What guns are NOT drop safe?

[Koda]

sorry... was just asking to learn something. Guess I'll stick with my video...

 

[Joe13]

Another pissing contest

Go somewhere else and measure your e-peen....

This was meant as a serious informative thread and not a prove your point thread.

Old a$$ men acting like teenagers

 

[bbbass]

the Series 80 wasn't a waste of time.

Here is a video of a 1911 failing a drop test the Series 80 was invented to prevent.

Hey.... that string was tied around the trigger!!!

 

[bbbass]

Another pissing contest

Old a$$ men acting like teenagers

Don't talk about me that way... half the time I don't even make it to the toilet!!!

 

[Koda]

Hey.... that string was tied around the trigger!!!

here is where I originally learned of that video...
The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Unintentional Discharge with 1911 in Public Bathroom
(note: cocked and locked)

and Im not in any pissing match with anyone I am talking about guns that are not drop safe, on topic.

 

[Wombat of Doom]

I just know that I for one know that I want to err on the side of caution. I love combloc guns, but in general I consider their drop safety to be nil.

 

[KKG]

I went looking for my notes to refresh my memory and found that the Pistol in the questionable test had had several springs modified from their Factory Standards. Including, but not limited to, the Firing Pin Spring. Additionally, the pistol was dropped from a height of some 12 feet which was greater than the tests called for.

 

[Koda]

KKG thanks for the reply and conversation. I guess the takeaway is its entirely possible but the odds are virtually zero on a properly set up series 70.

Although it does make me wonder considering fanboys seem to find it impossible to not modify their 1911s from OEM configurations (guilty) changing springs is very common to set the gun up for a specific handload, lighter recoil or trigger pull....

 

[KKG]

I began Carrying and dealing with the 1911A1 platform many years ago and I've never yet found a reason to modify the Firing Pin Spring. While the FBI does run tests on modified Guns frequently, they don't, to the best of my knowledge, do their drop test that are done for Departments etc. using anything that has been modified.

But you are right too many users like to play with their toys.

 

[Certaindeaf]

anything with a free floating firing pin.... like the AR15. AK47...

I'm so high-speed, low-drag that I can't use them guns.

 

[RicInOR]

As to the OP question
Which Guns are NOT drop safe.

Colt Peacemaker, SAA, M1873

Just because it could hold 6, didn't mean it was a good idea. All those cowboy movies & tv shows overlooked the reality.

You load 5.