MarlboroLts5150
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Phssthpok wrote:
That depends....when was the last time the fluid was checked?
And a car is different than a firearm. While a car a SEVERAL moving parts, a majority of them we can't see or get to thru regular maintenance. A firearm however, has only a few moving parts. All of which, thru proper maintenance, espically after firing, get a detailed cleaning and inspection. What caused the failure to the guy in your post, most likely could have been seen thru that kind of regular maintenence. The kind of wearon the parts thatfailed would (should?) have been noticed.
As tight as the tolerences are on semi-autos, espically in the slide assembly, excess wear on one part in that can cause other moving parts in the slide assembly to recieve excess wear. Once again, that would have been noticed thru regular, detailed maintenance.
Phssthpok wrote:
MarlboroLts5150 wrote:I'll grant your point about failure to maintain being negligence, however you are (deliberately?) overlooking one critical bit of data that I already posted:If you fail to properly maintain air pressure in your tires, and blow one out, is it an accident?, or is it negligence on your part to properly maintain your equipment?
Same applies to firearms. Can mechanical failure happen even when you properly maintain your firearm....yes it can. But the example you provided was not accidental, it was negligence.
The system that failed (fire control group) was in no way affected by the (alleged) 'negligence' of chambering his ammunition in the manner that he did. The only wear caused by such a chambering method IS ON THE EXTRACTOR (that flat piece of metal on the side) not the firing mechanism. The extractor in no way, shape or form is connected to, or operating in conjunction with ANY part of the fire control group.
To put it in similar terms to your tire analogy:
If you don't keep your tire pressure up and your transmission grenades on the freeway is it an accident or negligence.
That depends....when was the last time the fluid was checked?
And a car is different than a firearm. While a car a SEVERAL moving parts, a majority of them we can't see or get to thru regular maintenance. A firearm however, has only a few moving parts. All of which, thru proper maintenance, espically after firing, get a detailed cleaning and inspection. What caused the failure to the guy in your post, most likely could have been seen thru that kind of regular maintenence. The kind of wearon the parts thatfailed would (should?) have been noticed.
As tight as the tolerences are on semi-autos, espically in the slide assembly, excess wear on one part in that can cause other moving parts in the slide assembly to recieve excess wear. Once again, that would have been noticed thru regular, detailed maintenance.