Agreed. You'd think that would be on every firearm mfr's test list.Ok, but I find it hard to believe that they had no idea it wasn't drop safe.
Agreed. You'd think that would be on every firearm mfr's test list.Ok, but I find it hard to believe that they had no idea it wasn't drop safe.
Ok, but I find it hard to believe that they had no idea it wasn't drop safe.
Agreed. You'd think that would be on every firearm mfr's test list.
5.3. Test Procedure -The firearm or firearms shall be dropped in such a way as to cause them to strike the rubber mat surface in each of the following attitudes:
a) Barrel vertical, muzzle down.5.3.1. The test shall be conducted with the trigger pull force set at the minimum force specified by the manufacturer.
b) Barrel vertical, muzzle up.
c) Barrel horizontal, bottom up.
d) Barrel horizontal, bottom down.
e) Barrel horizontal, left side up.
f) Barrel horizontal, right side up.
5.3.2. The test shall be conducted with the magazine, clip or remaining revolver cylinder chambers fully loaded with SAAMI-compliant gun functioning dummy cartridges and locked in place.
5.3.3. The test shall be conducted with firearms of minimum and maximum weight configurations of a given model, including weight variations introduced by accessories cataloged by the manufacturer.
If every degree on the X, Y, and Z axes is a data point, there are over 46 million potential orientations in which to drop a firearm.
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