Gun Gamer Autism: Another Pistol UD Caught on Video

Looking for ideas here. What is going on with this discharge?

“Glock 47 everything stock except the trigger was a Timney alpha competition. Blazer ammo” pic.twitter.com/SbgcjMX0Kz

— Ben Stoeger (@BenStoeger187) June 6, 2026

If it seems like we have addressed this situation before, it is because we have. Back in December of 2025, the Outdoor Wire Network addressed the issue of installing aftermarket triggers into firearms, in this case GLOCK clone pistols, and how while they might “fit” they also might be dangerous. In that case, we considered not just the idea that just because it fits doesn’t mean it should be there, we considered the psychology behind the desire to replace a perfectly good factory trigger with an aftermarket version. 

Another UD

The internet being the gift that keeps on giving, particularly in regard to humans screwing up on camera, it’s provided us with yet another UD (unintentional discharge).

My original mentor, John Farnam, prefers to use the term UD over ND or AD. We know that an AD or accidental discharge is almost always a misnomer. When a firearm goes off when it wasn’t  supposed to or the person holding it didn’t intend for it to fire, 99.9 times out of 100 that’s not an accident by definition, that’s actually negligence on the part of the person holding the gun. If you put your finger on the trigger and the gun fires, even if you did not want it to, the gun isn’t wrong and that’s not technically an accident. That’s negligence. 

In the story mentioned above, the shooter had replaced the factory trigger with an aftermarket trigger. While engaged in draw-and shoot-drills, the shooter in question was returning the gun to the holster when it discharged. In that case, it was clear that the shooter’s finger was NOT on the trigger when the gun fired. We could call that a UD.

Just yesterday, a POV video popped up in our feed of a man engaged in an indoor shooting game of some sort, shooting targets at close range. As you watch the video, it becomes instantly apparent that the man is having problems with his pistol, (it looks like a genuine GLOCK product). The gun failed to fire and the shooter tapped it on the magazine and to “fix” the issue. He fired a few more shots when the gun failed to fire again. However, this time, when the shooter pulled the gun back and tapped the magazine, the gun went bang. The shooter is heard to exclaim, “Woah!”

Yeah, woah. The information we have at this point was that the shooter had replaced the factory GLOCK trigger with an aftermarket replacement, the same trigger company as the one from the previous story. So we had two different pistols of similar design with the factory triggers swapped out for aftermarket triggers by people whose demonstrated desire was to race against shot timers and play games with their guns.

Fortunately, neither of the UD situations resulted in anyone getting hurt. The first person escaped injury by mere inches. Quite predictably, the reaction to these UDs has been to go after the trigger manufacturer. Though there might be some merit in going down that road, the path that no one seems willing to go down is this: 

Why in the name of sweet buddha on a rubber raft are people pulling out perfectly good factory triggers so they can shoot cardboard silhouettes at distances of five to ten yards?

We aren’t talking about a centerfire rifle with a 12x scope engaging a target at 800 yards, we’re talking about putting a 9mm bullet into a target the size of a human (or half-a-human) at close range. Oh, but we need to be able to press the trigger faster. We need to work on our split-times. As Col. Jeff Cooper described it, American shooters are “preoccupied with inconsequential increments.” 

Thanks to the never-ending display of narcissism fomented by platforms like Instagram, Youtube and TicToc, we have adult men and women who have been convinced that the first thing they need to do after they have purchased a new gun is replace the factory trigger. If these folks would actually put 500 to 1000 rounds of ammo through said pistol with the stock trigger, they might find that it works just fine and actually feels better now than the day they took the gun out of the box. But the peer pressure and the desire to shave the PII of 0.04 seconds off of their splits seems to get in the way of rational or thoughtful behavior. 

From deliberately cutting holes in pistol slides, to drilling holes in perfectly good barrels, to mounting compensators on 9mm pistols, to adding dangerously fragile aftermarket triggers in handguns, the behavior of those engaged in modern competitive shooting has gone off of the rails. Competition shooting has become a weird, autistic, dick-measuring contest at best and a homoerotic circle jerk at worst.

 

Paul G. Markel is a combat decorated United States Marine veteran. He is also the founder of Student the Gun University and has been teaching Small Arms & Tactics to military personnel, police officers, and citizens for over three decades.