The most popular handgun is the Glock, and that has a trigger safety. This means that all you have to do is depress the entire trigger for it to go off. The springs and metal pieces that hold together that little safety are small, so powerful magnets could pull them back them. People usually get aftermarket parts too, and some triggers will be fully metallic which means it’ll be even more vulnerable to a magnet. Also, people will often make the trigger lighter meaning less force is required to fire the gun lol.
There is also a a piece of metal in front of the firing pin (the little pin that hits the back of the bullet for it to explode and fly out the barrel). If the trigger isn’t depressed, a powerful magnet could still rip the pin block back which releases the pin. Though I’ve heard that Glocks aren’t fully cocked, so the energy shouldn’t be powerful enough to strike the primer. But again, this is a powerful magnet(s) from all sorts of directions. The firing pin is metallic as well, so the magnet could force the it towards the bullet with much more energy than normal.
I’m not physicist or mechanic, but i wonder if a manual safety would be safer in this scenario since it requires you push down before you can fire, whereas a trigger safety will move horizontally in one quick motion.
The second part isn’t exclusive to Glock. Well, nor is the first one. Many popular CCWs are trigger safety only and many people will remove the thumb safety altogether.
The most popular handgun is the Glock, and that has a trigger safety. This means that all you have to do is depress the entire trigger for it to go off. The springs and metal pieces that hold together that little safety are small, so powerful magnets could pull them back them. People usually get aftermarket parts too, and some triggers will be fully metallic which means it’ll be even more vulnerable to a magnet. Also, people will often make the trigger lighter meaning less force is required to fire the gun lol.
There is also a a piece of metal in front of the firing pin (the little pin that hits the back of the bullet for it to explode and fly out the barrel). If the trigger isn’t depressed, a powerful magnet could still rip the pin block back which releases the pin. Though I’ve heard that Glocks aren’t fully cocked, so the energy shouldn’t be powerful enough to strike the primer. But again, this is a powerful magnet(s) from all sorts of directions. The firing pin is metallic as well, so the magnet could force the it towards the bullet with much more energy than normal.
I’m not physicist or mechanic, but i wonder if a manual safety would be safer in this scenario since it requires you push down before you can fire, whereas a trigger safety will move horizontally in one quick motion.
The second part isn’t exclusive to Glock. Well, nor is the first one. Many popular CCWs are trigger safety only and many people will remove the thumb safety altogether.