Glock manual thumb safety

 · The Glock Manual Safety Kit has a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $90, and the Installation Jig is $ The kit is also sold through MidwayUSA ($75 MSK / $95 Jig) and Brownells ($85 MSK / $93 Jig). Glock® is a Registered Trademark of Glock® GLOCK, Inc. Highlands Parkway Smyrna, GA U.S.A. Tel.: +1 – Reviews:  · Those with a keen eye will also notice an added lanyard loop on the base of the grip frame. The manual safety, which looks decidedly strange on a Glock frame, is ambidextrous. A shallow paddle on the left side and a lever on the right extends from a .  · Here the safety is lowered to the FIRE position. This gives us a better idea of how the Glock thumb safety works. The cut in the safety prevents that U shaped block from moving rearward when the trigger is pressed rearward. It appears the Glock thumb safety is only held in place when the trigger mechanism housing is placed into the frame.

Those with a keen eye will also notice an added lanyard loop on the base of the grip frame. The manual safety, which looks decidedly strange on a Glock frame, is ambidextrous. A shallow paddle on the left side and a lever on the right extends from a recess in the frame around the mechanism housing pin. persons installing the mounted manual safety device are solely responsible for safely testing the function of the mounted safety device, prior to any ammunition being introduced into the firearm. THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION AND SAFETY TESTING PROTOCOL IS INTENDED FOR GUNSMITHS, PISTOLSMITHS, AND PERSONS KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE GLOCK PISTOL AND QUALIFIED TO INSTALL THE MANUAL SAFETY DEVICE. Glock has put thumb safeties on various models of Glock going back to the early 80's to satisfy the requirements of specific contracts. Several companies offer aftermarket safeties that can be used and by all accounts I've read they work just fine. I would put them on all of my Glocks if it wasn't so expensive.

People saying otherwise don't understand guns. They do not however have an external manual thumb safety, but that is not the only type of safety. $ - $ (14). BEAVERTAIL GRIP SAFETY. WILSON COMBAT. (In Stock). Click here for price!$ - $ (15). CHEN THUMB SAFETIES. Jun The thumb safety is a different matter than a grip safety. The thumb will be in position to disengage the safety anytime the pistol is gripped.