firing pin down on a live cartridge

sabbathmusic · 10-19-2010, 12:51 AM

I had a Mitchell Arms LUger, that had a cast striker, I had to replace it with a real WW2 Striker for the casting of the thing would rub on the breechblock and caused resistence on the striker plunge impact and not fire the round,(Primers are not that delicate) these little casting marks caused resitence rubbing on the breechblock as it moved forward, if this is possible, HOW can a gun not be safe with it loaded but not cocked? I WOULD not trust the safety on a Luger from flipping off and the gun going off, I WOULD not use a Luger for home defense now in 2010. I have a double action P-1 for that. At least with the loaded but not cocked, the trigger will not pull, that is the danger, if you disengage a safety lever on accident and that trigger falls, nothing is going to stop that gun from going off.

10-19-2010, 12:51 AM	#1
sabbathmusic Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I had a Mitchell Arms LUger, that had a cast striker, I had to replace it with a real WW2 Striker for the casting of the thing would rub on the breechblock and caused resistence on the striker plunge impact and not fire the round,(Primers are not that delicate) these little casting marks caused resitence rubbing on the breechblock as it moved forward, if this is possible, HOW can a gun not be safe with it loaded but not cocked? I WOULD not trust the safety on a Luger from flipping off and the gun going off, I WOULD not use a Luger for home defense now in 2010. I have a double action P-1 for that. At least with the loaded but not cocked, the trigger will not pull, that is the danger, if you disengage a safety lever on accident and that trigger falls, nothing is going to stop that gun from going off. Last edited by sabbathmusic; 10-19-2010 at 08:45 AM.

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