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Posted: 11/8/2005 10:45:10 PM EDT
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I was at the range and my AR fell out of the holder provided their, it hit muzzle first from about 4 feet onto concreat there is no real damage, just some dents on the flash hider, but I figured I would ask if their is any thing I should check before I put it in heavy use again. Thanks Icon |
Are you always ignorant, or is it just tonight? He asked if there was anything he should check before firing the weapon again. Try reading the post before you reply. Better to be thought a fool, than open your mouth (or type a response), and remove all doubt. |
Well that was helpful...  Check the muzzle and flash hider for any damage that might impact a bullet, but I doubt you will find anything... I hate when I fumble a gun... 
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Oh no!, now you're gonna have to get rid of that birdacge (or vortex or whatever) and get a SILENCER! seriously now, i'd listen to the guys that adviced checking the bullet path, after all making sure could not hurt, but i'm guessing it should be just fine. HUNTER. |
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Often the hardest part of dropping a weapon is fighting the urge to try and catch it mid-fall. DON"T DO IT! Suck it up and watch it happen. If you try to catch it you may end up grapping it in such a way you come in contact with the trigger. It can and HAS happened! I'd rather have a dinked up gun, than a dinked up gun and a bullet hole in something. Let them fall, DO NOT TRY TO CATCH THEM!!! |
And yell "SHIT" really loud after the firearm has been lying there a few seconds(as long as no one is around). This will damage the gun more than the impact. Thats what I told myself after a two hundred dollar gunsmith bill, once. |
Funny, I was about to start a thread regarding a recent "fall down" incident of my own. It's been bothering the hell out of me for days. Only mine fell while propped on a chair sight first on to a carpeted floor. Sounded like a hell of a thud, but everything seems secure. I know it is a tool capeable of being used in brutal combat, but I can't help worrying that I slightly misaligned something. Guess I'll have to wait until I get it out on the range again. No, I am not crying about it. Just another symptom of BRD.
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If your flash hider is dented so bad that it's questionable a bullet could impact the wall of the FH, then that would be one fucked up FH. I wouldn't worry at all. I've seen more M16s hit the deck than i care to even attempt to recall, and have never seen one that the flash hider needed to be replaced. I'm sure it has happened, but I doubt it was because it was dented, but prolly broke in half. Thanks for sharing your story with us, sorry you scratched your baby...
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Indeed. I'm sorry Icon. It was uncalled for for me to not recognize that their was a question wrapped into your statement. Next time I will look closer and apply question marks where I think they should go rather than where you put them...or where you don't in your case.
Where exactly is the question? Looks like a statement, no? |
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Gee that sounds familiar... and it reminds me........ Today is the 230th birthday of the United States Marine Corps Happy Birthday, Marines Semper Fi! |
'nuff said... move along, nothing to see here! 
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