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Originally Posted by Walt
...for the life of me, I cannot imagine why you would need "restrike" capability.
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hard primers, inertial firing pin doesn't weigh enough, grime in the firing pin channel, deformed firing pin from peening after a lot of use, and so on can cause light strikes. At the range it's not an issue, in a self defense scenario it could be game ending. If you're being shot at you may not have use of your offhand anymore, or no hard point to snag the slide on to cycle it, or it just costs you valuable time to slingshot the slide. With a hammer fired plastic pistol like an HK, FNP, or that horrid SIG P250, a second pull of the trigger would obviate the malfunction drill you'd otherwise perform.
Is it entirely likely that I'll have a light primer strike in a self defense scenario? not at all. I doubt I'll ever have to draw mine in my life, but it is a possibility and an opinion I'll hold firmly to regarding striker-fired guns.