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Jim March · October 4, 2009, 01:12 AM

I suppose a hangfire (delayed fire) followed by the gun going stupid-auto is *possible* but...dayum. That means a bad primer followed immediately by a bad gun. Bad as hell LUCK that would be.

OR...OK, say the firing pin (or striker?) "hung up" somehow and didn't go forward right away. Now we at least have the whole fault on a bad gun, which is a bit easier to buy.

Stupid gunsmithing could easily be involved. Say, it was jamming a lot, somebody tried to "polish the internals" without knowing what they were doing?

This is all assuming that the story we're hearing now is actually true of course...

October 4, 2009, 01:12 AM	#9
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,417	I suppose a hangfire (delayed fire) followed by the gun going stupid-auto is possible but...dayum. That means a bad primer followed immediately by a bad gun. Bad as hell LUCK that would be. OR...OK, say the firing pin (or striker?) "hung up" somehow and didn't go forward right away. Now we at least have the whole fault on a bad gun, which is a bit easier to buy. Stupid gunsmithing could easily be involved. Say, it was jamming a lot, somebody tried to "polish the internals" without knowing what they were doing? This is all assuming that the story we're hearing now is actually true of course... __________________ Jim March