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by Middle Age Russ
Thu May 12, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Guns went off when dropped
Replies: 21
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Re: Guns went off when dropped

The previous replies are correct. No modern design handgun should fire if dropped accidentally. In some cases where this has been reported, the truth comes out that the gun was either mishandled (trigger pulled at an inopportune moment) or a catch was attempted when the gun was falling (trigger inadvertently pulled while making the attempt). In these cases, the internal and trigger safeties worked as advertized -- when the trigger was pulled the gun fired.

Moral of these stories is simply to keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target (one of the four big rules of firearms safety). The real safety for your firearm, despite whatever mechanisms are present, is using one's brain to keep the four rules.

FWIW, if you are not extremely proficient at swiping of the slide safeties on the 92FS or 5906, you might think about carrying them in a more "ready" condition. They are every bit as safe to carry loaded and decocked, without the safety lever engaged, as any other double action handgun.

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