Atom Smasher
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- Aug 28, 2011
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I had a slam-fire on my Win 70 30-06 when I flipped the safety from middle-safe to fire. I was surprised, as I had never had a malfunction like that in the ~600 rounds I'd fired through it since I purchased it last August. Thankfully no one was hurt, but I immediately took the gun to the smith. He told me that someone had mucked around with the trigger to make it extra-extra-light and through my repeated use (which was probably considerably more than the previous owner's 20 rounds a year) finally wore down the catch that held the firing pin in place. He reset everything and made the gun safe to operate, but it taught me an important lesson: even if everything looks good at the time of purchase, it can always be a good idea to get a second opinion!