rainwalker wrote:Question is what would it take for a safety to fail.
Could a really hard drop cause it?
As a ridiculous example which no one would do... If you clubbed a rock with your rifle or tossed it off a roof or something stupid, could regular blunt force do it?
Dirtdart89 wrote:A few years ago while I was in the army a mate of mine had a rifle that was brand new, despite having an armourer look at it, it would fire with the safety engaged.
SendIt wrote:The safety mechanism (not the safety switch) is always inside the stock/action where you couldn't knock it directly. You'd have to smash the stock to knock it like you're talking about.
Vibration though, a jolt at the wrong angle, you never know...
Even with the safety on, you've still got a cocked spring and a firing pin pointed at a primer.
The best safety's an empty chamber or an open bolt.
Farmjer wrote:Like a tank with an armoured front and revolving metal flail at the front that detonates the mines ahead of the vehicle?
Dirtdart89 wrote:the Australian army is a bunch of tight arses and we don't use them as much due to things breaking off when they explode.
Dirtdart89 wrote:Yeah unfortunately the Taliban are a lot smarter than we give em credit for they build the pressure plate or trigger up in front of the main explosive so when the flail or whatever hits it, the main charge will be pretty much right under the vehicle. I'm not sure if they have tried extending the flails or rollers but they would probably figure it out after a few days.