Well I call foul on this When I load a firearm I do not point it at my leg or any part of my body. If the room was crowded you still could have aimed at the floor.
I remember when I was very young (long time ago) that my brother was loading a new mag in his gun (no idea what kind of gun) and it discharged. I was told then that the firing pin scratched the bullet and made it go off. Since becoming a gun owner myself I never load with one in the chamber because of my experience. That round went right next to my leg - trough a closet door - through a foot locker and into the concrete block.
Agreed.
Just speculating here, but I suspect when the apex trigger was installed the striker/firing pin safety was removed in an effort to smooth the trigger pull. A very foolish thing to do in my opinion but it has been known that people sometimes do this. I would have the pistol disassembled by a qualified armor, inspected, and replace any missing parts.
Two “Cam G 88” in the screen name, very, very similar story.
Very suspicious indeed.
When I worked for S&W I had an agency call and tell me they had a major issue with their new pistols. If I remember right they were 4506's. They told me that when they inserted a mag, the slide would release and go home. Paid them a visit and ask for a demo of the problem (on the range) Seems, who ever was teaching them their gun handling skills was teaching them to partially insert a mag, let go of it, then wind up and slam the mag into the pistol. Some of them were hitting the mag with a forward motion as well as an upward motion and hitting it very hard. This caused the slide to slightly move rearward and "unload" the slide stop which dropped out the slide notch and of course, the slide would drop. I had to retrain the whole department on how to properly reload an auto pistol. Point I'm making, is that sometimes improper technique can cause bad stuff to happen. The M&P is basically a single action, striker fired pistol. The striker safety should have caught the striker, even if the sear failed for what ever reason. The striker safety is only disengaged if the trigger is pulled to the rear. Pistol manipulation in any environment other than the range or into a "hot box" is never a good idea. Pointing a pistol at any part of your anatomy or anyone else's anatomy is even a worse idea.
Shooters malfunction.
