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It has been strenuously stated in this thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13300
and others that inertial firing pins do not offer the shooter any protection against dropping the gun on the hammer (hammer down carry). But it has always been my understanding that was the only reason for the inertial firing pin to exist.
The following pistols have often been carried hammer down on a loaded chamber, no automatic pin block (cond. 2). Has anyone ever heard of an AD caused by a blow to the hammer in these or any similar guns?
CZ-75A
Earlier Witness, AT84, TZ75
Baby Eagle decocker
Desert Eagle
Beretta 92S and earlier, including clones
Beretta 21 and 950
Beretta 1934
Beretta 84, 85 and Browning BDA
Earlier Browning HighPower and clones
Walther PP, PPK
Walther TPH
Mauser C96 Broomhandle
Mauser HSc
S&W 39 and 59
Bersa .380 and Firestorm
Colt 1911 series 70 and similar
Colt/Astra Cub
Mab PA-15
VIS Radom
Star B and BM
Steyr 1912
Those are the ones in my disassembly book that have hammers that rest against an inertial firing pin for carry. There are certainly more than that.
I would really appreciate any information that alludes to the dangerous nature of these firearms in cond. 2 from hammer strikes. Muzzle strikes are a seperate problem, unrelated to the hammer. Thanks.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13300
and others that inertial firing pins do not offer the shooter any protection against dropping the gun on the hammer (hammer down carry). But it has always been my understanding that was the only reason for the inertial firing pin to exist.
The following pistols have often been carried hammer down on a loaded chamber, no automatic pin block (cond. 2). Has anyone ever heard of an AD caused by a blow to the hammer in these or any similar guns?
CZ-75A
Earlier Witness, AT84, TZ75
Baby Eagle decocker
Desert Eagle
Beretta 92S and earlier, including clones
Beretta 21 and 950
Beretta 1934
Beretta 84, 85 and Browning BDA
Earlier Browning HighPower and clones
Walther PP, PPK
Walther TPH
Mauser C96 Broomhandle
Mauser HSc
S&W 39 and 59
Bersa .380 and Firestorm
Colt 1911 series 70 and similar
Colt/Astra Cub
Mab PA-15
VIS Radom
Star B and BM
Steyr 1912
Those are the ones in my disassembly book that have hammers that rest against an inertial firing pin for carry. There are certainly more than that.
I would really appreciate any information that alludes to the dangerous nature of these firearms in cond. 2 from hammer strikes. Muzzle strikes are a seperate problem, unrelated to the hammer. Thanks.