There are probably more very fine shooting .22LR pistols, many of them competition-grade which are striker-fired, which work BEAUTIFULLY. The various Ruger Target models, the High Standard Victor, Hammerllis, Benellis, Pardinis, Colt Match Target, S&W M41, all seem to have very good to excellent triggers. Even the more humbly-priced Browning Buckmark UDX and Beretta Neos seem to come with good triggers, which can usually be improved to whatever level one desires.
Why, then, does it seem impossible to develop center-fire pistols in defensive calibers (let's call it 9x19mm and more powerful) which do NOT have squishy, uneven, and just WEIRD feeling triggers. I understand SOMEWHAT about the Glocks, and other sidearms which have no thumb safety. Part of their "safety" lies in the toggle-safety trigger design and a long take-up which, they believe, negates the need for an independent thumb-safety (I kinda think that getting rid of the strange trigger and installing a positive thumb safety would enable it to have a much better ignition system, but nobody's asked me.)
EVEN SO, there are many fine pistols on the market which are striker fired, quipped with an independent thumb safety and regular triggers, and STILL end up with trigger pulls ranging from "neutral" to positively deleterious to a good draw and accurate delivery of the first shot. Is there something inherent in the design of the more modern centerfire striker-fired pistols which makes them incapable of having crisp let-offs without heavy, uneven trigger puils? I'm not enough of a gunsmith to look inside one and detect spots which would be troublesome if tuned up. It just seems that these pistols, which may represent a step forward in pistolcraft, are being unnecessarily hobbled in their progress by not assuring them even a REASONABLY good trigger pull.
Thoughts?
Why, then, does it seem impossible to develop center-fire pistols in defensive calibers (let's call it 9x19mm and more powerful) which do NOT have squishy, uneven, and just WEIRD feeling triggers. I understand SOMEWHAT about the Glocks, and other sidearms which have no thumb safety. Part of their "safety" lies in the toggle-safety trigger design and a long take-up which, they believe, negates the need for an independent thumb-safety (I kinda think that getting rid of the strange trigger and installing a positive thumb safety would enable it to have a much better ignition system, but nobody's asked me.)
EVEN SO, there are many fine pistols on the market which are striker fired, quipped with an independent thumb safety and regular triggers, and STILL end up with trigger pulls ranging from "neutral" to positively deleterious to a good draw and accurate delivery of the first shot. Is there something inherent in the design of the more modern centerfire striker-fired pistols which makes them incapable of having crisp let-offs without heavy, uneven trigger puils? I'm not enough of a gunsmith to look inside one and detect spots which would be troublesome if tuned up. It just seems that these pistols, which may represent a step forward in pistolcraft, are being unnecessarily hobbled in their progress by not assuring them even a REASONABLY good trigger pull.
Thoughts?