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To: MileHi

The Springfield P9 in .45 is an early EAA Witness .45. The early Witness 9mm and .45s were voluntarily recalled due to a defective firing pin that would allow the firing pin safety to be installed in a position that rendered it invisibly inoperable, which is my guess as to what happened here. The other thing that would happen is that the firing pin would get stuck forward to varying degrees, leading to slamfires, runaways and (unsurprisingly) drop discharges.


20 posted on 02/23/2023 11:37:23 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Perhaps if the pistol was in the “cocked and locked” condition, the discharge wouldn’t have happened. For certain it wouldn’t happen if the chamber was empty.

Sorry for your misery. Get well soon.


24 posted on 02/23/2023 11:42:13 PM PST by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: Spktyr

And Springfield put their name on that?


35 posted on 02/23/2023 11:48:53 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Spktyr

But how did it fire if the hammer was not even cocked?


36 posted on 02/23/2023 11:50:36 PM PST by MachIV
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To: Spktyr

And saftey on at that!


39 posted on 02/23/2023 11:52:42 PM PST by MachIV
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