Posted on 04/17/2009 10:58:26 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department found that there is a serious problem with its guns.
Officer Vidal Colon was injured over the weekend in a shootout, in which his gun jammed.
The police chief has known about the problem for a year, but he is now taking immediate action following Saturday’s shooting.
The chief sent a memo to the entire police department about the weapon problem.
On Saturday, Colon responded to a report of a man armed with a gun near 36th and Scott streets.
Colon fired his gun 13 times, and the suspect, Louis Domenech, shot back six times, refusing to drop his weapon, said police.
Both men were hit, and police have been investigating the shootout. They learned that one bullet casing had stovepiped, or jammed, in the officer’s weapon.
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I have 3000 rounds of 9mm loaded with Ranier 127 gr HPs..+P too
I thought they bought the P95s for tanker drivers?
LOL.
Nope.
The Army is still looking for a “Personal Defense Weapon” for armored vehicle crewman and other support personnel, but adding another pistol into the inventory isn’t on the books.
My current carry is a Springfield XD45. 13+1 in a package that’s smaller than a double-stack 1911. If I go to a mag that’s as long as the single-stack 1911 10 rounders, I get 15 rounds.
60 rounds is four magazines, not six, at that point. Six magazines nets me *90* rounds and a world of tactical possibilities.
***I had a serious cyclider jam with my SW Model 19 and .357 Magnum rounds. It jammed, would not turn nor could I open it.***
It sounds as if you had some unburned powder grains behind the extractor.
Way Kool! Thanks alot. Going to link now.
True, also a knife will rust if you do not care for it. Even a single shot firearm will fail if you do not clean it every now and then. That being said, an improperly maintained revolver is less likely to jam than an improperly cared for semiautomatic
How about a 45 ACP caliber glock 30 or the 21 SF or the 45 cal smith and wesson military and police?
“It sounds as if you had some unburned powder grains behind the extractor.”
I concur..that gun needs a serious cleaning...and it should be right as rain.
Those are beautiful revolvers. What are the models numbers?
Yeah! Give me a wheelgun any day (but make it a S&W)
Those crazy Europeans, with their history of magazine heel-releases, wanted to strip a mag from the grip.
The last two or three generations drop right out, no problem.
The 1911 people saw it as a problem;Glock designed it as a feature.
Glock redesigned it for the marketplace.
Particularly .357 and larger bores. As a trainer of firearms instructors,
I have seen many more revolvers which failed to operate.
Three questions then since you know more than I: (1) What is the average age of the failed revolvers vs average age of the failed semi? (2) How many revolvers are out there vs number of semis? (3) What was the average age of the failed weapon’s ammo, again revolver vs semi?
It is a function of lack of training of the operator.
So, you are saying that the number of jams is directly related to the training of the user? That makes sense, still would be interested to see the stats on those three questions.
Speaking of people with a lack of training, time to go play on the Nashville interstates. Have a nice weekend
I'm hunkered down under a couple of feet of snow here in the Rockies.Have a wonderful weekend.
Traditionally, american made firearms need to be broken in before they function properly. You don’t need to break in a glock. Glocks have such loose chambers that they generally work no matter what.
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