Dropped weapon

[DavisN4]

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[Zax]

Your 15-22 will be fine, hopefully the scope didn't take too much of an impact but most likely it will be OK too.

Just clean and look it over, load and smile.

Your 'buddy' must be jealous and needs to get his own!

 

[Hohopelli]

I'd threaten him with having "his just bought one".. Ron

 

[coltlover66]

Even w/ all the plastic and aluminium, the AR-15 platform is a pretty rugged weapon. In my 13 years in the U.S. Army, I logged over 250 parachute jumps, the majority w/ combat equipment & weapons. There were even several jumps w/ weapons exposed (this means weapon is secured to the parachute harness & body w/o any protection) insted of using M1950 weapons case. Saw numerous buddies broken & beaten. Even saw one muzzle go clean thru a guys calf muscle. Only once did I see a weapon damaged & it was a bent barrel. Earned my respect & utmost confidence in the weapon system. I would think yours is perfectly fine.

 

[w0ady]

ya id be more worried about the optics being damaged or being knocked out of zero.

 

[tacticool22]

Your rifle should be fine. The scope probably got more damage.
Not to get too deep in the weeds, but it's a firearm, not a weapon until you use it as one.

 

[4cfed]

Look it over for any cracks.. and check your scope for zero.. i had a cheap scope on my 17hmr i dropped it gettin it out of the cabnet.. needless to say it got knocked out of zero and cost me to miss a large male coyote

 

[Kayback]

Most firearms are designed to take a knock. They aren't built out of bone china.

If they couldn't take the occasional drop off a table they'd never have been shipped, too many chances for law suits.

Now I wouldn't take a 15/22 that's done freefall from 30 000' but off a table? I'm willing to bet it survived better than the optic did.

This is where "pay for what you get" comes in. The cheaper knock off Aimpoints won't survive much abuse, but the real ones could be thrown around the range, onto hard surfaces, and they'd still work.

But again, most things are designed to be "used", which does involve a certain amount of abuse.

Berate your friend, give it a once over, enjoy.

KBK

 

[DavisN4]

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[rraisley]

First time I shot my M&P 9C, I went to an unfamiliar range, and put a bit of protective cloth on top of the plastic table to protect my new baby. I didn't realize that the table was much narrower than where I usually shot, and next thing I know, my 9C has tumbled to the concrete floor. GAH! Well, I looked closely, and couldn't even find a dent or scratch, and of course it continued to shoot flawlessly. Whew!

 

[VMaxSplat]

Saw numerous buddies broken & beaten. Even saw one muzzle go clean thru a guys calf muscle.

OUCH

 

[coltlover66]

According to Webster, a weapon is;

noun
1. any instrument or device FOR use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war......

Sounds like something a lawyer or politician would try to debate. We really should reserve such trivial arguments for the court room instead of tieing up bandwidth on this forum.

 

[Majorlk]

Your rifle should be fine. The scope probably got more damage.
Not to get too deep in the weeds, but it's a firearm, not a weapon until you use it as one.

Thank You!!!!

I have many firearms that I use for different purposes. I have NO weapons! A weapon is for offensive use and everything I have is for defensive purposes.

 

[coltlover66]

God help this country! Or should I not use that three letter word either?

 

[tacticool22]

God, gun, it's all good
The anti gun people have hijacked what a weapon is and we just need to not give them any ammo ( pun intended) to fight us.
I didn't want to go ant further, and I'm done.

DavisN4. Is your rifle and optic OK?

 

[thacheese]

just lucky it wasn't loaded. my understanding is there is nothing preventing the firing pin from striking the rim if enough force is applied even if the hammer doesn't move.

 

[Zax]

just lucky it wasn't loaded. my understanding is there is nothing preventing the firing pin from striking the rim if enough force is applied even if the hammer doesn't move.

I suppose anything is possible, but even if the mass of the firing pin were sufficient to overcome the spring it would have to land muzzle down to hit the case.

 

[Majorlk]

just lucky it wasn't loaded. my understanding is there is nothing preventing the firing pin from striking the rim if enough force is applied even if the hammer doesn't move.

Maybe if you dropped it directly on the muzzle from about 10 feet ...

 

[DavisN4]

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[PainterlyShotgroup]

It's a Smith & Wesson, I'd be more worried about the concrete.