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AndyC wrote:The only AD (not ND) I ever experienced in my life was with one of those.

A little old guy was shooting at the range I was running and said that he had a problem getting his pistol to fire and wanted some help. I trotted down to the bay, picked it up off the bench (pointing downrange and finger off the trigger) and popped out the magazine.

BANG!

All that's holding the striker back on the Baby Browning is a little chunk of metal sticking out underneath - it had worn down and must have been quivering right on the edge of firing when the slight vibration of removing the mag allowed it to slip off and fire.

Believe me, I blessed my father for his lessons in safe gun-handling - especially his insistence that a weapon be kept pointing in a safe direction before doing anything else.

Have a good look at yours before shooting it - the striker is a small hollow cylinder with the firing pin at one end and the relevant tab underneath - make sure it's not worn, please.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

craig45 wrote:This Baby Browning (circa 1954-1958) was at a local shop. What really attracted me to it was the original numbered box/case it was in. It's a black leatherette case with red velvet liner. It won't replace my N frame S&W's or my Glock, but I think it's fairly collectible. Paid less than $200 for it. The case was missing the original instruction manual and I'm searching for a vintage one now.

The gun has some finish loss on the right side (shown) but the left side is perfect.

How recently did you buy this gun?

Chas.