JoeSixpack
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My opinion, Is that the industry standard test is too easy to pass.Let's call that a fair logical conclusion. My question would be what standard a company should be held to. Industry standardized and well defined testing protocols (often with government approval if not actual setting of protocols) or some vague definition of "safe" that goes beyond these protocols? Remember the rule regarding drop safety is not that a firearm must be 100% drop safe but that it must be safe when tested with these protocols.
For the test to mean anything you have to have confidence in it.. I don't, Now that I know the details of it.. It's been a real eye opener.
It was my understanding the industry standard is 3foot drop on a rubber mat.
Think about that.. any drop beyond waist height and onto a semi soft surface is beyond testing protocol.
The protocol for the horz drop does not even specify what ordination the gun is in.. so it could be left, right, upside down, somewhere in between.
If you knew a flaw in the gun, You could drop on the side least likely for a discharge and get a flawed gun to pass the test.
I think the "industry standard" needs to be revised to a higher height, more drop angles, and lose that ridiculous rubber mat, all drops should be on concrete.
Think of it like this if industry standard for car crash testing only applied to even bumper head on and rear collisions at 15 mph into water barrels, how much faith would you have in the results?
Would you be happy or demand a more extensive test?
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