[sig226]

An external hammer makes sense. There’s not much room for a sear to release a striker like in a Glock. The feeding mechanism is in the way. You could build a sear that reached over the feed area and make it in a U shape, like the 1911 trigger bar. This would make it rigid on both sides, but it would be an expensive part. The hammer is a proven mechanism, and this thing has some radical ideas. If I thought of it, I would want to use established methods wherever I could so that any problems would be easy to isolate.

[Billthedrill]

Ever seen the old Colt Pocket Nine? Sold it for a couple of years before Kahr got after them for borrowing their barrel locking design a little too closely. External hammer, not a bad little shooter. It's on top and on the right below:

Mine's tucked away for some lucky collector one day...