[CholeraJoe]

I know that. S&W autos don’t have an external safety either, but you almost never hear of one misfiring. Wonder why?

Regardless of whether they have a safety or not, Glocks misfire more often than weapons from other manufacturers - S&W, Taurus, Beretta, Sig-Sauer. Do only morons use Glocks? Not necessarily. I firmly believe there is a manufacturing defect in the weapons that contributes to a high rate of misfire.

[Eaker]

I own several Glocks and they only fire when the trigger is pulled. A “misfire” would explain a gun shooting when it was sitting on a table. If it is in someone’s hand when it fired the trigger was pulled.

[Hacklehead]

“I know that. S&W autos don’t have an external safety either, but you almost never hear of one misfiring. Wonder why?”

I would think that someone knowledgeble about firarms wouldn’t incorrectly use the term “misfire” when they meant “accidental discharge”. Your level of hatred for an inanimate object leads me to suspect you may have had an accidental discharge with a glock and blame the gun. Its true that inexperienced operators or careless individuals will likely have more problems with Glocks than other types of guns. You wouldnt give a Ferrari to someone who just got their drivers license and you shouldn’t give a glock to someone who doesnt know how to handle firearms.

[Sir_Ed]

S & W’s have external safeties..

Some of them have decockers, but some have external safeties.

Ed

[calex59]

I firmly believe there is a manufacturing defect in the weapons that contributes to a high rate of misfire.

You are using the term misfire incorrectly. Misfire means to NOT fire frequently. If a gun misfires, it MISSED FIRING, which is where the term comes from. The term you are searching for is malfunction. Malfunctions come in many forms, failure to feed, stove piping, firing without anyone actually squeezing the trigger, etc. Misfires only come in one form, failure to fire. Misfires can also be called a type of malfunction but are usually due to poor ammo quality, sometimes, depending on the gun, from a weak firing pin strike.

I don't know if Glocks have a high rate of misfires or not but if they do this guy probably would not have shot his dick off with one.

Just sayin'.