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Quick Defense Trigger mechanism[edit]

The actual version of the article says: When the trigger is pulled the trigger bar engages a disconnect lever, which props up a sear hook, which releases fully pre-loaded striker assembly, firing the pistol. The trigger does not partially load the striker spring as with the Glock and many other striker fired pistol designs. The trigger pull is entirely due to the trigger & disconnector springs. The source for such a statement should be mentioned since the disconnector lever and spring are not mentioned as such neither in the Walther PPQ exploded view nor in the Walther PPQ Manual. Actually there is no better description of this new trigger system than that offered by this entry in Wikipedia. This is valuable and should be supported by some references (Marcel Fosca (talk) 00:32, 24 December 2012 (UTC))[reply]

The Quick Defense Trigger mechanism is classified by Walther as a Single-Action (SA) trigger system. The following German sentence (in http://www.pfa.nrw.de/PTI_Internet/pti-intern.dhpol.local/TagSem/Fachkonferenz/WuG-2011/Dallhammer/Dallhammer_110310DHPol_WALTHER%20PPQ.pdf Walther PPQ presentation at the German Police Academy) makes that clear: Die Pistole ermöglicht durch das SA-Abzugsystem mit einem sehr kurzen Rückstellweg schnelle Schussfolgen, wobei die Abzugscharakteristik für jeden Schuss gleich bleibt. Besides the striker system being fully pre-loaded or pre-cocked it is further rather similar to the partially tensioned striker systems found in Smith & Wesson M&P or Glock pistols. From Smith & Wesson M&P: Because the M&P striker is only 98% cocked prior to the trigger being pulled, Smith and Wesson classifies the M&P's action as "striker fired (double action only)".--Francis Flinch (talk) 13:49, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]