coyoteassasin
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Please beware of the Betetta 40 storm, It has a decocker. My new storm discharged when I flipped the safety on. I had used it 2 weeks. Practiced with an empty gun often to gain familiarity. I was with a friend in my pickup at the farm when he asked to see my new carry gun. The truck was not running we were just talking. I opened the door so as to point the storm in a safe direction out the door. I removed the magazine. As I showed him how the decocker worked it discharged. Thank God I had pointed it out the door with the door open.The firing pin points almost straight up when decocking as you flip the safety on. The hammer hit the firing pin at a severe angle,estimating 45 or 50 degrees vertical. I returned it to Baretta. The tech said he could not make it discharge as I had explained. I kept the spent brass as to prove the angle of the firing pin strike. They said the gun was fine. refusing to except the tech answer I talked to a general manager. After asking him to review my case, I asked him to look at the spent brass. He was shocked to see the evidence. The gun was returned to the factory and I bought a Springfield Armory .45 short with a striker plate. This one wont discharge with the multiple safetys it has. I was disappointed In Baretta as they basically told me it was impossible to discharge on decocking.
As a kid my uncle taught me to always treat a weapon as if it may accidentally go off. Had I not opened the door and pointed it away it could have been a real bad outcome.
As a kid my uncle taught me to always treat a weapon as if it may accidentally go off. Had I not opened the door and pointed it away it could have been a real bad outcome.