Originally Posted by
LangdonTactical
Well, let's be clear, I am talking about the "pejorative we". I would hope that everyone knows where I stand on this issue, and trust me, I have tried many times to get on the striker fired band wagon. I even switched over to a Glock 19 for about two months or so back in late 2013. I figured at the time, it's a striker fired world and I just live in it, but that did not last long, I just could not bring myself to stick with it.
You can try to put the blame on the manufacturers, but that is not really fair either. Sig was one of the last hold outs in building a striker gun, followed quickly by HK, and then CZ and Beretta. The market wants a cheap gun that is easy to shoot. The gun companies are in the business of making money. The Polymer Frame, Striker Fired gun, with a chassis trigger system, is by far the cheapest way to manufacture a gun.
Yes, there are some hold outs here. Dagga Boy is one of the few left along with myself. Mike Pannon is another one. But even TGL had switched over to a Glock in the end.
The pressure from the gun culture and the gun manufacturers is almost unbearable. The pressure to shoot a Glock or at least a striker fired gun is just massive, saying otherwise is just silly because we all know it is true. The marketing from the manufacturers is going to be all striker fired from here on out because that is what they really want you to buy. Because that is what they make the most money on, least COGs equals highest profit margins.
And at the end of it, we still don't want to admit that a striker fired gun might be a bad idea. I mean how many AD/NDs have to happen before we say "hey maybe there is an issue here"? How many sets of keys need to pull a trigger on a gun that is holstered? I know of at least three cases and one is still under investigation.
Stupid is as stupid does and people will make mistakes with anything. But we can also make smart decisions that help keep those mistakes to a minimum.
Bottom line, I am just blowing smoke in the end, because this culture is like the church of the gun. Once people decide what the best gun/action is, how dare you say other wise.