chardin
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I restored a 1990's Bersa Firestorm .22LR pistol after decades of neglect. This was a fun project. I also did some work on the smoothness of its trigger, and took it to the range this morning to test it out.
It jammed a lot, mostly stovepipe FTEs and one funny FTF. And then it did something that scared the tar out of me.
The gun had a stovepipe FTE. I didn't see it, and pulled the trigger. And the hammer fell.
The hammer fell when the slide was out of battery.
I am quite concerned.
I did notice, when disassembling the gun, that it lacked an automatic safety cam. This part apparently made it into later versions of this pistol. I don't know if it was there to prevent this kind of failure. Or did my smoothing the trigger, sear, and hammer make it happen?
Does anyone know how I might make this gun safe? Failing that, is there any reasonable way to get rid of it without putting some innocent gun buyer at risk?
It jammed a lot, mostly stovepipe FTEs and one funny FTF. And then it did something that scared the tar out of me.
The gun had a stovepipe FTE. I didn't see it, and pulled the trigger. And the hammer fell.
The hammer fell when the slide was out of battery.
I am quite concerned.
I did notice, when disassembling the gun, that it lacked an automatic safety cam. This part apparently made it into later versions of this pistol. I don't know if it was there to prevent this kind of failure. Or did my smoothing the trigger, sear, and hammer make it happen?
Does anyone know how I might make this gun safe? Failing that, is there any reasonable way to get rid of it without putting some innocent gun buyer at risk?