I know this post is going to upset people but please try to help not criticize. There are kits to put a manual safety on a glock 19 gen 5 but I'm not comfortable doing it myself. Is there anywhere in the raleigh/cary area or i dont mind driving too far that will install it. Please don't comment t any of the typical "only safety you need is between your ears" or "your booger hook is your safety" i know both of these are true but I had a buddy have an ND and put a round through my ankle and I CAN NOT have anything stupid like that ever happen again. I've always been a firm believer in safety on until its time to pull the trigger because crazy stuff happens. I want to use it as my concealed carry but if I can't get a thumb safety its going to either be traded for something that does or its going to become a home defense pistol and I won't keep a round in the chamber which i would hate to do too.
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Just buy a gun with your type safety already installed.
After two surgeries I can walk pretty decent barely a limp unless its early in the morning or been a long day I can't stand still for more than 10 minutes tho. It just gets super sore easily if I stand still for a while
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I can't help with the info you requested but, Last weekend, I saw/handled a G19 with the safety installed. I had never heard of it. It's a Pretty slick unit.
As a 1911 shooter, I don't see anything bad about it.
Good luck finding a shop!
As a 1911 shooter, I don't see anything bad about it.
Good luck finding a shop!
There are triggers that have safeties on them that keep the trigger from being pulled until you press a button on the trigger to the side. They are not thumb safeties but rather are manipulated by the trigger finger. I do not have one, but a friend does and seems to like it.
Ya mine has that if it didn't I would not have got it. I'm just trying to find a thumb safety that couldn't possibly be triggered on accident i feel like if the trigger was going to be hit or snagged hard enough to pull the trigger that safety would probably be hit too
Bingo....100% personal choice for carrying with a safety, you do you. It’s your gun, whatever makes you comfortable.
BUT, they (mechanical safeties) are never to be relied on completely. You got shot in the ankle because of a. Poor trigger finger discipline, and/or b.Poor muzzle discipline. No mechanical safety can prevent things like that.
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This thread is full of fear.
Fear can get you killed.
Maybe just be done with guns for awhile.
Fear can get you killed.
Maybe just be done with guns for awhile.
I am not sure why you say that. A thumb safety is much more exposed to being swiped off accidently. A button on the trigger that you have to push from one side to the other is much more protected and is enclosed by the holster. I am not talking about the little tab that comes out the middle of the trigger that is automatically pressed whenever the trigger is pulled but rather an aftermarket button that blocks the little tab from moving unless you unblock it by moving the button to one side.
Or carry it with the chamber empty. You must be satisfied with your own level of safety.
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This right here is your issue.
It’s like getting a speeding ticket or accidentally messing something up and being skiddish afterwords. It’s relatable and understandable.
However
If your buddy shot you in the foot, you need to not be friends with him and not hand him your firearm. If he shot you with his gun, you need to really not be friends with him.
This - and if it was your buddy who shot you in the ankle, how does having a safety on your gun prevent that happening again?
That is true his was with an ar clearing a jam ive just been extra extra cautious ever since and everytime I have a muzzle pointed near me (while holstering) I start feeling those tingles in my ankle so having a safety on it is just for an extra peace of mind
https://www.usacarry.com/glock-manual-safety-kit-by-cominolli-custom/
Looks like Cominolli Custom are the makers of the safety. Their website is pretty lacking, doesn't give a ton of info.
Personally, I'd call them, see if you can have them install it themselves, or if they have a gunsmith they recommend. Should be pretty simple to take it to an ffl and mail it to the recommended place. Personally, in my mind, the extra hassle is worth it being done right.
Looks like Cominolli Custom are the makers of the safety. Their website is pretty lacking, doesn't give a ton of info.
Personally, I'd call them, see if you can have them install it themselves, or if they have a gunsmith they recommend. Should be pretty simple to take it to an ffl and mail it to the recommended place. Personally, in my mind, the extra hassle is worth it being done right.
Jeez guys let him have his safety. 
I have several firearms that I like the safety, others where I don't want it. It's just an application gig...some yay some nay.
This is his comfort level right now, and that's ok. Maybe in 2 years it'll change, maybe not. Regardless, you really don't need to project your issues upon him. He came to the pro's, (we're the pro's) about advice on how to do this correctly, not opinions on why you're convinced it's a sucky idea.
I have several firearms that I like the safety, others where I don't want it. It's just an application gig...some yay some nay.
This is his comfort level right now, and that's ok. Maybe in 2 years it'll change, maybe not. Regardless, you really don't need to project your issues upon him. He came to the pro's, (we're the pro's) about advice on how to do this correctly, not opinions on why you're convinced it's a sucky idea.
Thanks its all good advice and none of its wrong but your right this is a more comfortability thing for me and I got the glock instead of a sig because it felt better to shoot for me and all the other reasons people who love glock love it for. I thought I'd get comfortable with just the trigger tab safety but I haven't especially when I'm at the range or farm and hand it to my wife or family members to shoot im a pass the knife with the blade closed kind of guyJeez guys let him have his safety.
I have several firearms that I like the safety, others where I don't want it. It's just an application gig...some yay some nay.
This is his comfort level right now, and that's ok. Maybe in 2 years it'll change, maybe not. Regardless, you really don't need to project your issues upon him. He came to the pro's, (we're the pro's) about advice on how to do this correctly, not opinions on why you're convinced it's a sucky idea.
But you just said all the people here are pro’s ...Jeez guys let him have his safety.
I have several firearms that I like the safety, others where I don't want it. It's just an application gig...some yay some nay.
This is his comfort level right now, and that's ok. Maybe in 2 years it'll change, maybe not. Regardless, you really don't need to project your issues upon him. He came to the pro's, (we're the pro's) about advice on how to do this correctly, not opinions on why you're convinced it's a sucky idea.
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I believe your new Glock is perfect, just the way it is. I would not have an internal safety installed on a gun that was never meant to have one... Too much to go wrong messing with the internals like that...
If I were you, I'd get this... $15 on Amazon. Physically blocks the trigger until you draw, pop it out with your trigger finger, and then fire... This will make it absolutely impossible to have an AD while the glock is in it's holster... No gunsmith needed...
https://www.amazon.com/POPLOC-Trigger-Block-Safety-Pistols/dp/B01DV7B2T6?th=1&psc=1
If I were you, I'd get this... $15 on Amazon. Physically blocks the trigger until you draw, pop it out with your trigger finger, and then fire... This will make it absolutely impossible to have an AD while the glock is in it's holster... No gunsmith needed...
https://www.amazon.com/POPLOC-Trigger-Block-Safety-Pistols/dp/B01DV7B2T6?th=1&psc=1
Just a thought than I’m done.
When you introduce something onto/into a gun that was not introduced in the original manufacturing process you open that system up to a percentage of failure.
90% of the lure of a Glock is it’s reliability and that it has no external safety.
To change that is not worth the money in my “professional” opinion. Get a sig.
When you introduce something onto/into a gun that was not introduced in the original manufacturing process you open that system up to a percentage of failure.
90% of the lure of a Glock is it’s reliability and that it has no external safety.
To change that is not worth the money in my “professional” opinion. Get a sig.
This isn't what I was looking for but better thank you something that doesn't change the internals of the glock and mess with how the manufacturers meant it to be and risk extra failure and cheap enough to give it a try and if I dont like it I didnt waste anything thank you
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This is what you want, but they DO NOT work with Gen5 Glocks... Maybe they'll come out with a Gen5 version eventually.
https://www.opticsplanet.com/lone-wolf-siderlock-glock-gen1-4-security-trigger.html
