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Chuck
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Double feed kills operator

#1 Post by Chuck »

Shaggy dog story maybe?


http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009 ... Newsletter

Just noticed the date - WTF is the Firearm blog doing plugging a 6 year old story!

Would delete entire post but no way of doing so.
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#2 Post by SevenSixTwo »

Admittedly, not dropping the mag on a misfire is a bad habit of mine. Must correct it.
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#3 Post by DaveB »

These sorts of things do happen - I have investigated a couple myself, but it isn't the gun-makers fault, it's invariably operator error.

The US is litigation-mad. Had a problem? Just gotta sue somebody!
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#4 Post by Chuck »

Seems there's much doubt about the story, certainly with any semi auto rifle I'm using the mag is usually out right away in event of a stoppage.
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#5 Post by Les »

It's a sad story, but so easily preventable .... and probably not unique, either.

Sometimes, it's the things that we forget to do that have the worst consequences. :cry:
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#6 Post by Sim G »

SevenSixTwo wrote:Admittedly, not dropping the mag on a misfire is a bad habit of mine. Must correct it.

First IA, "tap, rack, bang"...

I suspect, if this story is true, and I don't believe it is, it's a culmination of factors....
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?

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#7 Post by SevenSixTwo »

To be fair, I was drilled for 22 years not to drop the mag (and 'get back in the fight' asap) so it's a hard habit to break.
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#8 Post by Demonic69 »

I'm not sure I'd trust a solicitor with such poor spelling, grammar and the inability to stick to one way of staying things; clip, magazine?
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#9 Post by CDM5 »

Demonic69 wrote:I'm not sure I'd trust a solicitor with such poor spelling, grammar and the inability to stick to one way of staying things; clip, magazine?
The SKS takes both clips & magazines ;)
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#10 Post by Demonic69 »

Lol, smart arse ;-)
It does, but not in the context he uses :-P
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