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Which Striker-Fired Pistols are Fully Cocked and Which are Partially Cocked?

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  • Cityboy

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    Does anybody know which striker-fired pistols are fully cocked and which are partially cocked when the slide is racked? Many of the websites for striker-fired pistols don't provide this information. Another question related to this one: if a striker is only partially cocked when the slide is rack, does the slide have to travel as far back as when it full cocks the striker? And if this is so, isn't the slide easier to rack on a pistol that only partially cocks the striker?

    Thanks for any input,

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    baboon

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    What about a squeeze cocker like H&K P7 series? If you use 2 fingers versus 3 is it half cocked?

    My H&K P9S doesn't have an exposed hammer but has a cocking/decocking lever, without a hammer how do I know if it's half cocked?

    I made spatchcock chicken yesterday, are leftover half cocked?
     

    Renegade

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    Does anybody know which striker-fired pistols are fully cocked and which are partially cocked when the slide is racked? Many of the websites for striker-fired pistols don't provide this information. Another question related to this one: if a striker is only partially cocked when the slide is rack, does the slide have to travel as far back as when it full cocks the striker? And if this is so, isn't the slide easier to rack on a pistol that only partially cocks the striker?

    Thanks for any input,

    Cityboy

    Glock is partially cocked (If you put a Timney trigger in it, then it is fully cocked)

    As for Q2, on a Glock the slide does not fully cock, full cocking is performed by pulling the trigger.

    Ease of difficulty of racking slide is a function of recoil spring weight, full or partial cock does not matter.

    Again, this is for Glocks.
     

    Sasquatch

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    XD's were initially considered fully cocked single action and pitched as such - but Springfield retconned their language because, surprise surprise, a lot of police agencies prohibit single action pistols. They rebranded as "Safe Action" but they didn't make design changes. The XD is still single action with a striker that is fully cocked.

    Since guns like the Smith & Wesson Sigma, and the later M&P's are essentially Smith's Glock clones - they'd be partially precocked like Glocks.

    Sigs P320 seems to be a fully precocked trigger - or at least cocked enough to fire when dropped :laughing:

    Canik's original TP9, IIRC are single action, their later guns are more similar to Glocks partially cocked strikers.

    Walther P99's were double action, they had a decocker button that made the first trigger pull heavier. They later came out with a lighter, consistent Glock like trigger.
     

    Brains

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    Striker design wouldn't make a noticeable difference in slide effort. A longer slide would though, that may be an option for you.
     

    Cityboy

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    XD's were initially considered fully cocked single action and pitched as such - but Springfield retconned their language because, surprise surprise, a lot of police agencies prohibit single action pistols. They rebranded as "Safe Action" but they didn't make design changes. The XD is still single action with a striker that is fully cocked.

    Since guns like the Smith & Wesson Sigma, and the later M&P's are essentially Smith's Glock clones - they'd be partially precocked like Glocks.

    Sigs P320 seems to be a fully precocked trigger - or at least cocked enough to fire when dropped :laughing:

    Canik's original TP9, IIRC are single action, their later guns are more similar to Glocks partially cocked strikers.

    Walther P99's were double action, they had a decocker button that made the first trigger pull heavier. They later came out with a lighter, consistent Glock like trigger.
    Sasquatch,

    Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

    Cityboy
     
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