Will a dropped gun fire?

I don't know much about them except that they're NOT like in movies and games, but I've fired blank from an SA80 in a small room, I imagine a suppressor would help with the crazy temporary deafness you'd get firing indoors without ear defenders.
 
There was a nasty incident when I was in the Army Cadets about 20 years ago. A group of cadets were live firing L98s, the cadet version of the SA80. One cadet cocked and pulled the trigger, but the weapon had jammed. I assume he did not pull the cocking handle back far enough, this kind of jam was quite common.

An adult instructor took the weapon off him, but for some reason took it behind the firing line. I'm not sure if the weapon was actually dropped, but it received some sort of impact and the round discharged. Another cadet on the firing line was hit in the shoulder. Luckily he was okay. Caused one hell of a stink and all live firing was banned for quite some time. Was real shame as I was due to attend a Bren Gun training day a few weeks later.
 
peter_hutson said:
There was a nasty incident when I was in the Army Cadets about 20 years ago. A group of cadets were live firing L98s, the cadet version of the L85. One cadet cocked and pulled the trigger, but the weapon had jammed. I assume he did not pull the cocking handle back far enough, this kind of jam was quite common.

An adult instructor took the weapon off him, but for some reason took it behind the firing line. I'm not sure if the weapon was actually dropped, but it received some sort of impact and the round discharged. Another cadet on the firing line was hit in the shoulder. Luckily he was okay. Caused one hell of a stink and all live firing was banned for quite some time. Was real shame as I was due to attend a Bren Gun training day a few weeks later.
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back home in Oz

We used to hit the sides of bullets with a small hammer = -------------> BANG!

But then.. we used to make bolt bombs as well

Did I tell you I had a screw loose ?
 
Besides, a gun is a fairly large thing, such as GPMG, Bren or Howitzer and I would not like to drop one of those. The HE shells alone for a 105mm weigh 35 lbs.
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I know.. :( sadly for me i acheived marksman scores with my gpmg groupings and was awarded gunner status.....basically meant i had to lump 24lb of gmpg across Dartmoor for 26km....i should have aimed off!
Gun jam is more dangerous than the risk of one firing when dropped. Guy next to me tore up a full fig.11 when his jammed.
Lol, he screamed as he lost control of it....girly!
 
Well

After putting a new trigger in my rimfire I done a drop test.
Dropping the rifle with the safety on from a height of 2 feet on a hard floor, this is done 10 times to make sure the bitch don't let go!.
Of course on the end of the butt.;)
 
Dj_Jestar said:
Suppressors are pointless when using normal ammo.. it's supersonic.
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still a nice muzzle break if you're using something like a XM110, the suppressors also get rid of muzzle flash, which will probably be more noticeable for finding the enemy, that a moving sound.
 
Tefal said:
still a nice muzzle break if you're using something like a XM110, the suppressors also get rid of muzzle flash, which will probably be more noticeable for finding the enemy, that a moving sound.
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Precisely. For concealed marksmen, the biggest give away of their position will be two sounds....the sound of the bullet and the report from the weapon itself, and the time between these two can give an estimate on how far away the shooter is. If you can disguise or distort the report of the weapon firing, it can help keep your position concealed.
 
footman said:
IIRC with the Uzi this is not possible. It has a grip safety, so unless you're depressing that safety, the sear should be disengaged and the weapon will not discharge.
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in the film it's a MAC10/11 as someone stated earlier.
 
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