The Gadget: an additional safety device for Glock pistols

Pretoria78 · Jul 4, 2015

I've been using the Gadget for a few years now and recommend it without reservation for anyone who owns a Glock. It offers a measure of safety when holstering that's ingenious, discreet and reliable. There are no downsides or drawbacks to using it. Mine has given reliable service over 39,000 rounds thru my Glock 17 Gen 4, and I'll be shooting it until the gun breaks.

foodpoison · Jul 4, 2015

I,ll pass. Thanks anyway

AJRB · Jul 5, 2015

I think this takes away the simplicity of a Glock, and the "point and shoot" reason a lot of people buy Glocks.

Some good points made in the comments section in the link below the article.

I do agree that even with the most training and focus, we as humans, can and will make mistakes. This fact should never be underestimated when handling firearms.

Training & experience is great, but does not make someone a robot that can't make mistakes.
With this fact kept in mind, it keeps me in the safest mindset possible. We are not perfect, no. But I don't feel the need to neuter a glock because of this fact.

I would just buy a gun with a safety, if the human error factor was just too much to handle worrying about.

StantonCree · Jul 5, 2015

You may have shot WAY more rounds then me but I've pointed my gun at way more people.

I've got great booger hook control

Straightshooter · Jul 5, 2015

It doesn't affect the "point and shoot simplicity" at all. You still just pull it and shoot. It only adds a layer of safety to prevent accidental trigger pull by stray objects when holstering. It also doesn't add any additional steps as your thumb should be in that spot when pushing the gun back into the holster.

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joppaj · Jul 5, 2015

Pretoria78 said:
There are no downsides or drawbacks to using it.

Other than being wholly unnecessary?

Mark75H · Jul 5, 2015

Straightshooter said:
It doesn't affect the "point and shoot simplicity" at all.

Until a piece of lint gets stuck in it and your firing pin doesn't fall.

Just keep your finger off the trigger; another unnecessary invention like the "NY Trigger Springs"

Straightshooter · Jul 5, 2015

If a piece of lint will prevent it from firing g with this device, a piece if lint would stop it without it.

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Mark75H · Jul 5, 2015

Straightshooter said:
If a piece of lint will prevent it from firing g with this device, a piece if lint would stop it without it.

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The device provides an opening and additional parts that the gun doesn't normally have.

Straightshooter · Jul 5, 2015

And maybe should have. Like Glocks or not, those things have been dropped in mud, buried in sand and cooked in ovens and when you pull the trigger they still go bang. Lint would be the least of my worries. Hell, I hardly ever get a lint ball in my belly button any more.

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redeemed.man · Jul 5, 2015

Pretoria78 said:
I've been using the Gadget for a few years now and recommend it without reservation for anyone who owns a Glock. It offers a measure of safety when holstering that's ingenious, discreet and reliable. There are no downsides or drawbacks to using it. Mine has given reliable service over 39,000 rounds thru my Glock 17 Gen 4, and I'll be shooting it until the gun breaks.

Glock's are safe just the way they come from the factory. Thanks, but no thanks. Adding after market "safety" accessories that must be installed is not something I would do. What happens when your muscle memory with this gadget develops to include putting your thumb on the back plate every time and yet you still get your finger on the trigger? Same result, bang. Better to spend your time developing muscle memory to keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. IMHO

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Straightshooter · Jul 5, 2015

boundlessdyad said:
Glock's are safe just the way they come from the factory. Thanks, but no thanks. Adding after market "safety" accessories that must be installed is not something I would do. What happens when your muscle memory with this gadget develops to include putting your thumb on the back plate every time and yet you still get your finger on the trigger? Same result, bang. Better to spend your time developing muscle memory to keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire. IMHO

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Apparently you made your decision without reading the article. If you put your thumb on the device, you can not pull the trigger. My muscle memory tells me to place the heal of my hand on my XD when I holster it. Believe it or not, I've never attempted to do that while my finger was on the trigger. I'd need a very long booger picker.

TyFromMD · Jul 5, 2015

I really believe this product is intended to reduce accidental discharges when something other than a finger pulls the trigger and while I can see the benefit in that, I see more benefit in being very deliberate with every action taken when a gun is in your hand.

redeemed.man · Jul 5, 2015

Straightshooter said:
Apparently you made your decision without reading the article. If you put your thumb on the device, you can not pull the trigger. My muscle memory tells me to place the heal of my hand on my XD when I holster it. Believe it or not, I've never attempted to do that while my finger was on the trigger. I'd need a very long booger picker.

Perhaps, but I still wouldn't modify the safety features put in place by a manufacturer.

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ironpony · Jul 5, 2015

Mark75H said:
The device provides an opening and additional parts that the gun doesn't normally have.

My first thought too.

Straightshooter · Jul 5, 2015

boundlessdyad said:
Perhaps, but I still wouldn't modify the safety features put in place by a manufacturer.

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You're not modifying factory safety features, you're adding another safety feature.

RationalGun · Jul 5, 2015

boundlessdyad said:
Perhaps, but I still wouldn't modify the safety features put in place by a manufacturer.

State in your own words which safety feature from Glock is being modified here.

lee2 · Jul 5, 2015

are you in some way affiliated with the company that sells these?

RationalGun · Jul 5, 2015

boundlessdyad said:
Perhaps, but I still wouldn't modify the safety features put in place by a manufacturer.

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mpdc4511 said:
You may have shot WAY more rounds then me but I've pointed my gun at way more people.

I've got great booger hook control

You and the OP should trade deployment stories. You never know, you might be bragging about pointing guns at people to someone who's done a bit more than that :lol:

RationalGun · Jul 5, 2015

lee2 said:
are you in some way affiliated with the company that sells these?

The OP and I are good friends with the inventors. Neither of us receive anything for bragging on this device we've helped test for four years.

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