bronco78 wrote:I have not yet asked about model,,, I may call today and find out.
Yes, the weapon was pointed down along side his leg, "toward the ground in a safe direction" Obviously, angled toward his leg.. Yes a mistake, one he paid for. A Mistake that should never have happened,, of that there is no debate.
I have seen many a shooter in the calm environment of range time, practice perfect weapons handling, to include during "competitions" only to flag another or them selfs when in a real fight. We learn from it and move on.... Those who believe they are trained beyond that reality, are mistaken, and or Jeff Cooper Delta Force / Seal team experienced. An honest personal will acknowledge that while practice in training is vital, and greatly increases ones ability to do the same under stress, it is not in any way absolute.
Weekend shooters... sorry, your not as trained as you think you are. I know you will disagree, I know you feel you know better,, I know I've witnessed things that have formed my opinion in 24 years of doing this for a leaving. None of that is a flame to anyone, just my experience.
I agree the gun needs to be inspected.. I'm leaning to a Sig trained armorer vice SIG.. as the private shop may be willing to see and describe the malfunction part(s) ((If they exist, I'm still not sure this was not a rule 3 deal..... seen it countless times)) while the company owned armorer I'd think would be more likely to replace several offending parts yet not be willing to state these replaced parts could definitively be the cause of an unreproducible slam fire.
Lastly.... I'm going to ask if I can borrow the weapon.. I'll do some snap cap dry fire testing, want to look at the maintenance, and then do some live fire testing.... The guy in question is not law suite happy, I think he knows, even if the weapon did malfunction.....if all else had gone as it should have, the result would have been a round striking the ground (which could have still caused damage)
Thanks to all for the replys.....
I will be interested in hearing which gun it was so please keep us updated with more information, glad to hear your friend is doing ok.