Dan, to what test are you referring?

While holding the slide in the muzzle down position, depress the firing pin safety. The firing pin should move forward and the tip should be visible protruding from the firing pin hole located in the breach face.

Another method of checking firing pin safety operation is to simply depress the firing pin safety and shake the slide; you should hear the firing pin moving.

I will have a video made in the morning to show.

 

OK. If I try the hold verticle press the safety test, the pin does not protrude. If I depress the safety and shake the slide, I can clearly hear the firing pin. Pass or fail?

 

OK. If I try the hold verticle, press the safety test, the pin does not protrude. If I depress the safety and shake the slide, I can clearly hear the firing pin. Pass or fail?

It is still a pass. I wanted to make sure the firing pin was not being restricted in any way when it was released from the trigger bar.

 

Hey Butch, not a Sigma. Never could force myself to buy that one......

Good decision!

I guessed it might be a Sigma they came from because our local sheriff's department went for Sigma's some years back, and I found quite a few live rounds at the range that looked just like that after they'd been shooting there......

 

How is the drop safety test?

Dan, to what test are you referring?

While holding the slide in the muzzle down position, depress the firing pin safety. The firing pin should move forward and the tip should be visible protruding from the firing pin hole located in the breach face.

Another method of checking firing pin safety operation is to simply depress the firing pin safety and shake the slide; you should hear the firing pin moving.

I will have a video made in the morning to show.

No need for any videos. Your original post referred to a "drop safety" test. Your test has nothing to do with Glock's drop safety.

 

No need for any videos. Your original post referred to a "drop safety" test. Your test has nothing to do with Glock's drop safety.

Correct Bentbiker,

In order for the TimberWolf or Glock pistol to fire, the rear of the trigger bar must drop down to release the firing pin. The rear part of the trigger has a cruciform shape. When the trigger is in the forward position, an arm of the cruciform rests on the drop safety step of the trigger mechanism housing. This engagement prevents the trigger bar from dropping down. As the trigger is pulled rearward, the arm comes off the step, which will allow the trigger bar to drop down.


My questioning should have said “push through test” or “firing pin restriction test” with an expiation of the test. No one would know what I was talking about if he had a Glock armorers manual to refer to.

Just one of those days that I expected everyone to read my mind and to know what I was talking about. Thanks

Sorry for any confusion