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by jMyles 299 days ago
I think you are being insufficiently charitable / analytical in the face of the demonstration by Wyoming Gun Project. I'm sure everyone agrees with your basic assessment that _any_ input on the trigger is a violation of one of the most fundamental rules of gun safety.

But there's nuance here.

They showed that with <=1mm of trigger pull (far less than the distance of the firing sequence), the weapon can be put into a state where miniscule input on the slide (consistent with typical holster carry) causes a discharge.

I'm not a firearms expert, but I very much doubt that any hammer-fired (and indeed, even the vast majority of striker-fired) weapons can be put into such a state.

Are you aware of any demonstration that shows another modern handgun being put into a state where this same amount of input on the slide can cause an actual discharge, let alone with <=1mm input on the trigger?

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> Are you aware of any demonstration that shows another modern handgun being put into a state where this same amount of input on the slide can cause an actual discharge

Yes actually. see the video I linked above: https://youtu.be/r1KoSBcn2bY?feature=shared

Jeez, that's a great video. Thank you. I stand corrected. I wish he measured the movement on the trigger though; it looked like much more than 1mm.

I wonder: do you know if there's a hammer-fired pistol which can be put into a similar state?