Re: IOF .32 Pistol or Revolver - which is more reliable?
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:06 pm
Supershaji tusi super great ho. Anyone to elaborate on the reason on Ashani jammng.....
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May God protect us from such incidents!farook wrote:Speaking of pistol jams anyone knows why this jammed VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED
supershaji wrote:May God protect us from such incidents!farook wrote:Speaking of pistol jams anyone knows why this jammed VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED
A hammerless pistol cannot be carried uncocked with a round in the chamber. It can be carried safely without a round in the chamber, but with the magazine loaded. Hopefully, in a self-defense situation, the goon will give ample opportunity for the Ashani carrier to rack the slide and get a round in the chamber, so he can be shot. Seriously, for safe carry, the Ashani is no match for the Revolver when it comes to quickly bringing the weapon into action.supershaji wrote:More so, one can carry the pistol with the magazine loaded, with the safety on as well as keeping the pistol un-cocked…
This is simply wrong information! Pistols of this design can easily fire when dropped. It has happened. We have said it here many times before. Members reading this should keep this in mind: You have been warned!supershaji wrote:Oh yes, this pistol also cannot be fired until held in the hand and the trigger and grip safety squeezed together (forgot what that safety mechanism is called).
Double action revolvers generally don't need any safety, because one has to pull the trigger to cock and fire them. For a revolver like the IOF, a safety may serve a purpose. For .32 revolvers like a Colt or S&W, there is no safety and none is needed. They are as safe as a bank vault without one, by design.supershaji wrote:The revolver, on the other hand, has one safety catch. Period.
Most of these kinds of problems can be traced to a magazine spring that is weak. However, the magazine lips can also be a factor, but the first move in such a situation is to get a good magazine spring, like a Wolff.supershaji wrote:Oh yes, I hear that the pistol, even though it has a mag of 7 (or more?) it only can safely be loaded with 5, anything more results in ... umm.. an ejection problem?? (haven't managed to figure out why, but this is what the local gunsmiths have complained / suggested).
If someone got burned in the face like this, the shooter should have been excused from the range and his membership permanently terminated. If it was found that the injured person was deliberately standing next to the shooter, he should be excused and banned as well. Anyone so ignorant about guns has no business shooting one, much less being a member of a range.supershaji wrote:About burning hands, a gentleman at the shooting range fired his IOF revolver and burned another fellow member's face (who was standing by his side) with renegade lead shavings.
Noted Timmy, and warning shall be taken heed of!timmy wrote:This is simply wrong information! Pistols of this design can easily fire when dropped. It has happened. We have said it here many times before. Members reading this should keep this in mind: You have been warned!supershaji wrote:Oh yes, this pistol also cannot be fired until held in the hand and the trigger and grip safety squeezed together (forgot what that safety mechanism is called).
Any tips on where one can get this Wolff spring for the Ashani mag, and also if anyone has tried this solution with success here?timmy wrote:Most of these kinds of problems can be traced to a magazine spring that is weak. However, the magazine lips can also be a factor, but the first move in such a situation is to get a good magazine spring, like a Wolff.supershaji wrote:Oh yes, I hear that the pistol, even though it has a mag of 7 (or more?) it only can safely be loaded with 5, anything more results in ... umm.. an ejection problem?? (haven't managed to figure out why, but this is what the local gunsmiths have complained / suggested).