View Single Post
Unread 05-21-2016, 11:19 AM   #24
kurusu
User
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,225
Thanks: 2,679
Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
Maybe... But if it were being used right before it was dropped/lost, what would have kept the grips from falling off? If the safety lever had broken before loss, I can envision using the gun without it, but my guess is that someone tried to take the grips off in order to loosen the mag, and probably forced the lever, as well, just trying it out. Without more info, we simply do not know.
I'm thinking on the line, those parts (grip screws; safety lever) corroded away during all this time for unknown reasons.

Maybe a chemist among us could have an hypothesis on the whys.
kurusu is offline   Reply With Quote