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To: smokingfrog
Reynolds says the Wichita man first told police a car had driven by and fired shots at the couple, but later changed his story.

I think the man needs to change his story yet again. I can't think of too many handguns that fail the 3 foot drop check. Maybe, just maybe a 1911 that is cocked but not locked could strike the ground just right so it breaks off the hammer's sear, but that's about it.

Even a cocked revolver usually requires the trigger to be fully depressed in order for the hammer to strike the primer. And one doesn't normally carry a cocked revolver in one's waistband.

15 posted on 07/22/2011 12:15:11 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Lots of revolvers made 60 years ago or longer were not safe to carry wih a round under the hammer. Had a .44 magnum Sauer and Sohn, made in W. Germany that was that way. Old style were dangerous.


34 posted on 07/24/2011 1:19:13 PM PDT by eastforker
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