[Lurker]

And I own and regularly shoot examples of both systems. Both systems have their strengths and their weaknesses.

But I will say that I’ve never felt a striker fired trigger that was a smooth and broke as cleanly as a hammer fired one, semi or revolver. Just my opinion, YMMV.

Thanks for the cool gifs.

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[dangerdoc]

Try the striker fired vs. hammer fired LC9.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... But I will say that I’ve never felt a striker fired trigger that was a smooth and broke as cleanly as a hammer fired one"

I have, but those striker-fired pistols are all Hk models.

[Gaffer]

I have 4 Glocks and besides the safety thing, it always kinda depresses me to hear that “thoing” when the strike is released. It just ain’t the same as a good solid hammer striking the firing pin.

As for the revolvers with the firing pin mounted on the hammer, there probably are some models of revolvers out there that could present a safety problem. But models like a real SAA with a 4 stage hammer lockup sequence have that first carry-able position that keeps the pin off the primer. Other later revolvers have the option built into the cylinder pin where it can be set to hold-off the hammer pin from the primer.

The one thing I do not like is S&Ws crossbar safety. It was implemented as an appeasement to liberal government and made the revolver unnecessarily more complex. I also don’t like the machinations one would have to go through to replace a pin striker in one of these.