Go Mike! Preach it!
The Colt "Positive Lock" of 1904.
Though they fielded several different efforts, Smith & Wesson didn't really come up with a truly fail-safe hammer block for their Hand Ejector models until they received reports of a tragic fatality during World War II when a sailor dropped a Victory Model onto the deck of a ship and it fired, killing him. The design Smith & Wesson finally settled on after the incident derives its effectiveness in much the same way as the Colt Positive Lock system of four decades before.
Good link too.
Hi OkieStubble;
I view the hammer-fired pistols as having a more sure-fire reliability edge over striker-fired pistols. This is an uneducated opinion based on reading along with personal observations of a few early striker fired pistols. Besides which, those "best" striker-fired pistols all possess triggers having the same flavor of "yuck". The triggers are the deal-breaker, even over the plastic and aluminum alloy which also doesn't appeal to me. I just won't enjoy using them at the range or carried afield so don't want them for any other purposes. The triggers and a personal poor opinion of the entire breed that feature such triggers are the down and dirty reason why I won't embrace the current crop of striker-fired DAO variant pistols.
I spent a pleasant afternoon some 10 years ago with a fellow's Colt Series 70 Government Model 9mm and found it enchanting to shoot. I am joined-at-the-hip with the grand ol' .45, but haven't been able to get that 9mm Government Model out of my mind ever since. One of these days one's just gotta come to roost here.
Gotta mention that steel. Make it forged please. I like weight and prefer the balance of steel-framed handguns. My doctor says I'm allergic to aluminum alloy and plastic on handguns, heh! I know. I was born too late and am way out of style. I'm happiest with K-Frame and N-Frame Smith & Wessons and the 1911 guns.
Spent a week comparing these two pistols just a couple months back with several trips to the club range and an outing at our old family place for plinking fun. The 2nd generation Glock 17 actually choked and I gleefully took a photograph of the "perfection" of it all. To be fair this was the first and only time it ever failed since I've owned it. Poor pistol. I only acquired it so I could gain the experience in order to "hate on Glock" better. I'm enthused over the CZ 75BD. I"m thinking that DA/SA triggers might be quite the practical notion.
The Colt "Positive Lock" of 1904.
Though they fielded several different efforts, Smith & Wesson didn't really come up with a truly fail-safe hammer block for their Hand Ejector models until they received reports of a tragic fatality during World War II when a sailor dropped a Victory Model onto the deck of a ship and it fired, killing him. The design Smith & Wesson finally settled on after the incident derives its effectiveness in much the same way as the Colt Positive Lock system of four decades before.
Good link too.
Hi OkieStubble;
I view the hammer-fired pistols as having a more sure-fire reliability edge over striker-fired pistols. This is an uneducated opinion based on reading along with personal observations of a few early striker fired pistols. Besides which, those "best" striker-fired pistols all possess triggers having the same flavor of "yuck". The triggers are the deal-breaker, even over the plastic and aluminum alloy which also doesn't appeal to me. I just won't enjoy using them at the range or carried afield so don't want them for any other purposes. The triggers and a personal poor opinion of the entire breed that feature such triggers are the down and dirty reason why I won't embrace the current crop of striker-fired DAO variant pistols.
I spent a pleasant afternoon some 10 years ago with a fellow's Colt Series 70 Government Model 9mm and found it enchanting to shoot. I am joined-at-the-hip with the grand ol' .45, but haven't been able to get that 9mm Government Model out of my mind ever since. One of these days one's just gotta come to roost here.
Gotta mention that steel. Make it forged please. I like weight and prefer the balance of steel-framed handguns. My doctor says I'm allergic to aluminum alloy and plastic on handguns, heh! I know. I was born too late and am way out of style. I'm happiest with K-Frame and N-Frame Smith & Wessons and the 1911 guns.
Spent a week comparing these two pistols just a couple months back with several trips to the club range and an outing at our old family place for plinking fun. The 2nd generation Glock 17 actually choked and I gleefully took a photograph of the "perfection" of it all. To be fair this was the first and only time it ever failed since I've owned it. Poor pistol. I only acquired it so I could gain the experience in order to "hate on Glock" better. I'm enthused over the CZ 75BD. I"m thinking that DA/SA triggers might be quite the practical notion.