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How many pounds of pressure are required to fire a standard Glock?

Any Glock I'm familiar with has a minimum of a 5lb trigger pull.

How man pounds of pressure are required to fire a typical revolver, DA?

We're not talking about revolvers here, but that is some dang fine obfuscation.

How many pounds of pressure are required to fire a typical 1911?

DA or SA?! You appear to think they're the same, so I'm probably wasting my time here. This was the whole point of my response. You were comparing a Glock to a 1911 with the hammer back. That's SA, FYI.

Get back to me when you have the answers.

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Just in case you're interested, this is exactly what I was responding to:

A Glock is more like carrying a .45 Colt model 1911, hammer back on a chambered round, with the safety off.

You are explicitly comparing the SA trigger pull of a 1911 to the trigger pull of a Glock. So, your questions about trigger pull on a DA revolver or 1911 are purposely misleading.

If you had said that a Glock is like carrying a .45 Colt model 1911, hammer forward on a chambered round, with the safety off, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Hey buddy, you really think a Glock has a DA trigger? Really? You are some gun whiz, you know it?

Then when I asked "How many pounds of pressure are required to fire a typical 1911?" you respond with:

DA or SA?!

Boy, you really do know your guns!

And yes, carrying a Glock with a round up the spout is (safety-wise) about as safe as carrying a 1911 (BTW, they are SA) with the hammer back over a live round, safety off, and the grip safety pinned.

Both a standard Glock and a standard 1911 will let off within a pound of five pounds of pressure being put on the trigger. Only that 1911 has a couple of safeties.....that are not on the trigger!

Now, tell me how it would be perfectly safe to carry a locked and cocked 1911, safety off, no grip safety.

If you had said that a Glock is like carrying a .45 Colt model 1911, hammer forward on a chambered round, with the safety off, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Hammer forward on a 1911 won't do a thing, but click...