Re:Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service...
by general_ai on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:18AM
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I thought that too initially, regarding the takedown procedure. There are even videos on YT of people shooting their walls. Nowadays removing the mag and racking the slide is muscle memory. It also happens to be the only way to make sure the gun is well and truly safe.
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Re:Army Picks Sig Sauer's P320 Handgun to Replace M9 Service...
by probablybanned on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:32AM
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Yeah absolutely, they're called negligent discharges for a reason and I wouldn't personally hesitate to buy a Glock.
However, there is a distinction in that the essentially safetyless, essentially SAO trigger system is fundamental to the performance of the gun's function, whereas the takedown procedure is more of a peculiar wart of the design. So those idiots end up shooting their walls (and potentially other people) for no reason other than that Gaston Glock didn't want to compromise on the parts count. Typical engineer, I suppose.