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Originally Posted by The Reaper
I have a pair of 29s, the older is a nickel 6.5", I bought it in the early 80s. It has a hammer mounted firing pin, but my understanding is that the design precludes hammer impact NDs.
I do know that I have never heard of a double action firing when dropped, or needing to have a chamber in the cylinder left unloaded for safety.
TR
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A 6.5 inch polished nickel model 29. Nice.
After reading your posts for the past five years I can only imagine what other lovelies you have tucked away in your gun safe.
I haven't personally witnessed an older S&W discharging while being dropped but I do know two retired Corrections officers who witnessed it when a model 10 was dropped during qualification.
I just pulled my model 15-4 apart to see if it were mechanically possible and it looks like it would be very difficult but possible given the right set of circumstances. The chances of it being possible go way up if some idiot decided to perform their own action work. Having said that, if I were a betting man I'd bet that her tale would fit nicely in the fiction section of Borders right next to Joe Wilson's book.
In any event I am sure she has already retained Counsel. Even if her tale was true she is a total moron for trying to draw down on a mouse with a 44 mag.