
Originally Posted by
Ronin64
I was not in attendance during this AD, however a coworker told me he was qualifying at the range on his old M-16 with other individuals qualifying on the same rifle. These are old school M-16's on loan to our agency from the Army, I don't have one issued as I carry my personal AR, so I'm not sure exactly which model it is. It's got the 20" barrel, A2 flash suppressor, fixed stock, carry handle.
Anyway, supposedly someone racked the charging handle back to load a round into the chamber when the weapon had an AD from this action. Supposedly the rifle was on SAFE.
I'm not very knowledgeable about the inner workings of the AR-15 / M-16 when it comes to the safety mechanisms. But I would like to know how this could happen? I guess the blamed the firing pin, but I don't know how that could be caused by a firing pin. Is this possible?
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