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Posted on 02/08/2006 9:23:25 PM PST by DuckFan4ever
A Portland Police officer who was injured while firing a handgun has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the manufacturers of the gun and the ammunition.
Officer Florin B. Pirv was taking a qualification test in March 2004 with a .45 caliber Glock 21 when the “breech/cartridge feed ramp fractured, causing backward propulsion of hot gases, hot air, and shrapnel to be blown into Pirv’s face, body, and hands,” according to the suit.
The lawsuit names Glock and two ammunition-makers, Federal Cartridge Company and Alliant Technosystems, also known as ATK. Glock is based in Georgia. The ammunition-makers are based in Minnesota.
None returned phone calls and emails seeking comment.
Pirv was one of two Portland officers injured while firing .45-caliber Glocks in March 2004, prompting Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth to order the recall of the weapons carried by 230 officers.
The bureau replaced them with 9mm Glocks.
Pirv’s suit seeks $50,000 in compensatory damages, $3 million for pain and suffering and $50 million in punitive damages.
Pirv is assigned to a patrol shift, according to a Portland Police spokeswoman.
I was sure they said the cylinders were modified to accept the clips, but they were much faster than speed loaders since you just drop them in and close the cylinder.
I want to look into this because they would be great for my Colt Python. I would never alter the Python, because it's a Python and because it was my dads duty gun for years.
FReegards.
I'm like you are and wouldn't think of modifying Dad's gun. Call around and see if someone has a used or new, Colt Python cylinder, perhaps you'll get lucky and then modify that cylinder.
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(Answer:)Why, for the money, of course. Even though the ammo did not fail. It worked.
(thinking) Now where to find 12 stupid people?
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Cool info. Thanks
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Yeah. I know. I didn't put a sarcasm tag in my post because I didn't figure one was needed.
But we are talking about Portland and the water gets a bit muddy when when one worries about getting shot there and by whom, so I was only half joking. That's probably the source of confusion.
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