S&W .380 EZ sometime won't drop hammer on first trigger pull

[Crash]

I was dry-firing my .380 EZ last evening and sometimes, after racking the slide, I would put it in the holster, making sure that the thumb safety was on the safe position. I would then draw it, deactivate the thumb safety and make sure the grip safety was depressed and when I pulled the trigger it wouldn't fire "fire." The trigger just moved straight back without releasing the hammer. I would then release the trigger and pull it again and it would "fire." This happened about half the time. Anybody know what makes this happen?

[WildBill]

This is a different problem, but it may be related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlStbNe1omM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPn0-7Vb9Xg

[Crash]

To all who replied, apologies. It your (small) ham-fisted obdt svt who was causing the problem. I have small hands and short, stubby fingers and when I would try to disengage the thumb safety, it was pulling my palm up off the grip safety. I tried to train myself not to do this, but I just couldn't get it to work properly consistently. So, the EZ got traded for another one without the thumb safety. I have longed trained myself to keep my finger out of the trigger guard until ready to shoot, and all my holsters cover the trigger guard, so I think I'll be OK.

Crash

[oljames3]

To all who replied, apologies. It your (small) ham-fisted obdt svt who was causing the problem. I have small hands and short, stubby fingers and when I would try to disengage the thumb safety, it was pulling my palm up off the grip safety. I tried to train myself not to do this, but I just couldn't get it to work properly consistently. So, the EZ got traded for another one without the thumb safety. I have longed trained myself to keep my finger out of the trigger guard until ready to shoot, and all my holsters cover the trigger guard, so I think I'll be OK.

Crash

I agree that you should be OK. Following the safety rules is more important than a manual safety.

None of the pistols I buy for my family members have external safeties. My S&W M&P M2.0 9mm 5inch was only available with an external safety at the time I bought it. I have since removed the external safety because it was causing issues - a blister on my firing hand thumb if I fired more than 300 rounds in a day.