The most sickening sound.

[shenck]

The most sickening sound to me is the sound of a firearm hitting the pavement, but to make a long story short, I dropped my 1911. when it hit the thumb safety popped out. after I stopped with the urge to vomit. I checked everything out and re assembled it. after doing all the safety checks, everything thing seems ok. I can't get the safety to come out other than with normal disassembly procedures. What do you think happened, and should I have a professional look at it?

 

[BBBBill]

Chances are that the gun was cocked and on safe. When it hit the impact bounced the safety into the off safe position and out.

Edited for spelling. I enjoyed the below play on my fat fingered spelling. Serves me right for trying to post from a phone instead of a computer.

 

[shenck]

Yes it was cocked and locked, after I reassembled it, I tried to get it to come out and couldn't.

 

[Project355]

From a cocked position, the thumb safety can come out of a gnu with a little deft manipulation.... I'd be more worried about - does the gnu work, does the gnu's safety features function as before, and oh holy mother of all that walks on four feet, how's that gnu's cosmetics?

 

[shenck]

It passed all the safety checks. about to function check. This is the only blemish that I can't account for. this pistol has seen alot of use.

 

[beag_nut]

Regarding the original post, does anyone else but me flinch every time Matt Dillon orders someone to "drop the weapon" on the original "Gunsmoke" ?

 

[shenck]

I've heard just about every type of firearm hit the pavement, for one reason or another, and when the sound effects in a movie are accurate, it makes me cringe.

 

[entropy]

I heard it Thursday night; the forend on my Ljutic came off, and the barrel dropped-mostly into the grass, but the edge of the muzzle scraped the paver on the 16 yd. line. I picked it up, put it back together, checked to make sure the forearm locked, and keep shooting. Shot a 24 that round, and I'd already dropped the one bird. I have to clean up the outer edge of the muzzle, but it's nothing serious. I think the guy I lent it to right before that might have hit the forearm release button when he was shooting it, because I'd noticed it was a little 'looser' than the 'tight as a drum feeling' it usually has.

 

[sparkyv]

I've dropped a CCW onto a brick driveway when I fumbled taking it out of its vehicle hidy-hole. While it was indeed a sickening sound, I didn't have an urge to vomit, but I distinctly remember significantly puckering up!

The most sickening sound to me is the sound of a firearm hitting the pavement, but to make a long story short, I dropped my 1911. when it hit the thumb safety popped out. after I stopped with the urge to vomit.

 

[Olon]

I had my Winchester Model 12 in a soft case which was a little too short, so zipper wouldn't close all the way and it could slide out butt-first if held just right (or wrong). I failed to communicate this to my roommate as I handed it to him to put in his car, and watched in slow motion as the gun fell butt-first a couple feet onto the concrete and bounced to the ground. The buttplate is a hard plastic so it absorbed none of the shock. The gun already had plenty of "character" beforehand so I didn't notice any new damage but I sure was puckered for that split second lol.

 

[Cemetery21]

Agree on the pucker and the grit teeth when they "drop it" in the movies.
Many years ago, buddy and I were heading to his truck up his sidewalk. We both had armloads and he dropped his varmint barrelled 220 Swift (probably a 12 pound rifle). It bounced on the front bell of a 6X scope (mine that I'd loaned him). It had a significant dent there but no broken glass. We proceeded to a range to sight it in and it was dead on.
So, for 40 years, we have said we use his sidewalk to sight in rifles. Oh, I never did get that scope back.

 

[wiscoaster]

Regarding the original post, does anyone else but me flinch every time Matt Dillon orders someone to "drop the weapon" on the original "Gunsmoke" ?

Hmmmm ... wouldn't be dropping onto concrete, though, I don't think??

 

[leadhead2]

When the Lone Ranger drops his fancy guns, they sound like there hitting
a wooden floor. Also sicking.
Denny

 

[LoonWulf]

pretty much all of my guns have fallen or been dropped (including my Christensen Ridgeline on its first hunt, we both went face first into the lava rocks), as long as parts arnt broken off i dont worry about it anymore.

 

[EMC45]

Years back I had a mint Ruger Redhawk .44 Mag. A buddy and I were out shooting it at the PD range and we took a break. I placed it on the range bench on top of a cardboard backer. Welllll a gust of wind came through and lofted the cardboard, and my Redhawk into the air and then onto the concrete. I was sickened by it. It chewed the butt of the pistol up a little.