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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Joe:
Where did the ammo come from?
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-I don't know Sir.
Well I got some better info today.
The MG 34 sounds like it may have been rechambered to .308 because the bolt closed on the round.
Also for clarification the cycle of events went down like this:
This was a Firearms Instructor School, all students are (or were at the time) Police officers who have to have atleast 2 years on the road and have been selected by there departments to be instructors in this field.
- Some time prior to the class while the MG 34 was greased up for storage. Someone (no idea who) had placed a live .308 round in the chamber and manually closed the bolt on the weapon. Probably because they couldn't get the round out of the chamber.
- The lead instructor failed to check the weapon prior to brining it into the classroom.
-The classroom excersise had approximately 15-20 different weapons on the table. The weapons were displayed, the students were invited up to the table as a weapons clearing familariztion (sp?) excersice.
- A student picks up the MG 34 looks at the outside of the weapon and rolls the weapon back and forth in his hands. The student then puts the weapon back on the table (on its bipod) pulls the bolt to the rear and opens the breach. The bolt automatically closed on the .308 round and slam fired. Giving my buddy powder burns on his left arm and 13 % hearing lose out of his left ear.
- The student who was handeling the weapon when it fired swears he did not touch the trigger and others confirm that they didn't see his hand near the trigger.
I guess the big question is when the bolt is pulled to the rear and the breach is opened is the bolt
Supposed to slam shut?
Thanks again for your time and attention.
Joe