the break will be different and the more SA like pistols have a more sudden release of the striker that IMO seems crisper).

I know there are those that argue the Glock is safer because they claim that until the striker is cocked fully there is not enough energy to actually detonate a primer were the striker to release from a mechanical failure. I've seen people claim that's true and others claim it's false. To me whether true or false the vast majority of striker pistols people buy still have a striker block. That has to fail regardless of the amount of precock. I don't have documented probabilities in terms of the chances of that happening, but from searching it seems extremely rare unless someone decided they knew better and messed with the striker block. So to me the degree of precock isn't likely to affect the overall safety when you consider the chances of the striker block failing.


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